Boxing Clever

The owner of Sara's school also happens to own the main Thai Boxing stadium in Bangkok, so a group of us are treated to the full corporate ring-side experience. Not really being that much of a boxing man, I'm equally entertained by the frenzied activity in the crowd, who seem to spend the entire time involved in a mass game of charades. It's when you see thousands of Baht changing hands at the end of each bout that the purpose becomes clear. The boxing itself is pretty much all-in, with favoured moves including the roundhouse kick to the jaw and the upward knee thrust to the ribs. Happily, my enjoyment of the sport is very much enhanced by the fact that I'm sitting next to my friend's Dad who's visiting, and just so happens to be Ian Darke, Sky Sports' chief boxing commentator.