Currently Reading: Chiang Mai

This night of fights was held in benefit of Khem, a former Lanna champion who a year ago suffered waist-down paralysis in a motorcycle accident. We are all trying to help Khem and his family recover...

September 16, 2013 – Thapae Boxing Stadium – It’s been a few weeks since my last fight, which allowed for some of the changes in my training to really settle into a rhythm, but I’m also...

August 30th, 2013 – Kalare Stadium, Chiang Mai –  There was a lot of back and forth regarding who I would be fighting on this night and it wound up being Sud Siam Sor Sumalee, who...

I saw my photo on a big fight poster outside the venue, a close up The Set Up: My fight on the Queen’s Birthday (51st fight, August 12th) was initially intended to be a face-off with...

August 12, 2013 – Kalare Stadium, Chiang Mai I told Den I wanted to fight on the Queen’s Birthday, which is a big holiday (including celebrations to the effect of Mother’s Day) and is pretty much...

The Fiftieth Fight – July 26, 2013 Four years ago, when I visited Thailand for the first time and had two fights in Chiang Mai, I was climbing into the back of Andy’s truck after what...

  49th Fight – Yodying Sor. Sumalee 7/16/13 – This fight was my shortest turn-around yet with only four days between fights.  As such, I didn’t really have much training in between.  I fought Friday night,...

I was told just prior to my 47th fight that I would be fighting on the 12th, a rematch against Faa Chiang Rai, with whom I’ve fought twice now.  The first was a draw, the second...

Weigh-In Day Weigh in for this fight was a day before the event.  This is normal for the US but is atypical for Thailand and it drives Den nuts.  He complained about it on numerous occasions...

I’ve been fighting every week for a couple weeks now and I was feeling ready for a short reprieve – nothing fancy, just the regular 10 days I usually have in between.  I also wanted to...