International Kickboxer Magazine, May/June 2014
Most under-age kids are trying to forge a fake ID in order to go clubbing. Millad Farzad had plans far more distinct than that and, as it turns out, far more successful. Continue reading
Archive for Mongkon
Millad Farzad: The Sky’s the Limit
Posted in Kickboxing with tags AFL, Chamuak Tong Sor Yupinda, Jun Muay Thai, Koh Samui, Lumpini Stadium, Millad Farzad, Mongkon, Muay Thai, Peter Boyd, Phetch Buncha, Ramon Dekkers, Rugby, Thepsutin Pumpannuang, Thomas Carpenter, WATBC, WBC title, West-Australian Thai Boxing Centre, WKA title, WMC title on June 20, 2014 by Jarrod Boyle
R.I.P Ramon Dekkers
Posted in Kickboxing, Real Men with tags Cor Hemmers, Mongkon, Muay Thai, Ramon Dekkers on February 28, 2013 by Jarrod Boyle
Ramon Dekkers is one of the greats of Muay Thai; probably the greatest Westerner to ever don the Mongkon. He had two hundred fights for one hundred and seventy-five wins, which would probably have been an even greater number had he not taken so many fights back-to-back with as little as a week in between.
Sadly, Dekkers died today, aged 43. He made a massive contribution to my fighting and training life; he and his father Cor Hemmers made my experience of living and training in the Netherlands fantastic.
Theme Park at its Darkest 