Muay Thai Festival in Honor of His Majesty the King’s 72nd Birthday Anniversary, Muay Thai Youth Amateur World Championship 2024 “IFMA Youth World Championships 2024” at Paragon Hall, Siam Paragon, from September 13-19, free admission for boxing fans. The International Federation of Muay Thai Associations (IFMA), in collaboration with the Amateur Muay Thai Association of Thailand (AMTAT) and the Sports Authority of Thailand (SAT), is organizing the competition to expand the base of Muay Thai sports worldwide and to support the policy of the Thai government under the leadership of Ms. Paethongtarn Shinawatra, Prime Minister, to promote “Muay Thai sports” to become a soft power. There are young Thai boxers from around the world, members of IFMA, participating in the competition, more than 100 countries, approximately 2,000 athletes and 1,500 people involved, totaling approximately 3,500 people. It is expected that this event will create economic value for Thailand of 500-1,000 million baht. As for Thai youth T
hai boxing athletes, 26 people will participate, divided into 13 men and 13 women.

On September 15, the 2024 IFMA Youth World Championships entered its third day of competition, with 156 matches, including the second round and the quarterfinals, while Thai boxers competed in 13 categories.

The highlight is the 60kg female 16-17 years old quarter-finals, “Phet Baiyok Korat Sports School” Piyawan Unkongpanaw defeated Katell Coquet from France 30-27, advancing to the semi-finals to meet Alayna Korkmaz from Turkey, who has already secured a bronze medal.

After the match, Petch Baiyok said that it was quite a tiring fight because not only did he rest for a long time, his opponent was also quite big, making it difficult to fight. In addition, there was the issue of the air in the hall being quite cold, so he had to warm up. Now he is happy that he has guaranteed a bronze medal, but it is not enough because he wants to win a gold medal as the host.

The results of other categories began with the 30kg female categ
ory, age 10-11 years, quarter-finals. ‘Party Nakhon Si Sports School’ Panthita Petchjum won by points against Adel Nassirabadi from Kazakhstan 30-27, advancing to the semi-finals, guaranteeing a bronze medal, to meet Salima Izangalina, a neutral individual athlete (AIN).

30kg Men’s 10-11 years old quarter-finals “Petchkafiws Sor.Dr.Pramet” Phacharawat Wiangwiset narrowly defeated Donat Ostrikool from Estonia 29-28, advancing to the semi-finals, guaranteeing another bronze medal for the Muay Thai team, where they will face Sevolod Bashutov, a boxer from a neutral country.

38 kg. Men’s 12-13 years old, 2nd runner-up “Achariya A. Udon” Kritsana Hoykaew defeated Daniel Sawalski from Estonia 30-27, advancing to the last 8 to meet Artyom Volkov from Kazakhstan.

38kg Female 14-15 years old quarter-finals “Ploy Star Sit Phuyai Chuk” Natthida Kanburi won by points against Rania Sabbar from Morocco 29-28, advancing to the semi-finals and guaranteeing a bronze medal. She will meet Anastasia Bias, a boxer from a neutr
al country.

40kg Female 12-14 years old quarter-finals “Petchmintra T.Yandindaeng” Laksanaporn Musiko defeated RSC in the second round, Karina Jesianavich, Individual Neutral Athlete (AIN), through to the semi-finals to meet Kushnaz Siganporia from India.

40kg Female 14-15 years old quarter-finals “DJ Sis Odnoi” Nayana Talrat beat Heshani Kaushalya from Sri Lanka until the count was 2 times in the first round, advancing to the semi-finals to meet Sky Branson from Australia.

45kg Male 14-15 years old, second round, “Petch Shogun Khon Kaen Sports School” Phatthanan Phikunwilai chased and punched Yahangir Askarov from Uzbekistan until he was counted out twice in the second round, advancing to the last 8 to meet Alrayyan Ezmekhna from Jordan.

51kg Men’s 14-15 years old, second round, “Aphidech Surat Gym” Aphidech Kanjana won by points against Aiden Eclipse from the Philippines 29-28, advancing to the last 8 to meet Anuar Elytari from Morocco.

51kg category, men, age 16-17, second round, “Namkhon Bangkok Spor
ts School” Sittinon Damneam defeated Kiet Huang Anh from Vietnam 29-28, successfully advancing to the last 8.

57 kg. Men’s 16-17 years old, second round, “Tawandeud Nakhon Sawan Sports School” Songkran Konthap defeated Jacob Ordonez from Canada 30-27, advancing to the last 8 in another category.

In the 48kg category for men aged 14-15 years, second round, “Namo Phdungchai Muay Thai Gym” Thitiphan Khamrae lost to Byambatsot Myakmhar from Mongolia 28-29, and in the 54kg category for women aged 16-17 years, quarter-finals, “Buachompoo Muay Hu Nueng Chaiwat” Somsasinan Kaewpaksa lost to Anujin Soyolerdine from Mongolia 28-29, unfortunately being eliminated.

Summary of the results of Thai boxers today: 13 categories competed, 6 categories were guaranteed bronze medals, and 5 categories made it to the final 8, with 2 categories eliminated. Channel 9 mcothd 30 will broadcast live as usual from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM.

On the Saudi Arabian team’s side, Ali Alomary said that it was a very good competition, the organiza
tion was excellent, and the competition was also broadcasted live on the Olympic channel. This is a good sign that Muay Thai will have the opportunity to go to the Olympic Games in the future.

‘I went to the Olympic Games in Paris. Judging from Thailand’s organization, Muay Thai can enter the Olympic Games in the future. I hope Muay Thai will have a good chance to enter the Olympic Games soon,’ said Alomari.

Nasser Al-Nuwaisir, a boxer from Uzbekistan, said that the competition was organized with very good standards. The competition area was quite large and there were 4 stages. As an athlete, he really liked having so many stages.

‘I hope that this competition will set a good standard for the future Olympic Games, and I personally want to be a Muay Thai boxer to compete in the Olympic Games,’ said the Saudi Arabian boxer.

Source: Thai News Agency