A big congratulation to Thomas McCormick on a spectacular win at Ratchadamnoen Stadium on Sunday 22 June, against a much more experienced Bangkok fighter.
Thomas, 19 yrs, beat Yodmongkon,20 yrs, on points over 5 rounds at Ratchadamnoen’s “Farang” night. Thomas has had a lot of junior experience in the UK but only had 10 senior fights. This was never going to be easy for him facing the upcoming Bangkok pro with 70 fights under his belt ! He was announced into the ring as -“Thomas Wicker Camp UK !” Yodmongkon, his opponent, is the Promoter’s boy, which means he fights regularly on this Promoter’s bill at Ratchadamnoen Stadium.
Although the Thai was very strong, Thomas was much sharper than the Thai and started scoring with strong kicks to the Thai’s legs and ribs. The Thai wanted to clinch but Thomas persistently scored with his knees and threw Yodmongkon to the canvas. The Thai came back with heavy punches, and furious kicks, but couldn’t land a clean shot on Thomas. By the start of the 5th round Thomas was the clear winner catching the Thai with strong kicks and a couple of good elbows. The fight was just about over with 1 minute to go, both fighters moving around the ring touching gloves, waiting for the final bell.
Some may think that “it’s only Farang night” (although Thomas was the ONLY Farang fighting...) and that it is not an important achievement for Thomas to win in Thailand; I don’t agree. I know that Thomas has much to learn about fighting, and this win doesn’t exactly make him Thailand champion, BUT it was an experience that will change Thomas for the better, and make him the great champion I know he will be, one day soon.
A BIG thank you to my old friend Jitti, who set up this fight for me, he also let Thomas train for 4 days at his camp, fed him, and got a massive discount on tickets for our 30 fabulous supporters at ringside.
Monday, 18 August 2008
Imran vs Anuwat. Paris, France.
What a great opportunity for Imran Khan to fight an awesome fighter like Anuwat Kiewsamrit. Sadly, we were only offered this fight TWO WEEKS before, so Imran and Mick had very little time to prepare for what would obviously be a tough fight anyway; Add to this the fact that Mick wouldn’t be in Imran’s corner and the French authorities would not allow elbows – Imran’s preferred weapon of choice, and the fight was never in Imran’s favour.
This was a great fight at the wrong time for Imran. As he’d not been training regularly, Mick was concentrating on getting Thomas into fighting shape ready for his big night at Ratchadamnern Stadium. We got the call from Paul Henessey only two weeks before, Imran jumped at the chance, but it was soon obvious in the gym that he wasn’t very fit. He got to train with Mick twice a day for 12 days (real vomit and tears stuff . . .) until it was time for him to recuperate ready for battle. Imran is not naturally a fit guy, but he is the toughest when it comes to mental will power.
Imran knew he wasn’t at his fittest for this battle, we were hoping and praying that the French would allow the elbow, but thought it was on the cards that they probably would not. Dan Hudson agreed to take Imran to Paris and corner him for the fight as Mick was flying out to Thailand on the day of Imran’s fight.
Imran lost the fight on points but was in extremely high spirits as he knew that Anuwat was at his fittest and STILL couldn’t stop Imran !!! Imran got dropped twice during the fight, but largely due to exhaustion and not Anuwat’s power. Mick spoke to him by phone the day after the fight and Imran was buzzing. He is absolutely certain that he will beat Anuwat in a rematch ! The guy was super fit and powerful, but Imran was the better Thai-Boxer. If he’d had more fuel in the tank and able to use his elbows, Imran feels he can not only beat Anuwat, but stop him in a rematch.
Mick and Jitti Damriram spent time negotiating a rematch in Bangkok. Anan, Anuwat’s Manager from Kiewsamrit, is still considering at the time of writing. Mick’s friend, Jitti, is trying to get a rematch at either Ratchadamnern or Lumpini for Imran. We’ll let you know as soon as we hear from Thailand.
This was a great fight at the wrong time for Imran. As he’d not been training regularly, Mick was concentrating on getting Thomas into fighting shape ready for his big night at Ratchadamnern Stadium. We got the call from Paul Henessey only two weeks before, Imran jumped at the chance, but it was soon obvious in the gym that he wasn’t very fit. He got to train with Mick twice a day for 12 days (real vomit and tears stuff . . .) until it was time for him to recuperate ready for battle. Imran is not naturally a fit guy, but he is the toughest when it comes to mental will power.
Imran knew he wasn’t at his fittest for this battle, we were hoping and praying that the French would allow the elbow, but thought it was on the cards that they probably would not. Dan Hudson agreed to take Imran to Paris and corner him for the fight as Mick was flying out to Thailand on the day of Imran’s fight.
Imran lost the fight on points but was in extremely high spirits as he knew that Anuwat was at his fittest and STILL couldn’t stop Imran !!! Imran got dropped twice during the fight, but largely due to exhaustion and not Anuwat’s power. Mick spoke to him by phone the day after the fight and Imran was buzzing. He is absolutely certain that he will beat Anuwat in a rematch ! The guy was super fit and powerful, but Imran was the better Thai-Boxer. If he’d had more fuel in the tank and able to use his elbows, Imran feels he can not only beat Anuwat, but stop him in a rematch.
Mick and Jitti Damriram spent time negotiating a rematch in Bangkok. Anan, Anuwat’s Manager from Kiewsamrit, is still considering at the time of writing. Mick’s friend, Jitti, is trying to get a rematch at either Ratchadamnern or Lumpini for Imran. We’ll let you know as soon as we hear from Thailand.
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