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June 2008 The crowd roars as children punch and kick one another during a Thai kickboxing competition in Bangkok. For the adults watching these young athletes in combat it is more than just sport, it means money. "After their bets are in, audiences are even more captivated by every move the fighters make." The fights are dangerous, but the crowds only care about one thing, their money. Children as young as four years old train to fight. They risk brutal injuries to earn money for their poor families and dream of a happier life. "I'm going to buy a house for my dad", claims one fighter.

Channel: News & Politics
Uploaded: November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am
Author: journeymanpictures

Length: 15:55
Rating: 4.34
Views: 13594

Tags: Betting  Boxing  Children  Journeyman  Kids  Pictures  Sport  Thai  

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OctoBox (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
riding in the back of the truck or playing football is more dangerous.
porbello9 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
No were doing a fine job with are kids in the west, fookin perfect. Go tell Rhys Jones parents that maybe if the little fuck who shot him had been in a boxing club, learning self discipline as much as self defense it may not of happened.
gerrylebeau (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
so, u mean that in the "wrapped in cotton wool west" we should send our children to fight and to lose their childhood in order to have "healthy children"?
gerrylebeau (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
minute 6:52 is disgusting. these people are training children for their own benefit. Let's be honest, if these lazy parents wanna make money, then they should get a job and should give their children the opportunity to have a normal childhood. I can't believe it. This is pure child abuse.
ugasziz (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
not really lol just saying
bangkokgringo (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
inhaling painkillers? what bullshit is that? and the commentator doesn't even learn enough Thai to even correctly pronounce the sports name, referring to it as Mai Thai, does she think its a cocktail lounge? pathetic over-sensationalised garbage and not an objective comment on either Muay Thai as a sport or the Thai culture it represents. poor quality journalism of the worst kind. its only missing the paedophile stereotype beloved by the gutter UK press.
insanox (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
it is child abuse. kickboxing exist in burma, laos and cambodia and they dont start this young.
zubatzu (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
no you poomplex basketcase talks the truth and its not forcing them to beat each other up, its skilled sport so stfu dswu
porbello9 (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
These kids are tough, this is Thailand folks, not the wrapped in cotton wool west, people who say its abuse may have a point. But it could also be argued having a unhealthy overweight child, and all the long term health problems that could cause is abusive, and our western society is producing them in massive numbers.
WLuico (November 30, 1999 at 12:00 am)
This video just wants to make me scream... THIS IS SPAAAAAAARTAAA! I MEAN THAAAILAAAND!

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