Mr Wong, esteemed owner of all things Fairtex has a stern warning for Thai Nak Muay about the future of Muay Thai.
To summarise:
He has been involved in the sport at it's highest level for 60 years.
He feels Muay Thai is currently the best it has ever been or will be so soon.
He attributes this great success to The ONE Championship promotion.
He states that One pays up to 4 times the purse that other promotions pay.
He says the bonuses are very big and it is attracting the best in the world to Thailand to fight and train.
He warns all Thai fighters that the big championship belts are being won by Non Thai's
He says that Thai's feel superior to foreigners but they should take notice of the changes that are happening.
He thinks some big name Thai fighters are becoming too comfortable on the seminar circuit and not training hard enough.
He states that foreigners are highly motivated when fighting Thai's and will pay expensive training fees and navigate complicated visa circumstances in order to stay and train here.
He warns Thai fighters and gyms not to be complacent and to focus more.
He fears that in not to many years all the major Muay Thai championship belts could be held by foreign fighters.
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