Pattaya — A fight club on Pattaya Beach last night drew plenty of attention from tourists.

 

A group of around 100 Thai teenagers aged 15 to 20 years old gathered on Pattaya Beach in the early hours of Saturday, September 24th, to arrange a boxing contest amid cheering crowds of tourists and local residents alike.

 

The fighters used boxing gloves and a mouthguard during the fight for safety, according to one of the attendees. The fight was completely voluntary and predetermined but unexpectedly received massive attention from local people and tourists, many who didn’t know what was going on.

 

Full story: https://thepattayanews.com/2022/09/24/fight-club-on-pattaya-beach-draws-attention-from-tourists/

 

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How are we even hearing about this if true?

The first rule of fight club...

From the pics in the article, it looks like this took place opposite the police station. What gives?

1 hour ago, Gold Star said:

How are we even hearing about this if true?

The first rule of fight club...

Are we to have an abundance of quotes from that great man's film? (We aren't allowed many these days)......?

'Is that your blood on your shirt'....

'Some of it'.....

 

I want to see Prayut fight Prawit on Pattaya beach!

3 hours ago, webfact said:

local people and tourists, many who didn’t know what was going on.

They might have assumed it was just another dust-up between Thai youth gangs.  The fact that this was a one-on-one fight dispels this notion.

That's the way to do ... no more shooting and killing , let them fight against each other in a FAIR fight .

2 hours ago, 2baht said:

I want to see Prayut fight Prawit on Pattaya beach!

front row seat for me please

5 hours ago, Gold Star said:

How are we even hearing about this if true?

The first rule of fight club...

Great movie????

The entertainment Quality Tourists have been crying out for. Bravo TAT!

"The first rule of Fight Club is you do not talk about Fight Club!

The second rule of Fight Club is you do not talk about Fight Club!"

????

From experience, I would suggest organising such events on boxing gyms across Thailand for all students, as a matter of normal life would stop a huge amount of the random 'kid on kid' street violence, and produce less violent adults.

 

Question: how many ex-boxers do you know or hear of that go about whacking people unless for self defence (I exclude those who bounce on doorways).

 

Such organised boxing training impacts the desire - specially the knife bat turf junk that we are seeing.

 

Bullies will always get sorted in the gym - real quick. 'Weak' (?) sensitive, and smaller kids, timid kids, will be lifted up and helped through their timidity and victim stuff (it did for me).

 

Yes there will be fighting as kids grow (this is part of learning about their male energy) but they learn about 'controlled aggression', speaking up for themselves without needing to go form 0 to 10 without deciding to and managing their own fears (which boxing teaches you to do).

I'd say its far preferable than king hitting people with all your force in a rage as untrained people do.

 

If defending oneself against such a person boxing training may very well save your life and even remove the need to hit unless absolutely necessary i.e. its hard to hit somebody who isn' there.

 

I enlisted boxing trainers in a few places I lived and worked in Oz to dampen and channel youth energy frustrations and their socialised move to random street violence, and it worked every place we began such programs.

 

My dear older friend John in Oz had a program he developed that used boxing training for abused and victimised people and it worked like a miracle for decades.

6 hours ago, 2baht said:

I want to see Prayut fight Prawit on Pattaya beach!

Yes, then perhaps they could put the skills they learned at the Military Academy to good use, instead of bothering about trying to run a country.????

Edited September 26, 20223 yr by possum1931

6 hours ago, 2baht said:

I want to see Prayut fight Prawit on Pattaya beach!

Are tickets on sale yet???????????

 

5 hours ago, nobodysfriend said:

That's the way to do ... no more shooting and killing , let them fight against each other in a FAIR fight .

 

The loser of the fight loses "face" so comes back with a gun and shoots the victor of the fight.  ????

6 hours ago, mikebell said:

The fact that this was a one-on-one fight dispels this notion.

 

This is why it has made the news.  It was one on one fighting, something not seen in Thai culture.  ???? 

6 minutes ago, Leaver said:

 

The loser of the fight loses "face" so comes back with a gun and shoots the victor of the fight.  ????

yes ....   that's the normal process isn't it ....  we've seen that hundreds of times here. 

7 hours ago, 2baht said:

I want to see Prayut fight Prawit on Pattaya beach!

The latter would have an advantage in a bowling alley....

The first rule about fight club........

11 hours ago, webfact said:

A group of around 100 Thai teenagers aged 15 to 20 years old gathered on Pattaya Beach in the early hours of Saturday, September 24th, to arrange a boxing contest amid cheering crowds of tourists and local residents alike.

Maybe they could get the warring uni students to attend.

5 hours ago, Harveyboy said:

front row seat for me please

Yea ... that's actually pretty cool idea.  As the participants can stop when ever they like.  Very safe, sort of.  Would think if someone was dumb enough to continue, when they shouldn't, there opponent would simply cease.  

 

No pressure for a 'show' as opposed to pros, which I disagree with that sport.

 

Wonder if they would let bystander participate ... ????

 

Legality ... would think there in no law against playing sports on the beach, as long as not paid or for profit.

Edited September 26, 20223 yr by KhunLA

12 hours ago, webfact said:

The fight was completely voluntary and predetermined

????

28 minutes ago, hotchilli said:

Maybe they could get the warring uni students to attend.

It looks like it's "one-on-one" though.

16 minutes ago, BangkokReady said:

????

Might be lost in translation, and opponents were 'predetermined'. 

On 9/26/2022 at 4:23 AM, champers said:

From the pics in the article, it looks like this took place opposite the police station. What gives?

Just out of curiosity, how can you tell that?

4 minutes ago, PJ71 said:

Just out of curiosity, how can you tell that?

The station is in 3rd pic, purple sign. I stand to be corrected.