Too Too
| Too Too | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1989 (age 35) |
| Nationality | Burmese |
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) |
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb; 11.8 st) |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Team | Dragon Power club Yangon |
| Trainer | kyaw soe (Dragon Power) |
Too Too (Burmese: တူးတူး), also known as Maung Too, is a Burmese Lethwei fighter and current Middleweight Lethwei World champion. Too Too took part in Muay Thai competitions at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games and 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games winning the gold and bronze medal respectively. He also fought in the only Lethwei superfight match held at Kunlun Fight 25 in Slovakia.
Lethwei career
Monsoon Fighter
On July 2015, Too Too faced American Muay Thai fighter Cyrus Washington in the Monsoon Fighter event at Theinphyu Stadium in Yangon.[1] The match went for seven rounds rather than the sport’s typical five. Too Too retained his undefeated record. The fight ended in a draw, but said he did not want to fight for this long again.[2][3]
Myanmar Lethwei World Championship
In August 2016, Too Too faced Quebecer fighter Dave Leduc at the 1st Myanmar World Lethwei Championship.[4][5] The match was held in Burmese bareknuckle boxing rules, Leduc took the country by storm by dominating the fight,[6][7] but the battle ended in a draw according to traditional Lethwei rules.[8][9]
WLC
In 2017, Too Too signed an exclusive contract with World Lethwei Championship.
Despite being both among the top ranked Lethwei fighters in Myanmar and both signed to the WLC, Tun Tun Min and Too Too have refused to fight each other due to their long-lasting friendship.[10]
Titles
- 2015 Lethwei Golden Belt - Middleweight World Champion
References
- ^ Kyaw Zin Hlaing (16 July 2016). "Too Too faces American in monsoon dust up". Myanmar Times.
- ^ Kyaw Zin Hlaing (15 December 2015). "Lethwei Champion to face USA fighter for the third time". Myanmar Times.
- ^ Agence France-Presse (30 December 2015). "Lethwei, Myanmar's brutal Martial Art, attracting all-comers while fighting for recognition". The National.
- ^ Nomad, Team (12 August 2016). "Dave Leduc To Fight In The Bloodiest And Most Brutal Form Of Striking Martial Art, Lethwei". Team Nomad.
- ^ "Myanmar Lethwei World Championship -ပထမအကိမ္ ျမန္မာ့ ရုိးရာ လက္ေ၀ွ ့ကမာ ့ခ်န္ပီယံ လုပြဲတြင(Burmese)". Xinhua Myanmar. 21 August 2016.
- ^ Marcil, Patrick (16 August 2016). "Fight Team Patenaude". Gatineau Martial Arts.
- ^ Starr, Marie (23 August 2016). "Myanmar Triumphs In Lethwei Championship". Myanmore.
- ^ Marcil, Patrick (24 August 2016). "Dave Leduc et le Championnat du monde de Lethwei". Gatineau Martial Arts.
- ^ Anthony Da Silva-Casimiro (31 August 2016). "La passion frappante de Dave Leduc". La Revue.
- ^ Kyaw Zin Hlaing and Matt Roebuck (16 March 2016). "Friendship before fights". Myanmar Times.