Thai leaves Wakeling in a daze
[MUAYTHAI] Thailand's middleweight champion Lamsong-kram won the WBC Muaythai world title at London's famous York Hall in front of a sell-out crowd on Sunday night.
The masterful Lamsongkram used superior tactics and Muaythai grappling techniques to outclass defending world champion Steve Wakeling, the former unbeaten 23-year-old Englishman. Wakeling went into the championship as a hot favourite but found himself confronting a vice-like arm lock that effectively took away his dazzling elbow strikes. Wakeling won the WBC middleweight title against Australia's John Wayne Parr with precision elbow strikes that cut through Parr's defence. Lamsongkran said he was proud to have beaten Wakeling at the York "the fighting heart of London" and was looking forward to defending his title against him either in London or Bangkok.
Patrick Cusick The Nation London
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