The Science of 8 Limbs

By Fatsoking

Hey everyone I was strolling over to the excellent Boxx Tomoi blog and I noticed a new tournament is coming to Malaysia for Muay Thai.

The Z-1 Banner

However this is not the typical 8-man 70.5 KG 8-man tournament you think of when you see the word tournament and a show ending in the number ‘1’ (i.e. K-1, S-1, I-1, M-1, etc.). This is what I was able to find via Z1’s open invitation for fighters:

Z1 will offer 4 weight categories with 8 boxers for each category. All together, there will be 32 boxers competing. Selected weight category will be 51.5kg, 59.5 kg, 63.5 kg and 67.5 kg respectively. Champion for each categories will hold the Z1 World Title Champion and handsome Cash Reward.

BOXX EVENT was established in 2005. Between 2007 – 2008, Boxx organised 17 Muay Thai Championships in Malaysia. Both local and international.

In 2009, Boxx has organised 2 international championships with another one coming up on 8 & 9 May 2009. Infact, 3 more Muay Thai events by Boxx Event will take place in Malaysia before Z1 in October.

Championship by Boxx has attracted many big names in Muay Thai including the legendary Namsaknoi, Berneung Sakhomsin, Jose “Pitu” Sans, Rudolf Durica, Corey Gwaliasi, Benny Ritter, Abbas Ahmadi, Champert Chosipaset, Fasochun Sit O (just to name a few) and many more.

Please refer to http://boxxtomoi.blogspot.com for more information.

I kind of like the idea of a tournament series offering up 4 different weight categories.

Here’s also the trailer for Z-1:

Lastly here is the announced schedule for Z-1:

15 August – Contract Signing Ceremony between the organizer and the boxers
2, 3 & 4 October – Preliminary Fights
6 & 7 November – Semifinal Fights
5 December – Final

I have to say the concept is pretty cool and it’s nice to see the lower weight Thaiboxers getting their chance.

~ by fatsoking on July 25, 2009.

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Tags: Muay Thai Z-1 Tomoi Malaysia