@karabouzouklis Oh I've see Orono, Dekkers, and a few others from the 90's and early 80's and their styles were so distinct and sharp. They're amazing. It's odd, I liked Bua when I first started watching and paying attention to Muay Thai and then went on to find amazing fighters from Thailand. But when I come back to the very first person I started I've learn to appreciate just how beautiful, powerful, confident, and fluid Buakaw's style really is. But I've learned to love many others too.
@NakKlebe That maybe at smaller statue of Nai Khanom Tom which can be purchased at the Sunday market. The really big statue of Nai Khanom Tom is in Ayutthaya. They also have one in front of the old Rangsit stadium which is now the Muay Thai Institute school. Nai Khanom Tom day is actually March 16th. Cheers!
I like Ole kiat Oneway(Black pearl of Andaman)He MT Defend style When i was young He's Hero / Numkabuan(Nickname Piew) have Greatest Knee Weapon But this fight He can't use
@karabouzouklis I've heard this many times before, but wasn't Buakaw only second to Namsaknoi, who refused to fight him since they both trained in Por Pramuk gym? Or was he second to someone else?
@ThyChrysanthemum i agree with you buakaw has a great style and he was k-1 max best fighter ever and his kicks are beautifull to watch.i would like to see him fight saenchai sor kingstar he is considered number 1 in thailand now and he gives his opponents 10 pounds and more sometimes it would be a great fight!also a fight with namsaknoi at their prime would be very interesting!but in my opinion there is nothing like lumpinee title fight from 80s or 90s its pure magic like boonlai vs karuhat etc.
Yeah Namkabuan was great.. Do you know what he does today? I see the fighter Kem Sitsongpeenong, he has a great record in Thailand.. Would he be as good as Buakaw?
@Herrosivich namkabuan is a legend buakaw is a great fighter but he was never ranked as no1 in lumpinee.namkabuan on the other hand was fighting for two decades some of the greatest thai fighters like ole,sakmongol,orono,samart 2 chartchai.boonlai.ramon dekkers and many other so i think that namkabuan would won buakaw
@ThyChrysanthemum chathcai,sakmongol,orono.jongsana,ole,samson,veraphol,dieselnoi,apidej,nuonthoranee,matte jepitak etc which are LEGENDS.BUAKAW ACHIEVEMENTS outside of thailand were excelent but what he achieved in thailand wasnt great maybe that was becuase he made mor money outside thailand maybe not.BUT how you can say you are the best muay thai fighter when you dont have one lumpinee or rajadamner title at least.all these fighters i told you were multiple titleholder in diff weigth classes
it was hard to find a match up for namkabuan as he got too good and too strong, stm he had to give 10-pound advantage to his fighter, buakaw is just a well-known fighter, there are even a couple fghters that are better than hm but never gets a chance to fight outside thaland
@ThyChrysanthemum lumpinee and rajadamnern stadium belts are like wbc belts in boxing for muay thai and they have a system that they rate fighters as in boxing in the states.buakaw was never number 1 either in rating neither was he a lumpinee or rajadmnern title holder in thailand which means that he was a b class fighter in thailand.he had an omnoi stadium though.what i want to say is that for k-1 he is great but in muay thai he wasnt great.you can se great fighters like samart,namkabuan
