Just home from the show .All in all a good show very well attended , nice venue some outstanding fights so well done Dan he took a huge risk but it paid off Congratulations to Steven wakeling.

It is not often I contribute to the forum but on this occasion I found the judging of some of the fights somewhat dubious to say the least. sour grapes I hear you say ,a trainer who is not objective . I do not think so .

I refer to David Pacquets fight not to mention Keiran.One judge gave all five rounds to David the other two judges scored in favour of Samkor.Samkor was a amazing fighter and a true legend in Muay Thai. however that was then and this is now .In my humble opinion David cut samkor (unlucky the fight was not stopped and proceeded to dominate the fight in every sense balance, effect, ring craft etc...

So why the result . I was sitting next to one judge who was in orr of the great samkor .why not score the fight on the fight not the name.His (samkor) time has come and gone. The other judge had a hidden agenda . Politics

what a bad taste it leaves in my mouth to explain to a world class fighters that he won the fight in the ring but lost to the petty politics that hold this great art back.


The argument that we not understand the criteria of judging just does not hold up. After a life time around Muay Thai.We might miss the odd move to infulence a Bkk judge "if you want to understand judging study the gamblers in the stadium as the fight odds are adjusted.


The judges got it right at least on the Damien Trainor and Steven wakeling fights.