This article is part of a package produced by a group of final-year undergraduates from Nanyang Technological University's Wee Kim Wee School of Communication and Information, for the programme Going ...

It’s been more than 20 years since he fought in a sandpit, but Lone Chaw still recalls the dusty village lots of his youth, unmarked except for footprints stained by sweat and blood. Stamping about in ...

World Lethwei Championship's August event could be the most notable yet for the Myanmar-based promotion. Top-ranked Lethwei champion Dave Leduc is set to make his promotional debut against Ultimate ...

20-year-old Algerian-Thai sensation Nabil Anane is planning to run circles around Burmese lethwei icon Soe Lin Oo this weekend at ONE Friday Fights 81. The six-foot-tall bantamweight Muay Thai ...

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 ...

Chris finds out about Lethwei boxing with world number two fighter Nicola 'The Burmese Python'Chris finds out about Lethwei boxing with world number two fighter Nicola 'The Burmese Python' ...

One Championship ’s return to Myanmar now has a full card. Monday, One revealed its full lineup for “Hero's Dream,” which takes place on Nov. 3 at the Thuwunna National Indoor Stadium in Yangon.

A boxing-fan tycoon, a venerated monk and the army lured some of Myanmar's top fighters to Rakhine state this week in an attempt to show normality is returning after a military crackdown drove 700,000 ...