Lone Chaw
| Lone Chaw | |
|---|---|
| Born | October 30, 1976 Ayeyarwady, Myanmar |
| Native name | Maung Naing Lin |
| Other names | လုံးချော |
| Nationality |  Myanmar |
| Height | 1.83 m (6 ft 0 in) |
| Weight | 80 kg (176 lb; 12 st 8 lb) |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Team | Thut Ti Lethwei Gym, KLN |
| Trainer | Saw Ayeyar U Daung Nyo Win Zin Oo |
| Years active | 1995-2012 |
| Spouse | Ma Zin Zin Mya |
| Medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Men's Lethwei | ||
| Representing Myanmar
| ||
| Myanmar Interstate Tournament | ||
| Winner | 1999 Yangon, Myanmar | 75kg |
Lone Chaw(Burmese: လုံးချော) is a retired Burmese fighter and former Open Lethwei World Champion.[1][2]
Personal life[change | change source]
Lone Chaw is Karen people. He was born in a village of the Ayeyarwady Region, Myanmar. He stopped studying the Grade-9 education and then he worked family work as a farmer. He started Lethwei training in 1995. His aim is to be a professional lethwei fighter.[3] He studied the lethwei in his hometown. In 1999, he transferred to Yangon. His first lethwei fight was at a traditional festival.[4]
In 2004, he studied at Thut Ti Lethwei Gym and trained by Win Zin Oo. He retired in 2012 at the age of 36 and worked as a coach.[5][6][7]
References[change | change source]
- ↑ Justin Calderon (24 September 2014). "Lethwei boxing in Myanmar: Asia's new martial arts sensation". CNN Travel.
- ↑ Goyder, James (22 July 2015). "Inside a Burmese Lethwei Gym". VICE Fightland.
- ↑ Tin Moe Aung (9 September 2007). "From a rice farmer to king of the ring". Myanmar Times.
- ↑ Pinky (16 July 2012). "Kick-boxer drawn into fighting for a living". Myanmar Times. Archived from the original on 29 March 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
- ↑ Leena Salim (1 April 2015). "A Gentle Legend - A Lethal Fighter". Myanmore.
- ↑ Kyaw Zin Hlaing (15 January 2016). "Lone Chaw's protégé". Myanmar Times. Archived from the original on 9 July 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
- ↑ Htet Moe Thu (20 November 2019). "MMA မွာ ျမန္မာရိုးရာ လက္ေဝွ႕ ကို ခ်ျပေတာ့မဲ့ ေအာင္လအန္ဆန္း". Real Than.[permanent dead link]