Tuesday, March 31, 2009

SELUAR TOMOI

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Will the real EPOL pls stand up!

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Epol


Akhbar Hanafi of Boxxwarriors was supposed to fight Epol of B - 13 of Rantau Panjang. On the day of the rehearsel, Epol came to the stadium and I took a shot of him. This was the Epol from B 13. During the actual fight Epol was replaced by a well known fighter from Thailand by the name of Dato SKV.


#the "Epol" that was on "the ring", pic posted below!

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Final Day Result

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29th March 2009




29th MARCH 2009 (SUNDAY)

SUPER FIGHT
1. ABURN (KELANTAN) lost to SHUHRAT BOTIROV (UZBEKISTAN) KO round 2

Shuhrat in blue glove.




SUPER 4 - CATEGORY 63.5KG
2. ABBAS AHMADI (BOXXWARRIORS) beat MAMAT LINTAR (KELANTAN) KO round 1

3. IRSHAAD SAYED (AFRIKA SELATAN) lost to PANTHAMIT M 150 (KELANTAN) by points



SUPER FIGHT
4. CHE POL M 150 (KELANTAN) beat AHMED "KAMIKAZE" SAADI (TUNISIA) KO round 5




5. AKHBAR HANAFI (BOXXWARRIORS) lost to EPOL B-13 (RANTAU PANJANG) TKO round 2




Epol B-13 blue glove, heck I know this guy by his real name Dato SKV gym (Thailand)!! They always come in last minute and it's too late to do anything..... but it is never to late to get his club black -listed!!!





6. SUNTAYA (THAILAND) lost to SIN SRI B-13 (RANTAU PANJANG,KELANTAN) KO round 5


FINAL SUPER 4 (Title belt and Piala Menteri Besar)
7. ABBAS (BOXXWARRIORS) lost to PHANTAMIT (M-150) by points



SUPER FIGHT
8. KAMARUDDIN M 150 (KELANTAN) beat Aliev Fahriddin (UZBEK) by points.



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Sunday, March 29, 2009

TM WMC INTERNATIONAL MUAY THAI CHALLENGE 2009 2ND NIGHT

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Poetry in motion. Robert The Terminator and Kent Salsaloon of Thailand doing the wai khru in their Super fight at Stadium Sultan Muhamad ke IV Kota Bharu Kelantan.


At last I have found time to rearrange the pictures of the second night's fight and place captions for most of the pictures. It was a night to be remembered for the small fracas that happened after some spectators showed their displeasure for one fight result. The show went on till the last fight and most spectators went home satisfied. Here are some of the highlights.

The heart of the sound system is here under the VIP stand. I always love to highlight this to show how important this part of the system that brings sound and lights to the show. This is the heart of the event and it was brought to you by Han Wira.
The ringside emcee did a very good job of getting the show going at a good pace. He is flanked by the medical team on his right and the time keeper on his left.

The second night's fight was between Zulkifli Abdullah of Tanah Merah and Kamal Dangdut of Bachok, Kelantan. It was brought forward to replace the fight between Aburn of Tanah Merah against Botirov Shurat of Uzbekistan.

It was a tame affair as Zulkifli Abdullah easily KOed Kamal in the second round. Do you think such fighters as Kamal deserve to be fighting in such a prestigious event? He should be doing his dangdut elsewhere.


Bedu of Boxxwarriors entering the arena for the preliminary round Super 4 fight in the 61.5 kg kategori against Filipo Cinti of Itali.



Filippo Cinti entering the arena.



Bedu teasing Filippo while doing his wai khru to the amusement of the crowd but Filippo was not impressed.




Filippo was apparently unhappy with the point decision against him and I caught him walking around looking discontented.

Big Z of Boxxevent with Rudy of TM looking smart in their best batik. This is Big Z's favourite spot when watching his men fighting in the ring. I know he prefers to be at ringside if possible but Rudy will not allow him to do so.



The musical ensemble is provided by Persatuan Gendang Kok Keli led by Pak Nik who plays the gong.



Wadi of Sri Payong Kelantan fought in the other half of the Super 4 fight. He is a clear favourite of the night as he is a local boy from Kota Bharu.

Wadi's opponent is Alexander Rivero of Spain.

Amidst the smoke Alexander showed his respect to the VIPs on the grandstand. Alexander was KOed by Wadi in the second round.



Saiful of Sri Derdap Kelantan will fight Fauzan Zabidi of Boxxwarriors. Saiful managed to inflict two swellings the size of hen's eggs on Fauzan's head before being knocked out ny Fauzan in the second round.



