YANGON: The young men - some just boys - are lean and muscular. Sweat drips off them as they jostle and jab in the fading light. They cast shadows on the rough bitumen, which acts as their training ...

World Lethwei Championship, the world’s largest bareknuckle fighting organization, has announced that a second World Lethwei Championship title match has been added to the card at WLC: King of Nine ...

Lethwei, Myanmar’s national sport, is one of the most brutal striking styles in the world—allowing bare knuckle punches, elbows, kicks, knees and headbutts. Traditionally, the fights are 5 rounds, and ...

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As a hero to millions in his homeland of Myanmar, Aung La Nsang chooses his words carefully and so it pays to reflect on a statement he made before fighting for the One Championship middleweight world ...

Kickboxing fans in Myanmar are pinning high hopes on Tun Tun Min, the toughest fighter in the country’s traditional boxing ring. This December he will fight for the title in the national championship ...

Moe Pwint Oo shoots the grimy punchbag a steely glare before slamming her fist into it, striking a blow for equality as she practises Myanmar’s homespun martial art Lethwei – a sport that encourages ...

There is a growing number of women taking up Lethwei kickboxing, Myanmar's homespun martial art Lethwei -- a sport that encourages head-butting and grants victory by knock-out only. A grimy punchbag ...

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