Chamuakpet can rightfully lay claim to being as great a fighter as ever was. His title belts, a record of 9 in the Golden Age, range from 1980 at the age of 17 when he took the 102 lb Lumpinee Belt from Samart, to 1994 at the age of 32, when he won the 126 lb Rajadamnern Belt for the second time. He has lived and taught in Japan for over 20 years now. He has tremendous quiet and silence about him, some of which found its way into this photo
This is an incredible moment. Rare are images where elite western female fighters and elite Thai female fighters are together like this. Sylvie developed a friendship with Sawsing during her Muay Khao Summit, spending 3 weeks together. Here we came to photograph her fight in Bangkok, and Sylvie came over to help adjust the lobloo guard. There is something poetic here, as women attempt to fight for a deserved space within masculine coded Muay Thai, in Thailand.
