U.S. Muay Thai boxing champion, Angela “Riptide” Whitley, never intended to become a fighter. She says she didn’t choose Muay Thai; it chose her. By chance, seven years ago, she came to Puerto Rico, ...

Boxing is a national passion in Thailand, offering a path to the Olympics and lucrative careers in a country with one of the world’s widest income divides. By Hannah Beech and Muktita Suhartono ...

Muay Thai is performed with boxing gloves in Western-style boxing rings, but boxers are allowed to use knees, elbows and legs, in addition to fists, as weapons. It is considered the most violent of ...

One move at a time, Madrone Elementary School students in Santa Rosa learned the basics of Muay Thai and a little about themselves during a five-week program that wrapped up Friday. Ben Brown, the ...

EVERYONE WAS ALREADY sweating when I arrived at Pacific Muay Thai in White Center. Had they worked out, and the foundations class I was about to take was a cool-down? I won’t leave you guessing — the ...

Saktaywan Boxing Gym resides on a narrow and quiet road in northern Bangkok. It is neighbored on one side by a small apartment complex and on the other side by a sewage canal. The gym is outdoors, and ...

THAILAND, Lopburi March 5 (Reuters) - American soldiers received Muay Thai lessons from a champion fighter in Thailand during the annual multilateral "Cobra Gold" military drills hosted by the Asian ...