Two-time featherweight kickboxing champion Buakaw Banchamek will try to recapture his title for the first time in eight years when the K-1 World MAX 2014 World Championship Tournament Final comes to Pattaya Oct. 11.
The winner of the K-1 championship in 2004 and 2006 – as well a two-time Omnoi Stadium champion and Thailand Featherweight champ – will face off against Germany’s Enriko Kehl, ranked third in the World Boxing Council Muay Thai organization.
Mayor Itthiphol Kunplome accepts tickets from Natthaphol Dechvithak, GM of Solana Marketing, during the announcement of the upcoming the K-1 World MAX 2014 World Championship Tournament Final.
Held for the first time in Thailand, the final originally was scheduled for July 26, but delayed due to the May 22 military coup.
Fighters in K-1 organization fights battle in a style similar to Muay Thai, but the bouts use different rules and point systems and fewer moves are allowed, leading aficionados to call K-1 a “watered down” version of the Thai-originated sport.
The competition will be held at the Eastern National Indoor Sports Stadium on Soi Chaiyapruek 2 from 6 p.m. to midnight. Ticket prices range from 1,000-10,000 baht and the match will be broadcast on Channel 7 and the Internet at K-1.tv.
