The Challenger Muaythai blog – Cedric Muller

by Cedric Muller I qualified in 2009 through a French selection tournament to represent France in the “Contender Asia: Season 2”. The show was delayed quite a bit and finally it was re-named “The Challenger Muaythai”, some of the fighters changed from CA2 for multiple reasons. When I arrived in the villa, I saw that […]

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 […]

The Challenger Muaythai blog – Michael Corley

by Michael Corley After spending close to two years in Thailand working and competing I returned home to Houston, Texas late April 2011. I was happy to get back to Texas and enjoy some time off relaxing and eating some American food! So after about 2-3 weeks being in the States I got the call […]

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 […]