Teenage phenom Yodphupa Wimanair is back in action tomorrow.
The bantamweight Muay Thai sensation faces Belarusian debutant Antar Kacem in the international headliner at ONE Lumpinee 21 at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok.
Many of the top Muay Thai fighters to come from the sport’s heartland get their start at a very young age, some as early as six years old.
Incredibly, Yodphupa was introduced to “the art of eight limbs” at age 12, when the youngster began attending a local boxing gym in his native Chaiyaphum. Soon after, he began fighting to earn money to support his parents.
As his career progressed on the local circuit, the fight purses on offer increased and Yodphupa began to realise that…
