Thein Pyu Stadium

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Thein Pyu Stadium
Thein Pyu Stadium - Yangon.png
LocationThein Pyu road, Yangon, Myanmar
Coordinates16°49′16.73″N 96°11′12.58″E / 16.8213139°N 96.1868278°E / 16.8213139; 96.1868278Coordinates: 16°49′16.73″N 96°11′12.58″E / 16.8213139°N 96.1868278°E / 16.8213139; 96.1868278
OwnerMinistry of Health and Sports of Myanmar
Capacity5,200[1]
Tenants
Myanmar Traditional Lethwei Federation (MTBF)

Thein Pyu Stadium (Burmese: သိမ်ဖြူအားကစားကွင်း) is a Lethwei stadium located in Yangon, Myanmar.[2] The stadium counts over 5,200-seats is and his the most notorious Lethwei stadium in all of Myanmar.[1] It's the venue choice for most national and international level Lethwei events.[3][4] The Stadium is run by the Myanmar Traditional Lethwei Federation.

Overview[]

Since the 1990s, the Myanmar Traditional Lethwei Federation, under the jurisdiction of the Ministry of Health and Sports of Myanmar, has been a holding an office at the stadium.[5]

Lethwei[]

Lethwei fights at Thein Pyu stadium.

Since 1996, the stadium has been hosting the Golden Belt Championship tournament.[6]

On December 18, 2018, the stadium was the chosen venue for the third match of the notorious trilogy fights between Dave Leduc and Tun Tun Min,[1] which was featured on La Fosse aux Tigres.[7][8]

On January 31, 2020, the stadium was host of the World Lethwei Championship for the first time with WLC 11: Battlebones.[9]

Training

Across from the stadium, is the Phoenix Letwhei Gym,[10] a local gym used to train and prepare fighters before they compete.[11]

2020[]

In March 2020, all Lethwei events were cancelled in Myanmar due to the COVID-19 pandemic.[12] The Ministry of Health and Sports of Myanmar decided to prepare quarantine centers across the country. The Thein Phyu Stadium was transformed into a makeshift quarantine center for Myanmar nationals returning from foreign countries.[13]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c "And Still: Dave Leduc Retains Openweight Lethwei Crown". Lethwei World. 18 December 2018.
  2. ^ "Lethwei Fight Yangon Myanmar". Global Gaz. 28 May 2019.
  3. ^ "နိုင်ငံတကာရိုးရာလက်ဝှေ့စိန်ခေါ်ပွဲ မြန်မာပြည်ချန်ပီယံ ထွန်းထွန်းမင်း ကနေဒါလက်ဝှေ့ချန်ပီယံ မက်သရူးကို အလဲထိုး". NPE (in Burmese). 27 May 2015.
  4. ^ Hlaing, Kyaw Zin (13 October 2015). "Question answered". Myanmar Times.
  5. ^ "Sports Clubs & Associations - Myanmar Boxing Federation". Yangon Directory. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
  6. ^ Kyaw Zin Hlaing (27 May 2015). "A 'Golden' opportunity". Myanmar Times.
  7. ^ Andrew Whitelaw (15 December 2018). "Lethwei star Tun Tun Min's road to redemption". Fox Sports Asia.
  8. ^ Kyaw Zin Hlaing (18 December 2018). "Fight of the decade ends in a draw". Myanmar Times.
  9. ^ Leon Jennings (1 February 2020). "WLC: BATTLEBONES – NAIMJON TUHTABOYEV WINS MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE". Asian Persuasion MMA.
  10. ^ Joe Henley (28 January 2018). "Burmese bare-knuckle kick-boxing goes mainstream as foreigners discover ancient combat sport". South China Morning Post.
  11. ^ Ophelia Bearcat (26 August 2016). "Fight of the decade ends in a draw". Myanmar Times.
  12. ^ Thiha Aung (23 March 2020). "Authorities prepare Thein Phyu indoor stadium to quarantine COVID-19 suspects". Eleven News Myanmar.
  13. ^ Nan Lwin (23 March 2020). "Myanmar Prepares Quarantine Centers as Official COVID-19 Count Remains at Zero". The Irrawaddy.
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