Fauzan is nursing the swelling with an ice pack after the fight.



The old, the young and the pretty among the crowd.



Some of the fans reacting.



The fight as seen from the VIP stand.



The VIPs

Then it was the turn of my friend Barbod of Iran to fight. His opponent was Liam Barhody of Ireland. Liam Barhody replaced Jonny Betts of England who was earlier scheduled to fight Barbod. In November 2008's fight in Kota Bharu, Barbod punched my grand nephew senseless in the second round of a fight. Due to that we became good friends.

Barbod giving Liam Barhody the killer look. Sorry brother, I just point and shoot this pic and I managed only to catch half of your face, but that mean look deserved to be preserved here.


Barbod praying for divine intervention as Liam's built and size was a perfect match for this muscular hunk from Iran.

This is part of Barbod's wai khru.


They squared off before the fight. The were told to fight fair and square and not hit your opponent when he is down.

The flurry of punches.

Liam's knee butt to Barbod's head while he was going down sent Barbod senseless to the canvas. Shouldn't this match be awarded to Barbod?

Barbod tried to rise but the lowest ring rope held him down.


This is not part of Barbod's wai khru but his attempt to rise up after being knocked down. It was a scary sight.

His cornerman came in to help him.

Abbas Ahmadi had to restrain Barbod from wanting to fight further. He was in no way to fight on.

Three fans from England Josh Walters, Daniel Newham and Joel Barch lending support to the English fighter Jonny Betts. Unfortunately Jonny was replaced by Liam Barhody of Ireland that night.

The three of them were in Kelantan to visit The Gunung Stong State Park in Jelawang. These three were lucky to be in Kota Bharu for the fight. They took home our Boxxtomoi Muay Thai Magazine first issue.

Biz Z blessing Bedu of Boxxwarriors for the final of Super 4.


Wadi Sri Payong was Bedu's opponent in the final.


Pak Su Nor is the coach from kelab Sri Payong. Here he is seen urging Wadi on.


When you have a pretty face it pays to stand head above everybody else. Then you will be noticed.

Hell broke loose when fans started throwing water bottles into the ring when Bedu was declared the winners based on points. Wadi was more aggressive but Bedu fought an intelligent game to score points and maintained position.



I saw the boy who threw the second bottle into the ring. The security personnel jumped over the fence to apprehend him and that started the fracas. The boy was in blue T shirt behind the yellow T shirted boy.

Robert was beaten by Kent Salsaloon on points after going the distance. Robert was humiliated by falling out of the ring by a slick move by Kent. This was the best fight of the three nights event. A rare treat to Muay Thai fans in Kelantan.



Pak Zawi reporting from Pasir Mas for

Boxxtomoi Muay Thai Magazine.

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Natural born Nak Muay

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28th March 2009, 11.00 am, Bachok, Kelantan.

We made a surprised visit to Iddi home in Bacok, Kelantan, but it end up that we are more surprised then him. We expected him to be still asleep after last night hard fought match with Daniel, but instead we found him at his tobacco farm.

"Taking care of the plant (tobacco) is not only my job, it's my responsibility. Muay Thai is my hobby, and hobby should not be the priority".... he answered me when I asked him why he need to wake up so early after his fight night and he just got his fight money.


Face-off, Musaddik 'art director' Boxxtomoi (OMG I'm loosing hair !!),
Tate and Dmas.






The beach behind Iddi's home... heaven!



Iddi's story will be on our second issue of Boxxtomoi mag,
make available from 10 April 2009, insyaAllah.


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MUAY THAI DILEMMA IN MALAYSIA

