Thailand’s Lumpini Stadium is expecting a massive turnout of muaythai fans at the “historic” Lumpini vs. Ratchadamnern event on Friday July 3.

The promoters of Thailand's two most prestigious muaythai stadiums have been planning a grand event featuring top fighters from both camps including Lumpini’s legend Saenchai Sor Kingstar who will fight Ratchadamnern stars Petchboonchu F.A. Group and Saketdao Petphayathai in what the promoters call “the two vs. one bout”.

Promoter Wirat Wachiraratanawong and the Lumpini officials have confirmed that all top fighters scheduled to fight tomorrow are in good conditions, while suggesting the spectators to plan ahead to avoid the expected traffic jams.

The promoter of IBF Pan Pacific bantamweight title holder Thangthong Kiattaweesuk says the Thai boxer may have a chance to challenge for the world title if he is able to defend his regional title from Filipino challenger Bogie Delada on July 17.

The match of Thangthong and Delada is scheduled at the Jiranakorn Stadium in the southern Thai city of Had Yai on Friday July 17 and will be presided over by Deputy Interior Minister Tavorn Senniem and the local officials. The fight will be live broadcasted in Thailand by the Channel Seven network from 3.00 p.m. onwards.

WBC female light flyweight "interim" champion Nongmuay Kokietgym has defeated challenger Che Hoy Wa by split decision in match in the Northeastern Thai city of Nong Khai yesterday.

There was some confusion at the interim title bout on June 30 as the referee initially declared a draw after the 10 rounds ended. However, the tally was found to be miscalculated by WBC official Patrick Cusick, and Thailand's Nongmuay was later announced to be the winner with split decisions.

Each judge favored the puglist from his own country, with each of the two Thai judges gave Nongmuay scores of 96-94, and the third judge, who is from Hong Kong, gave Wa the scores of 100-93.

Thailand’s star muaythai fighter Buakaw Por Pramuk has beat Australian fighter John Wayne Parr, while Contender Asia’s Yodsaenklai Fairtex has defeated Brazil’s Cosmo Alexander by techinical knockout in an event in Jamaica on last Friday.

The two-time K-1 winner Thai Buakaw won the match by unanimous decision despite some earlier dispute on the weight issues that ended with Buakaw fighting at 69 kilograms and Parr at 80 kilograms in the Champ of Champs event in the Jamaican city of Montego Bay on Friday June 26.

Another Thai fighter Yodsaenklai, best known as the winner of Contender Asia, also claimed a victory after beating his Brazilian opponent with low kicks in the fourth round.

Thailand’s 40-year-old former world champion Veeraphol Sahaprom is scheduled to fight Indonesia’s Christian Sianturi on July 17 as the next step toward his goal of beating long-time rival Toshiaki Nishioka.

Veeraphol, who won the WBC bantamweight champion title twice in 1995 and 1998, will fight Sianturi on July 17 in Pathum Thani, Thailand, according to a press conference held by promoter Suchart Pisitwutthinan yesterday.

Suchart said he would talk to WBC president Jose Sulaiman on Veeraphol’s bid to challenge his long-time rival super bantamweight title holder Toshiaki Nishioka of Japan.

WBC youth strawweight champion Wanheng Meenayothin of Thailand has defeated Filipino challenger Roel Lagonero in his seventh title defense in the Thai city of Nakorn Ratchasima yesterday.

The match on Friday June 26 at the Nakorn Ratchasima event was action-packed from the beginning. The two boxers fought with great ferocity, but were equally matched and not able to put the other down. When the tenth round ended, Wanheng, who was viewed as more accurate, emerged as the winner by unanimous decision.

Promoter Piyarat Wachiratanawong said he is planning to have the versatile Wanheng to fight in muaythai bouts, while waiting for his next professional boxing match.

The promoters of Thailand's Lumpini and Ratchadamnern stadiums are planning a grand event featuring top fighters of the two stadiums including Lumpini’s Saenchai Sor Kingstar who will fight two opponents from the rival stadium.

Lumpini is scheduled to host the event on Friday July 3 with promoter Wirat Wachiraratanawong as its chief organizer. His Ratchadamnern counterpart will be the famous Songchai Ratanasuban, who earlier announced that the Lumpini promoters are free to choose any of his fighters to match up with their fighters.

Saenchai, often regarded as the number one muaythai fighter of the present time, will face a historic challenge as the highlight of the event is the “2 vs. 1 bout” of him and two Ratchadamnern veterans, Petchboonchu F.A. Group and Saketdao Petphayathai.

WBC youth strawweight champion Wanheng Meenayothin of Thailand and Filipino challenger Roel Lagonero have passed the weighting and physical examination and are ready for their title match in Thailand today.

WBC representative Edward Thangarajah presided over the checkup at the local hospital in the in the northeastern Thai city of Nakorn Ratchasima yesterday, in which both Wanheng and Lagonero were found have an equal weight of 105 pounds and heart rate of about 64 beats per minutes.

The bout of Wanheng and Lagonero is the star match of an event held in Nakorn Ratchasima on Friday June 26 that will also host the “muaythai marathon”, a one-day eight-man tournament featuring top muaythai fighters from the Lumpini stadium, namely Palangtthip Kor Sapaothong, Prab Kaiyang Hadao Gym, and Lekkla Thanasuranakorn, Pongsiri Por Siripong, Dejrit Sor Thanayong, Kongsak Sitboonmee, Weerayut Lookpetchnoi, and Sitthichai Sompobrungrueng.

The first Asian Martial Arts Games will go over the budget due to flu management and some other expenses, says an official of host country Thailand.

Sasithara Pichaichannarong, Permanent Secretary of Thailand’s Ministry of Tourism and Sports, said the Asian Martial Arts Games, planned to be held on August 1-8in Bangkok and Suphanburi, will likely need 24 million Baht more, as the organizer has to prepare to handle the A(H1N1) flu. She said any athlete or staff found with the flu would be immediately quarantined.

In addition, the organizer will have to facilitate the travel of the athletes and provide buses to transport athletes from Laos and Cambodia across the borders to Thailand.

Thailand’s leading muaythai fighters like Buakaw Por Pramuk and Yodsaenklai Fairtex will fight in Jamaica on Friday June 26.

Six Thai fighters, including two-time K-1 winner Buakaw, Contender Asia’s Yodsaenklai, former Lumpini and Rajadamnern stadiums champion Anuwat Kaewsamrit, and K-1 champion Kaoklai Kaennorsing, will fight in the Champ of Champs event in the Jamaican city of Montego Bay this Friday.