Lone Chaw

Burmese Lethwei fighter

Lone Chaw(Burmese: လုံးချော) is a retired Burmese fighter and former Open Lethwei World Champion.[1][2]

Lone Chaw
Born (1976-10-30) October 30, 1976 (age 47)
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

Personal life change

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

  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.
  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]