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Lone Chaw

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Lone Chaw
Born (1976-10-30) October 30, 1976 (age 48)
Ayeyarwady, Myanmar
Native nameMaung Naing Lin
Other namesလုံးချော
NationalityMyanmar Myanmar
Height1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight80 kg (176 lb; 12 st 8 lb)
StanceOrthodox
TeamThut Ti Lethwei Gym, KLN
TrainerSaw Ayeyar
U Daung Nyo
Win Zin Oo
Years active1995-2012
SpouseMa 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

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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

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  1. Justin Calderon (24 September 2014). "Lethwei boxing in Myanmar: Asia's new martial arts sensation". CNN Travel.
  2. Goyder, James (22 July 2015). "Inside a Burmese Lethwei Gym". VICE Fightland. Archived from the original on 12 November 2020. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  3. Tin Moe Aung (9 September 2007). "From a rice farmer to king of the ring". Myanmar Times.
  4. 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.
  5. Leena Salim (1 April 2015). "A Gentle Legend - A Lethal Fighter". Myanmore.
  6. Kyaw Zin Hlaing (15 January 2016). "Lone Chaw's protégé". Myanmar Times. Archived from the original on 9 July 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
  7. Htet Moe Thu (20 November 2019). "MMA မွာ ျမန္မာရိုးရာ လက္ေဝွ႕ ကို ခ်ျပေတာ့မဲ့ ေအာင္လအန္ဆန္း". Real Than.[permanent dead link]