Thein Pyu Stadium
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| Location | Thein Pyu road, Yangon, Myanmar |
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| Coordinates | 16°49′16.73″N 96°11′12.58″E / 16.8213139°N 96.1868278°E |
| Owner | Ministry of Health and Sports of Myanmar |
| Capacity | 5,200[1] |
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| 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
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
- ^ a b c "And Still: Dave Leduc Retains Openweight Lethwei Crown". Lethwei World. 18 December 2018.
- ^ "Lethwei Fight Yangon Myanmar". Global Gaz. 28 May 2019.
- ^ "နိုင်ငံတကာရိုးရာလက်ဝှေ့စိန်ခေါ်ပွဲ မြန်မာပြည်ချန်ပီယံ ထွန်းထွန်းမင်း ကနေဒါလက်ဝှေ့ချန်ပီယံ မက်သရူးကို အလဲထိုး". NPE (in Burmese). 27 May 2015.
- ^ Hlaing, Kyaw Zin (13 October 2015). "Question answered". Myanmar Times.
- ^ "Sports Clubs & Associations - Myanmar Boxing Federation". Yangon Directory. Retrieved 19 August 2020.
- ^ Kyaw Zin Hlaing (27 May 2015). "A 'Golden' opportunity". Myanmar Times.
- ^ Andrew Whitelaw (15 December 2018). "Lethwei star Tun Tun Min's road to redemption". Fox Sports Asia.
- ^ Kyaw Zin Hlaing (18 December 2018). "Fight of the decade ends in a draw". Myanmar Times.
- ^ Leon Jennings (1 February 2020). "WLC: BATTLEBONES – NAIMJON TUHTABOYEV WINS MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE". Asian Persuasion MMA.
- ^ Joe Henley (28 January 2018). "Burmese bare-knuckle kick-boxing goes mainstream as foreigners discover ancient combat sport". South China Morning Post.
- ^ Ophelia Bearcat (26 August 2016). "Fight of the decade ends in a draw". Myanmar Times.
- ^ Thiha Aung (23 March 2020). "Authorities prepare Thein Phyu indoor stadium to quarantine COVID-19 suspects". Eleven News Myanmar.
- ^ Nan Lwin (23 March 2020). "Myanmar Prepares Quarantine Centers as Official COVID-19 Count Remains at Zero". The Irrawaddy.