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Eddie Does it Again!
Last Friday, 11th, Sompong , Eddie, and Jono all entered the ring at Gawilla Stadium. The crowd was large and noisy, a sign of a good night's fighting ahead.
Sompong, one of our younger fighters, at 15 years, has been training hard over his school holidays and was first in the ring to have a rematch against a fighter he had aleady beaten once before. It was a hard fought five rounder and Sompongs' supierior kicking won him a close decision.
Next up was Jono, from England, fighting his fifth fight against an older but very good Thai fighter. Despite being in great shape Jono had a hard fight and ran out of steam in the fourth round, losing on points to a deserving winner.
In the main fight of the night Eddie, from Canada, was up against a tough fighter from Lampang who has won once and lost twice against our boxers previously. Even before the first kick was thrown there was a roar from the audience as Eddie entered the ring, a large contingent of Canadians in the crowd raising the loudest cheers. The fight started straight in with kicks, knees, and elbows, from both fighters, no quarter being given and by the end of the first both had taken and given some hard blows. In the second Eddie began to control the fight with the clinch and less than a minute into the round delivered one of his now trademark high knees to the head to secure an exciting KO win.
Next fights will be in Uttaradit on the 15th, with Kem and Chun both returning to defend previous wins.
In other news, Eddie has now earned a #8 ranking with the WMTC and will possibly have a crack at a title in June or July. Samantha, from New Zealand, has been challenged to a rematch with her last opponent, Sam won a hard fight on points first time round, the rematch is scheduled for July and will be televised. There are several other fights scheduled over the next month and once dates are confirmed we will update.
Until later, keep the guard up!
If you have any questions or comments do not hesitate to contact us through the web site.
Good luck to all in Muay Thai.
Andy Thomson - Lanna Muay Thai
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