Boxing champion Tun Tun Min may be a tough guy, but he’s got a big heart. The Myanmar fighter with a gap-toothed smile announced that he had auctioned off the belt that crowned him king of lethwei, or ...

Amid five years of devastating conflict, young fighters embrace the traditional bloodsport as both self-defence and refuge In a country consumed by conflict, a sport defined by brutality dominates: ...

In a country consumed by conflict, a sport defined by brutality dominates: Myanmar's lethwei martial art, where headbutts are encouraged and knock-out blows are the aim of the game. "I can't live ...

Headbutts are banned from nearly every major combat sport, but Burmese boxing has built an entire system around them, and the results are as brutal as they are technically fascinating. From long-range ...

Because of a Burmese boxing champion named Tun Tauk, the life of a horsekeeper, Yay Chan, was destroyed. To fight against the injustices, Yay Chan learned boxing and entered the ring to confront them.