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Thoeun Theara (Khmer: ធឿន ធារ៉ា), (born May 5, 1996) is a Cambodian Kun Khmer fighter and kickboxer. In 2022, he rose to fame after becoming the first Cambodian boxer to win a title at a Thai Fight event when he won the Thai Fight Kard Chuek 72.5 kg King's Cup Championship by technical knockout against Thai star Saiyok Pumpanmuang in Thailand. [2]
Prom Samnang (Khmer: ព្រំ សំណាង), (born 9 September 1987) is a Cambodian Kun Khmer fighter and is one of the most successful Kun Khmer fighters in Cambodia. [1] In 2023, Samnang won the Thai Fight Kard Chuek championship title in Thailand [ 2 ] and won the gold medal against Tun Tun Min in the Khun Khmer Men's 81kg division.
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On Saturday morning of June 26, 2021, at Bayon TV arena, Lao Chantrea got hit by the heavy hand of Thai Rithy and lost the match in the middle of the 3rd round. [ 11 ] Although he was selected for the national team, Lao Chantrea did not compete at the 31st SEA Games because his weight division was not an event. [ 12 ]
Kun Khmer or Pradal serey is an ancient Cambodian variation of Kick boxing, dating back to the Khmer Empire in the 9th century AD. A total of 19 medals were awarded. [1] The sport marked its debut at the SEA Games, however a similar sport named Muay Thai was contested in earlier editions.
Bokator is considered to be the oldest martial art currently being practiced in the Kingdom of Cambodia.The martial art is believed to trace its origin back to the 1st century AD, [3] [9] a time when early Khmer people, living amidst the wilderness, emulated the movements of animals for survival, resulting in the animal-inspired techniques found in Bokator.
Keo Rumchong next faced the Ukrainian Sasha Moisa in the 2018 Thai Fight Kard Chuek 70kg King's Cup Tournament semi-final at THAI FIGHT Saraburi on November 24, 2018. Being the shorter fighter by 14 centimeters, Rumchong was overwhelmed by Moisa's heavy hands and was knocked down three times en route to a second-round technical knockout.
The martial art was turned into a sport when French colonists arrived and added components of Western boxing such as a boxing ring, boxing gloves, weight classes and timed rounds. 800 year old Cambodian stone carving of thrust kick. The thrust kick is a staple of modern pradal serey. Khmer traditional wrestling is a folk wrestling style from ...