“The greatest and most frightening boxer in the history of Muay Thai joined BKFC. Welcome Buakaw Bankamek,” Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship announced. It is not clear the details of the contract on the number of Buakaw matches, as well as the remuneration “Thanh Muay” received when putting the pen with BKFC.
Buakaw shows that he is still very energetic even though he is no longer at the peak. The legend of Muay Thai and Kickboxing has just played Bokator (Cambodian Martial Arts) a few weeks ago and won. At the last 31 SEA Games, he came to Vietnam as the coach of the Cambodian Kickboxing team.
Buakaw himself said he was honored to sign a contract with BKFC. With the level of a professional boxer who won the K1 World Championship, Buakaw is expected to bring BKFC closer to Asian audiences. This tournament currently has a Vietnamese -born boxer participating in Dat Nguyen.
With the competition format like Boxing but does not require martial artists to wear gloves, BKFC brings a very new experience to the viewer. However, this format is still controversial when the fistless fist brings injuries to the entire person and the recipient when on the competition floor.
At the age of 40, Buakaw Bankamek is one of the most famous Muay boxers in Thailand. The British name is widely known worldwide after switching to kickboxing. Thai boxers won 2 K-1 Max Tournament championships in 2004 and 2006.