People in Malaysia think Muay Thai is violent and create violent society. People in Malaysia think Muay Thai should not be practiced in Malaysia because they come from Thailand (I wonder where does golf come from but it is played here). Sponsors think Muay Thai fans have no buying power because this sport is only watched by the villagers. Sponsors think Muay Thai fans only available in Thailand. Sponsors think Muay Thai only attract “low class” people … but one thing for sure, whoever thinks that way, obviously they have never been to a Muay Thai tournament, they judge Muay Thai only from one angle and that is from NEGATIVE angle point of view.This year, I had the opportunity to go to three events. The first one was a national level martial art competition held in Kulim. They rented a BIG hall as the venue. And guess what, the number of spectators were around 200 people….and one thing I must tell you, the entrance is free (obviously because the participants are amature, so the organizer don’t have to pay any cash prize money and also…THEY HAVE BIG SPONSORSHIP).The second one was another finale of another martial competition, despite big budget allocated and presence of the minister … the number of contestant outnumbered the audience.The third one was only last weekend. It was a promotion held in Kulim by a GIANT telco company. When I arrived at the venue, they had about 5 small canopies and 1 BIG canopy with a estimated number of 50 staffs. The best thing was, only four people or I would rather say four potential customers at the venue and one of them was me.I asked one of the staffs, “How much do u spend for this promotion event?” and he replied around 5 – 6 thousand Malaysia Ringgit. And I said to him that I can guarantee a minimum number of 1,000 people will come and visit their promotion with that amount of budget. He smiled and asked me how am I going to do that. Well, I said to him its simple….”I just bring in my boxing ring and provide local pro Muay Thai fighters to fight at your promotion venue and its free for public to watch, I can guarantee you, you will need the traffic police to control the traffic flows”. To my surprised, he commented that they might not get the right crowd for their products and services. I asked him again, have u ever watched a Muay Thai fight in Malaysia? He just kept quiet….and again I felt a bit disappointed with the way people judge Muay Thai in Malaysia. Majority don’t realize that Muay Thai fights in Malaysia attract all level of people…just name the kind of people and they are there. School childrens, university students, teachers, engineers, doctors, lawyers, engineers, expatriates, c.e.o.s….just name it. But of course, in order for you to have this large number of crowd, proper marketing and promoting plan must be implemented. And why do Muay Thai fights attract people? Simple because they are real and the fight is full of spectacular action.Daniel Mashamaite, a boxer from South Africa fought four times in Malaysia. During his last fight in Malaysia he said I surely have big sponsorship in my pocket because I organize a lot of tournaments in a year and there are always big crowd watching. He was surprised when I said that for Kedah International Muay Thai Championship the sponsorship amount that I managed to get after begging was not more than 30,000 Malaysia Ringgit when I have more than 4,000 paid crowd and 1,000 free passes (the audience paid 13 ringgit ticket…you don’t have to calculate how much we made, because how much do u think is the cost to organize an international event? ). Just imagine how many people can I attract if the entrance is FREE…but if I were to do that, who is going to pay for the cost of organizing?Sponsors will surely get maximum mileage if they sponsor Muay Thai event, that I can guarantee. Sponsor will not only get return in terms of branding mileage, they can even generate cash sales in return by sponsoring Muay Thai event, that I can also guarantee 100 % (but sorry guys, cant tell you the method…well, I can tell you how but I am afraid I have to kill you after that ) . The problem is, most of the decision maker, turn down our proposal just because he or she doesn’t like Muay Thai (or maybe our proposal is not convincing….hmmm…I will improve on that).A conversation I had with an officer of a State Government owned company….she said they are unable to sponsor Muay Thai event because Muay Thai is not related to their company but she also said “but we can sponsor GOLF” … huh ??? is golf related to a state government company when the company’s activity circling around the development of the state? Well, I guess they sponsor golf because their bosses play golf .. poor you Muay Thai.BOXX is going to operate a Muay Thai centre soon. We are targeting school children to participate and we plan to charge them between 2 – 5 malaysia ringgit a month (in order to cover the operational cost … don’t laugh, ok). I am expecting the majority of the school children who turn up will be the kind of “aggressive children”. The non aggressive might choose piano class instead (maybe these aggressive boys” will go to piano class too…will they?). When these aggressive children turn up for training at .. let say 5 pm .. they will not straight away start punching and kicking. We are gong to organize a 15 minutes informal classes on anti smoking, anti drug, anti crime and all those positive classes. The speakers will come from various related government agencies ( I hope they support this effort). The speakers will sit among these boys and tell them stories about the bad thing about smoking, drug etc… (they will run away if we conduct the class in a formal way, that’s for sure because I would run away too). We might even get an ex drug addict to relate his experience to there boys. These classes will be conducted from time to time. My prediction is, after few years, these boys will still be “aggressive boys” because the aggressiveness is already in them but they will be equipped with knowledge. We hope to instill positive values in these boys through Muay Thai training and all those classes.What I am trying to say is…. YOU CAN USE MUAY THAI AS A TOOL TO CREATE A GOOD CITIZEN…GOOD PEOPLE. Only if you are not negative towards it (because I don’t think the boys will attend just an anti smoking or anti drug classes).No matter what, no matter how big the obstacle is, we … at BOXX EVENT will never surrender. We, with the support from all of you with continue with our struggle to position Muay Thai to where it should be …Last but not least, I would like to thank everybody who has been supporting Muay Thai activities in Malaysia and please continue visiting this blog because it is also a prove that Muay Thai has big fans all around the world.

Regards,
ZAHARI AHMAD RAZALI