Interview THONGCHAILEK

INTERVIEW

Source: www.superpro.be

February: THONGCHAILEK


1. Hi Thongchailek, is everything ok?
- Yes, despite the cold. I have to say Thailand is a bit warmer! (LoL)

2. Could you tell us a bit on your life here up until now?
- Life in Thailand is hard. Since I was a little boy there was thaiboxing in the family. I guess it’s easy to figure out why I went that way as well. I started at the age of 5 and my first fight was at 9. I have considered and planned a life outside of Thaiboxing, but I keep missing it and then I need to get back into that ring. I became n° 2 at the age of 27 in Thailand.


3. Did you have a lot fights in Europe?
- About 3 times. With nice memories. It’s kind of fun fighting here, different than Thailand!

4. Who were the European opponents?
- Well-known guys like Karim Saada, Tarik Benfik , Dida Diafat and Rudolf Duriga. I won from the first three, Dida was in Thailand but I lost from Duriga when he hit my forehead and it opened up.

5. Who do you look up to?
- Farid Villaume & Petrosian are my European favourites. In the boxing world THE legends are Mike Tyson, Marven Hagler and Sugar Ray Leonard!! Anuwat rocks in Thailand!

6. You travel to Scotland, 4 March, for the prestigious tournament POWER OF SCOTLAND 2 in Glasglow. A -67kg tournament with quite some good fighters in that class. Do you know your opponents?
- I only know Rudolf Duriga to tell the truth.

7. Didn’t you fight each other before? Duriga is one of the favourites to win the tournament.
- Yes, last year in Bratislava, in February.

8. How did the fight go?
- In round 1 and 2 it went glorious for me. But in round 3 I was too relaxed and Rudolph got me there! With an elbow blow to the head I was injured. The corner people cleaned it well, and stopped the bleeding, but the ref stopped the fight. Well, that’s thaibox I guess.!! lol

9. So you must be eager to fight Duriga in the tournament now, to set things straight?
- Yes of course, that would be great. Despite the fact we’ve been training together in Korat (TH), I’d really like to fight him again now!!

10. Message to your opponents on 4 March?
- May the best win!!

11. Maybe something for the crowd in Scotland as well?
- Everybody told me that the crowd in Scotland is great. Always warm and supporting with lots of respect for all the fighters. I’ll try to do my very best not to disappoint them!