Lone Chaw

Medal record
Men's Lethwei
Representing Myanmar
Myanmar Interstate Tournament

Lone Chaw
Lone Chaw
Born	October 30, 1976; Ayeyarwady, Myanmar
Native name	Maung Naing Lin
Other names	လုံးချော
Nationality	Myanmar
Height	1.83 m (6 ft 0 in)
Weight	80 kg (176 lb; 12 st 8 lb)
Stance	Orthodox
Team	Thut Ti Lethwei Gym, KLN
Trainer	Saw Ayeyar; U Daung Nyo; Win Zin Oo
Years active	1995-2012
Spouse	Ma Zin Zin Mya

Lone Chaw (Burmese: လုံးချော) is a retired Burmese Lethwei fighter and former Openweight Lethwei World Champion.[1][2]

Personal life

Lone Chaw is of Karen descent. He was born in a humble village in the Ayeyarwady division in Myanmar. He dropped out of school in the ninth grade and started working at the family farm full-time. In 1995, he started training Lethwei and became determined to be a successful professional fighter when he learned his hometown did not boast a Myanmar Lethwei champion.[3] He moved to Yangon in 1999 to pursue that goal. His first fight was at a traditional festival.[4]

In 2004, he joined Thut Ti Lethwei Gym under Win Zin Oo. In 2012, at 36 years old, Lone Chaw retired from fighting and started coaching.[5][6][7]

Lethwei career

Lone Chaw made a name for himself by fighting local and international international competition.[8] Notably, he was one of the first Lethwei fighter to go fight in Japan.[9]

Lone Chaw won the Myanmar Interstate Division Title in 1999 and the Golden Belt Championship in 2005 and 2007. His most notorious fight was against the legendary Shwe War Tun in 2004, whom he had admired before he became a professional fighter. In an interview, Lone Chaw said "Shwe War Tun is an idol for me because of his fighting capability. I really respect him."[3]

On April 26, 2008, the fight against Win Tun ended in a bloody draw. The result was a big blow to Lone Chaw's reputation, as the 63 kg challenger Win Tun controlled most of the fight.[10]

On July 27, 2008, Lone Chaw who was coming from 10 consecutive draws, defeated Lethwei rising star Wunna by TKO in Yangon. Wunna was dropped by a fury of punches and wasn't able to answer the count.[11]

On March 1, 2009, Lone Chaw lost the Lethwei Openweight World title to Saw Nga Man in Yangon, Myanmar.[12]

Championships and accomplishments

Championships

Lethwei World Champion
- Openweight Lethwei Golden Belt
Other titles
- 2006 Golden Belt Champion (Belt)
- 2007 Golden Belt Champion (Belt)
- 2008 Intl. Challenge Fight victor (Belt)

