Tyrone Spong confirmed as final participant for Glory 9 light heavywieght tournament in New York
Tyrone Spong has been rumored to be on the June 22nd Glory 9 card in New York, and today Glory has officially confirmed that Spong will indeed be fighting at Glory 9. Spong will be part of the one night 8-man light heavyweight tournament taking place at Glory 9. Spong last competed in Kickboxing at […]
Aaron Fisher talks upcoming bout with Harris Norwood at Friday Night Fights
Aaron Fisher is set to return to action this Friday at Friday Night Fights in New York against Harris Norwood. Fisher has spent the past few years focusing on teaching, but is now set to return to action. Fisher kindly took some time from his schedule to answer a few questions for Muay Thai Authority […]
Simon Marcus defeats Dmitry Valent at C3 King of Fighters
Simon Marcus and Dmitry Valent fought last night in China at C3 King of Fighters. Marcus was riding at 32 fight win streak entering the bout and when he left the streak was at 33. Valent is one of the top fighters from Belarus and gave the “Bad Bwoy” a stiff test. In the end, […]
From Thailand to North America
by Scott Hirano Professional Muay Thai fighter Thanit “Boom” Whattanaya of Canada recently did an excellent interview with milkbltzstreetbomb.com that gave insight into his life, both as a fighter and family man. I wanted to continue in that line of inquiry, as Boom proved to be an excellent archetype, as well as being articulate on […]
North American Super Welterweight Rankings 5/2/2013
Since the last update Michael Mananquil has entered the 154lb rankings after originally being the number one 147lb fighter in North America, Mananquil has been active in the 154lb division as of late and is now set to compete in the 154lb Road to Glory USA tournament on May 11th. Luis Bio drops to number […]
John Wayne Parr Kickboxing 24 interview
Our friends over at Kickboxing 24, one of the best if not the best Polish Muay Thai and Kickboxing website around recently did an interview with John Wayne Parr after his recent knockout of Mostafa Abdollahi. They were kind enough to let us post the English version of the interview here on Muay Thai Authority. […]
North American Middleweight Rankings 5/1/2013
The only change since the last update to the middleweight rankings is Shane Campbell moving up to number two and Jesse Miles dropping to number three. Campbell has gone 4-0 in the last year while Miles has only fought once, albeit winning his bout by knockout. 1. Ky Hollenbeck (15-2-1) Hollenbeck didn’t look bad in […]
Muaythai Superfight featuring Riddick Bowe’s Muay Thai debut not canceled, rescheduled for June 14th
Muay Thai Authority reported yesterday that the Muaythai Superfight event, which was set to feature Riddick Bowe’s Muay Thai debut, had been canceled. It now seems that the event is not canceled, but instead rescheduled to June 14th due to an ankle injury suffered by Riddick Bowe in training. There is no word if any […]
North American Super Middleweight Rankings 4/30/2013
Quite a few changes since the original super middleweight rankings were published. With Gregory Choplin eligible for the rankings now he jumps into the number one spot. Joseph Valtellini drops to the number two spot after his loss to Choplin and Francois Ambang enters the rankings in the number three spot after winning the Road […]
Riddick Bowe’s Muay Thai debut no longer happening, entire event canceled
When Riddick Bowe announced he would be fighting Muay Thai last month many immediately doubted the seriousness of his claim. When the fight card he would be a part of was announced people were excited, despite many thinking Bowe fighting Muay Thai was a farce, it was on a stacked fight card. The event was […]