(SOUNDBITE) (Thai) 9-YEAR-OLD MUAY THAI BOXER, PORNPATTARA PEACHAURAI, SAYING: "My mom told me if I continue boxing like my sister, one day I can afford to buy her a house, car and earn more money for ...

Nineteen-year-old Lebanese striker Ramadan Ondash faces Thai-Malaysia’s Aliff Sor Dechapan in a pivotal strawweight Muay Thai ...

You’ve likely heard about Muay Thai at some point recently; the national sport of Thailand is fast becoming the workout du jour of wellness models like Gracie Carvalho and Mia Kang and the all-body ...

Oleksandr Usyk, the reigning world heavyweight champion, brought both gravitas and warmth to Bangkok this week as the World Boxing Council staged its 63rd annual convention alongside the inaugural WBC ...

The jittery video makes for unsettling viewing. It was taken at ringside on a mobile phone during the third round of a five-round Muay Thai fight in Thailand's Samut Prakan province on Nov. 10. The ...

EVERYONE WAS ALREADY sweating when I arrived at Pacific Muay Thai in White Center. Had they worked out, and the foundations class I was about to take was a cool-down? I won’t leave you guessing — the ...

Anucha Tasako was just 13 years old when he stepped into the Muay Thai ring to fight a boy just two years older for prize money of around 2,000 Thai Baht ($60). He’d done it almost 200 times before, ...

Muay Thai is a martial art that focuses on powerful strikes, close-quarters combat (also called clinch work), and conditioning. A martial art is a system of combat that comes from a specific culture.

BANGKOK (Reuters) - Clad in a pink tank top and shorts, her face made up with rouge and red lipstick, transgender Muay Thai fighter Nong Rose Baan Charoensuk is a formidable opponent. Just ask Karun ...

PHILADELPHIA, Pa. -- Jayden Reeves knows what he wants to be when he grows up. In fact, he's already living it! The 7th grader at Keystone Academy Charter School took up a passion for Muay Thai, a ...

BANGKOK, Thailand — In a boxing ring under a highway bridge, 14-year-old Pheeranut Saleephol bounced between the ropes, his lean frame glazed with sweat. Pheeranut absorbed the blows of a sparring ...