

Booster Fight Night – Photo by Scott Hirano

“Poverty is so deep here that you can swim for years before ever touching the surface. Bpaet’s auntie farms rice for $6 US per day, but that is only seasonal. She weaves grass mats , grows chillies, crosses the moon river to dig for wild potatoes, and she still can barely make ends meet.”- Wor.Watthana Muay Thai Gym

Rural Issan in Thailand is another world to most of us reading these words. Poverty and crime prevail in situations where people do what they can just to survive the day. Boom and Frances Watthana are there making a difference every day with their Muay Thai gym that serves as a sanctuary for kids who would be otherwise lost to society. You can read more about what they do here in this blog post and on the blog on their site, here.

At the end of January, Wor.Watthana will host their own fights right in Issan. Hosting the event in the village is really important to the community. They not only get to see what the gym is about, but get to be there and support the kids as well.

Photography from the event will be done by Scott Hirano Photography and video from MuayTies who have both generously offered their talents to the event. Booster Fightgear have donated shorts to the event.

The public can also sponsor fighters —

Here are the sponsorship packages: Children’s Fight (Beginner) $30: 5 spots available.

Children’s Fight (Intermediate) $60: 5 spots available.

Children’s Fight (High Level) $120: 1 spot available.

Adult Fight (Intermediate) $300: 1 spot available.

MAIN EVENT $500: 1 spot available.

Beautiful Wai Kru (Prize Money and Trophy): $50 SOLD OUT

Fighter of the Night (Prize Money and Trophy): $50

Most Exciting Fight (Prize Money and Trophy): $100 How the above works is the money is split between the 2 fighters. For the children’s beginner fight, each fighter would get $30. Each of you that sponsors a fight will get a photo by Scott Hirano, and a shout out on Facebook. Whoever sponsors the main event will get your name on featured on MuayTies. Please message the gym on Facebook HERE if you’d like to sponsor a fight.

Alternatively, we have released some Limited Edition Wor.Watthana Athletic Leggings whose proceeds will go to the gym and this event. We need to sell 14 total to meet our pledged goal. At the time of this post we’ve sold 3, so we have 11 more to go during the month of December through the first of January.