Fight Card for the November 30 Thai Fight event in Bangkok, Thailand
Thai Fight will return on November 30th with the finale of their 154lb and 147lb tournaments. The semi-final matches of the 154lb tournament will feature Yodsanklai Fairtex vs. Samy Sana and Abraham Roqueni vs. Expedito Valin. The 147lb tournament semi-final matches will be Famonghkol Sor Jor Danrayong vs. Aziz Hlalli and Ruslan Kushnirenko vs. Jimmy […]
Thai Fight 2013 Tournament Results: Yodsanklai and Abraham Roqueni advance
The opening round of the Thai Fight’s 147 and 154lb tournaments took place earlier this morning in Thailand. Yodsanklai Fairtex, Abraham Roqueni, and Chike Lindsay were some of the more recognizable names with all three competing the 154lb tournament. There were high hopes for Lindsay, the only American in the tournament, after a decent showing […]
Thai Fight 2013 Results
Thai Fight took place this past weekend in Bangkok, Thailand. The event was headlined by Yodsanklai Fairtex, his opponent for the night was Russian Kazbek Zubayraer. As expected Yodsanklai walked away with the victory after Zubayraer couldn’t answer the bell to come out for the second round. It seemed that he had suffered a leg […]
Antoine Pinto talks upcoming I-1 World Muay Thai Extreme 2011 event
Antoine Pinto a.k.a. Antuan Siangboxing will be fighting as part of the one night, four man tournament at the I-1 Extreme 2011 event. Coming off a good run on “The Challenger Muaythai” reality TV show, the young fighter has been very active as he continues to take on some of the best fighters around the […]
I-1 World Muay Thai Grand Extreme set for December 19th in Hong Kong
I-1 World Muay Thai Grand Extreme will take place on December 19th at the Star Hall in Hong Kong, China. The night’s main attraction will be the “4-Man Elimination Tournament”, which will feature three fighters from the reality TV Show “The Challenger Muaythai”. Vuyisile “The Cheetah” Colossa, Antoine “Kid Shark” Pinto and Ilya “Achilles” Grad […]
The Challenger Muaythai blog – Antoine Pinto part 2
by Antoine Pinto For the quarter-finals the last eight boxers were divided into two teams of four, I was chosen first to face Faizal. In matters of pure boxing it was not a difficult fight for me because Faizal is not as technical of a fighter as I am and he does not have my […]
The Challenger Muaythai blog – Ilya Grad
by Ilya Grad Israel’s citizens are not allowed to enter Malaysia; I knew it as a fact! So when I was called for The Challenger, naturally I got a bit doubtful, but I was assured that some influential people in Malaysia had my back and would do everything in their powers to get me in. […]
The Challenger Muaythai blog – Antoine Pinto
by Antoine Pinto I was very honored to be chosen with Cedric Muller to represent my country in this international Muaythai show, as well as being an ambassador for the sport because this event will affect millions of viewers worldwide. I think Stephan Fox and his team chose me for my experience in Thailand and […]
Antoine Pinto talks about his time on “The Challenger” and more
Antoine Pinto, also known as Antuan Siangboxing is a French Muay Thai fighter. He moved to Thailand when he was nine years of age and at only the age of 20 is one of the sports bright young fighters. Antoine took some time to talk to Muay Thai Authority about his time on the upcoming […]
Three North American fighters on The Challenger Muay Thai TV series
The Challenger is set to premier on AXN in Asia this September while air dates and networks are currently being worked on for the United States, Australia, and the United Kingdom. An off shoot of The Contender Asia, The Challenger is set to feature 16 world class Muay Thai fighters competing for the $100,000 grand […]