Press Conference?!

Whooooah! Planned on a relaxing day of training and chillin poolside/in the pool. Turned into a day of press conferences for Seanchai's upcoming fight! After the morning training session whilst eating breakfast MrCoke rushed us off into two taxi's in shorts and singlet to his other 13 Coins restaurant for the conference.

Press day, Seanchai and his opponent in the center

Seanchai and his opponent

Chanel 3 news were there and a few other stations as well as Rob Cox, the number one foreign muay thai journalist in Thailand. Micheal had been meaning to meet up with Rob later in the trip for a bit of an interview for his website www.muaythaitrainingcamps.com . So it came as a pleasant surprise to meet him a little earlier. We sat down and had lunch with him after the conference and he told us a whole bunch of interesting things about himself, Thailand, other gyms and fighters. Also at the table was Seanchai having a bit of lunch before we headed back to 13 coins for training. After our chat with Rob, Seanchai asks Mike and I what our weights are then asks if I want to fight next week at Raja in a full thai rules against another farang with two fights under his belt, both in Thailand. At this point my heart kinda paused for a good 6 seconds then went into ventricular fibrillation for a further minute. After composing myself and changing my underwear I had to decline due to me having zero fights under my belt nor the stamina to last 5 rounds with elbows at Raja Stadium mind you.

Rob Cox with Annuwat Keawsamrit

After the conference we finally got to the pool and veged out for a couple hours, soaking in the sunshine and splashin in the pool. Gao the little Thai boy was there running a muck climbing all over us when in the pool, kickin us under water and doing flips n what not. He kinda looks like a younger Buakaw. Prior to this I had a quick photo op with Orono, Magnum PI style.

Orono and I, Magnum PI

Afternoon training was a good session, went for 5km jog and did pads with Jah, Seanchai's pad holder. Third round was a struggle, I think today was the hottest day I've experienced in Thailand. After chillin out for a bit and drinking my weight in water was time to hit the bag a few rounds then jumped in the ring with Seanchai again. Did some what I loosely call clinching with Seanchai, more so being thrown to the ground every few seconds. Few sauna sessions and some abwork and I was over! Then went to zee hospital where they serve some pretttty good and cheap food, loaded up the fridge with some juice and snacks and then drank some wine with the Coke!

I got some footage of Seanchai smackin me up but I'll have to post it later due to it needing to be converted for the interweb!