The annual national tournament started yesterday. More then 200 boxers and 300 kickboxers. Fights last for 13 days with about 100 fights per day. Starts at 1 p.m. at the Tae Kwon Do facility at Olympic Stadium complex. Please come support local fighters.
The photo is Seng Makara, just before his match with Pich Arun. A [...]
Fight Night Promo
Sen Bunthen v Ervant “The Wolf” Atagyan
Thun Sophea v Dominik Zidov Akuma
[PHOTO: The price of victory: Sen Bunthen gets four stitches after defeating Chey Kosal on points Sunday at TV5]
Sen Bunthen will face Chey Kosal today at TV5. Sen Bunthen is the favorite.
From The Phnom Penh Post.
TWELVE unknown rookie fighters will try to slug their way to wealth and fame in the second season of Kun Khmer Champion at the CTN boxing arena, which airs its first show Sunday.
For the dozen newcomers the Kun Khmer Champion reality series offers a chance to skip years of fighting in [...]
That’s the cover of the April edition of The Globe. (It’s Thun Sophea.) Virginie Noel has the photos and story.Unfortunately, The Globe doesn’t have a web site. The only way to get the story is to download the pdf. It’s a big file: 12MB. If you’re outside Cambodia things like that don’t matter so much.
There is a growing push to brand the sport of Khmer Boxing under the name Kun Khmer. So in an effort to make sure that Paddy’s Gym is with the program, I just wanted to reiterate that there are 6 Kun Khmer cards every week in Phnom Penh. That’s about 40 fights every weekend.
Kun Khmer [...]
Cincinnati Bengals linebacker Dhani Jones came to Cambodia a few weeks ago to shoot for his television show “Dhani Jones Tackles the Globe,” which premieres on the Travel Channel March 16th at 9PM. He trained 10 days with Long Salavorn, who apparently schooled him on the roots of the sport.
Spencer Hall: Been to Cambodia yet?
Dhani [...]
I’m working on adding a forum to the site.
In Friday night action at TV5, Pov Soksut cut Kao Lek (above) with an elbow in the fifth to clinch the decision at 69kg . In the early match, Aem Lihto outclassed Chay Oy through five, picking up the decision at 57kg.
On Saturday at CTN, Cheng Rithy (above), 22, improved to 61-9-1 with a win [...]
Another good weekend of fights. At CTN the 60kg 12-man tournament is coming to a close, with only 4 fighters left. Meas Chanta got back in the ring and more.
On Friday, Kao Runchang came back from a first round 8-count against Po Vannsak to score an impressive 2nd round TKO with an elbow. On Saturday, [...]
Today was Po Vansak vs Chey Sinith and Kao Rumchang vs Nuon Mony. I am not sure if Sinith was sick or just convinced he couldn’t win, but he didn’t put up much of a fight and the referee called a stop to the fight in the opening seconds of the fourth round and awarded [...]
I missed the last day of the finals in order to head to Maung, Battambang province, to see some boxing at the village level. Ot Phoutang, Chey Kosal, Kao Bunheng and Pich Sophan, among others, went to put on a show for the local crowds. It was, to say the least, an absolutely amazing experience. [...]
Inside of three weeks, Chey Ratana, pictured, has beaten two of the top four Kun Khmer champions. Two weeks ago it was a point decision over Seung Kangsan at CTN. This past weekend, Ratana stopped Khun Makara in a stunning first round KO.
The ISKA crowned two new world champions tonight.
Cheam Adam lost to Seung Kangsan on points
Chay Kosal lost to Thun Sophea on points
Em Vutha beat Jacob Marks on points
Alban Ahmedi lost to Vorn Viva on points (World Title Fight)
Pich Sophan lost to Tim Thomas on points
Frankie Hudders lost to Meas Chanta on points (World Title Fight)
Tim [...]
The Cambodia Daily, quoting Ma Serey, says the fights will be broadcast live on CTN tonight, which means CTN International viewers will get a rebroadcast sometime later in the day.
Everybody made weight.
Cheam Adam (64.5) vs. Seung Kangsan (65.4)
Chay Kosal (72.8) vs. Thun Sophea (72.7)
Em Vutha (56.3) vs. Jacob Marks (56.4)
Alban Ahmedi (73.8) vs. Vorn Viva (72.1)
Pich Sophan (64.9) vs. Tim Thomas (65.4)
Frankie Hudders (66.8) vs. Meas Chanta (66.6)
Fights are in the indoor arena at Olympic Stadium. Doors open tomorrow at 6:30 p.m. A few [...]
PHOTO: Frankie Hudders, with the ISKA World Title Belt, at Paddy’s Gym.
All the international fighters have arrived. Everybody worked a couple of rounds for the television cameras this evening at Paddy’s gym. The Khmer boys worked out at the CTN stadium in the afternoon. There’s a few pics in the photo gallery from both session, [...]
Aaron Leverton sizes up the four Khmer fighters on the fight card Thursday night, the men who will literally be putting their bodies on the line in the name of national and personal pride.
“The Dragon”
Nicknamed “The Dragon” due to the full-canvass tattoo covering his back, Meas Chantha has the reputation of a killer, figuratively, if [...]
Aaron Leverton sizes up the fighters on the undercard Thursday night: Cheam Adam vs Seung Kangsan and Chay Kosal vs Thun Sophea.
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By now everybody knows that 2 Cambodians are going to earn themselves eternal glory or unending humiliation on August 28th when they ever-so-humbly stand up in the Olympic Stadium and [...]
In a word: no. Sorry.
UPDATE: According to the Cambodia Daily, CTN will broadcast the fights live tonight.
I believe Eurovision Sports is negotiating for the rights to rebroadcast some or all of these fights at some point in the future, but not for a live broadcast. check your local listings, as they say.
I’ll post results here [...]