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    Lethwei (Burmese: လက်ဝှေ့; IPA: [lɛʔ.ʍḛ]) or Burmese boxing is a full contact combat sport originating from Myanmar and is regarded as one of the most...
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    World Lethwei Championship (also known as WLC) was a Lethwei promotion based in Yangon, Myanmar. The promotion brought the millennia-old Burmese martial...
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    Dave Leduc (category Canadian Lethwei practitioners)
    1991) is a Canadian-Burmese Lethwei fighter. He is a former six-time Lethwei world champion who held the Openweight Lethwei World Championship and was...
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  • This is a list of notable athletes and well-known Lethwei practitioners who competed, sorted by area of place of birth. Tun Tun Min Saw Nga Man Lone Chaw...
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  • 72.3 kg). The World Lethwei Championship recognizes the light middleweight with an upper limit of 71 kg (157 lb). In World Lethwei Championship, Sasha...
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    combat sport of Lethwei to be held in North America. The event was held at the Outlaw Saloon and was sanctioned by the World Lethwei Federation in partnership...
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    Soe Lin Oo (category Burmese Lethwei practitioners)
    စိုးလင်းဦး) (born December 4, 1991) is a Burmese Lethwei fighter. He is the Golden Belt 60kg Lethwei world champion under traditional rules and is currently...
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  • International Lethwei Federation Japan has a featherweight division with an upper limit of 65 kg (143 lb). In International Lethwei Federation Japan...
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  • correctly. Myanmar Lethwei Federation (MLF) (Burmese: မြန်မာနိုင်ငံရိုးရာလက်ဝှေ့အဖွဲ့ချုပ်) formerly known as Myanmar Traditional Lethwei Federation is one...
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  • (196 lb). The World Lethwei Championship recognizes the middleweight division with an upper limit of 75 kg (165 lb). In World Lethwei Championship, Naimjon...
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  • (161 lb). In International Lethwei Federation Japan, the bantamweight division is up to 60 kg (130 lb). In International Lethwei Federation Japan, Yuta Hamamoto...
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  • Seth Baczynski (category American Lethwei practitioners)
    promotions such as the International Fight League, Tachi Palace Fights, World Lethwei Championship, and the Legacy Fighting Alliance. Born in Honolulu, Hawaii...
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  • International Lethwei Federation Japan, also known as ILFJ, is a Japanese Lethwei promotion company with headquarters in Tokyo. In 2016, the ILFJ acquired...
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    Nabil Anane (category French Lethwei practitioners)
    IFMA youth world Muay Thai champion. He previously competed in Lethwei at the World Lethwei Championship and is currently signed to ONE Championship, where...
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  • support to display the Burmese script in this article correctly. The World Lethwei Federation (WLF) (Burmese: ကမ္ဘာ့လက်ဝှေ့အဖွဲချုပ်) was founded in 2019...
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    Kickboxing (section Lethwei)
    kickboxing include: full contact karate, Muay Thai, Japanese kickboxing, Lethwei, Sanda, and Savate. Although since the dawn of humanity people have faced...
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    Lethwei has been featured in films, television, manga and anime. Lethwei was featured in The Joe Rogan Experience podcast by Joe Rogan with Lethwei champion...
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    cultural sphere such as Musti-yuddha, Muay Chaiya, Muay Boran, Muay Lao, Lethwei, Benjang and Tomoi. A practitioner of Muay Thai is known as a Nak Muay...
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    fighting is emphasized in both striking martial arts, such as Muay Thai, Lethwei, Boxing, and Sanda, as well as grappling martial arts, such as Wrestling...
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    the art of Lethwei, an ancient form of Burmese bare-knuckle/bound-fist fighting that is still practiced throughout Myanmar. Burmese Lethwei, or Myanmar...
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    Korakuen Hall (category Lethwei venues in Japan)
    hosted boxing, professional wrestling, kickboxing, mixed martial arts and Lethwei matches. On April 16, 1962, the Korakuen Hall was officially opened with...
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    Longyi (section Lethwei)
    held in place by folding fabric over without a knot. In ancient times, lethwei fighters would hitch it up (paso hkadaung kyaik) to compete. This folding...
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  • Patrick Marcil (category Mixed martial artists utilizing Lethwei)
    martial arts and Lethwei coach. He is a sifu (師傅 traditional) in Fangshendo, a modified form of Jeet Kune Do. His students include Lethwei World Champion...
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  • weapons in a Lethwei fighter's arsenal, giving Lethwei its name of the "Art of nine limbs". This, combined with its bareknuckle nature, gave Lethwei a reputation...
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  • Robin Black (section Lethwei)
    Bellator MMA, ONE Championship, Brave Combat Federation, Karate Combat, World Lethwei Championship in Myanmar and ACB in Russia. Black grew up in Pinawa, Manitoba...
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  • of the World Lethwei Championship, a Lethwei promotion based in Myanmar. WLC 11: Battlebones was a Lethwei event held by World Lethwei Championship on...
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  • Dave Leduc vs. Tun Tun Min III (category Lethwei events)
    In Lethwei History, was a Lethwei world title match between undefeated openweight Lethwei World Champion Dave Leduc and former openweight Lethwei World...
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  • Shannon Ritch (category American Lethwei practitioners)
    formal charges were filed. In July 2001, Ritch was invited to compete under Lethwei rules at the "International Myanmar traditional boxing challenge & Myanmar-Australia...
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  • Moe Kyoe (category Burmese Lethwei practitioners)
    mui:krui:; IPA: [mód͡ʑó]) (born November 6, 1947) is a retired Burmese lethwei fighter and first class flag champion, known for his endurance and speed...
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    fighting use punches alone, while others such as kickboxing, Muay Thai, Lethwei or karate may use both punches and kicks. Others such as wrestling (excluding...
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