Lethwei record

43 fights, 13 wins (11 (KO/TKO's), 7 losses, 24 draws

Lost Openweight Lethwei Golden Belt
Date	Result	Opponent	Event	Location	Method	Round	Time
2014-08-17	Draw	Shwe War Tun	National Championship Challenge event	Yangon, Myanmar	Draw	3	3:00
2013-01-04	Draw	Yan Gyi Aung	Mandalay Rumbling Challenge	Taungoo, Myanmar	Draw	5	3:00
2012-09-15	Draw	Rua Druce	Mandalay Rumbling International Challenge	Yangon, Myanmar	Draw	5	3:00
2012-03-27	Draw	Kyal Lin Aung	Lethwei Challenge Fights & Fundraiser	Pyay Township, Myanmar	Draw	5	3:00
2011-11-05	Draw	Tun Tun	Myanmar vs. Australia Challenge Fights	Yangon, Myanmar	Draw	5	3:00
2011-05-17	Loss	Phoe Kay	Challenge Fights	Mudon Township, Myanmar	KO	4
2010-12-26	Loss	Phoe Kay	Dagon Shwe Aung Lan Championship Semi-final	Yangon, Myanmar	KO	4	0:32
2010-08-02	Loss	Phoe Kay	Myingyan Challenge Fights	Mandalay, Myanmar	KO
2009-12-14	Loss	Shwe Sai	Dagon Shwe Aung Lan Championship Semi-final	Yangon, Myanmar	Decision	5	3:00
2009-10-25	Draw	Fahsura PSR Muay Thai Gym	Myanmar vs. Thailand Challenge Fights	Yangon, Myanmar	Draw	5	3:00
2009-09-20	Loss	Saw Nga Man	2009 Golden Belt Championship Final	Yangon, Myanmar	Decision	5	3:00
2009-05-03	Draw	Naoki Samukawa	Myanmar vs. Japan Goodwill Letwhay Competition	Yangon, Myanmar	Draw	5	3:00
2009-04-05	Win	Shwe Sai	Dagon Shwe Aung Lan Championship Final	Yangon, Myanmar	KO	5	0:18
2009-03-01	Loss	Saw Nga Man	Dagon Shwe Aung Lan Championship Semi-final	Yangon, Myanmar	Decision	5	3:00
2008-11-30	Draw	Win Tun	Lethwei Challenge Fights	Yangon, Myanmar	Draw	5	3:00
2008-11-09	Win	Tunthong	Myanmar-Thai International Letwhay Challenge Fight	Yangon, Myanmar	KO	3	2:44
2008-09-28	Draw	Saw Nga Man	Calsome Challenge Fight-1	Yangon, Myanmar	Draw	5	3:00
2008-08-10	Win	Yan Gyi Aung	Lethwei Challenge Fights	Yangon, Myanmar	KO	5	2:36
2008-07-27	Win	Wunna	Thuwunna Indoor Stadium	Yangon, Myanmar	KO	2	1:44
2008-04-26	Draw	Win Tun	Kandawgyi Park	Yangon, Myanmar	Draw	5	3:00
2008-03-09	Draw	Shwe Sai	National Championship Challenge event (Shwe Sai)	Yangon, Myanmar	Draw	5	3:00
2008-02-22	Draw	Shan Lay Thway	Kandawgyi Park	Yangon, Myanmar	Draw	5	3:00
2008-02-12	Draw	Yan Gyi Aung	Challenge Fights	Mandalay, Myanmar	Draw	5	3:00
2008-02-02	Draw	Thuya Ye Aung	Challenge Fights	Mawlamyine, Myanmar	Draw	5	3:00
2008-01-27	Draw	Saw Nga Man	Sittwe Challenge Fights	Sittwe, Myanmar	Draw	5	3:00
2007-12-23	Draw	Kyal Lin Aung	Lethwei Challenge Fights	Yangon, Myanmar	Draw	5	3:00
2007-11-23	Draw	Yan Gyi Aung	Kandawgyi Park	Yangon, Myanmar	Draw	5	3:00
2007-10-23	Draw	Shan Lay Thway	Kandawgyi Park	Yangon, Myanmar	Draw	5	3:00
2007-09-09	Win	Zan Htoo	Golden Belt Championship	Yangon, Myanmar	Decision	5	3:00
2007-08-19	Win	Nick Fiordo	Myanmar vs. Japan Challenge Fights	Differ Ariake Tokyo, Japan	KO	3	1:34
2007-05-12	Draw	Zan Htoo	Kandawgyi Park	Yangon, Myanmar	Draw	5	3:00
2007-04-07	Win	Saw Nga Man	Kandawgyi Park Challenge Fights	Yangon, Myanmar	KO	2	2:30
2007-02	Draw	Saw Nga Man	Lethwei Challenge Fights	Tachileik, Myanmar	Draw	5	3:00
2007-01-07	Win	Shwe War Tun	Kandawgyi Park	Yangon, Myanmar	KO	2	1:55
2006-05-21	Win	Shwe War Tun	Golden Belt Championship	Yangon, Myanmar	Decision	5	3:00
Wins Openweight Lethwei Golden Belt
2006-03-17	Win	Tetsuya Yamauchi	Kushima's Fight 12	Shinjuku FACE Tokyo, Japan	KO	3	2:10
2006-01-26	Win	Wan Chai	Myeik city Lethwei Challenge Fights	Myeik, Myanmar	Draw	3
2005-10-16	Draw	Shwe Sai	2nd City F.M Aung Lan Tournament, Myanmar Convention Center	Yangon, Myanmar	Draw	5	3:00
2005-09-11	Win	Wataru Imamura	Kushima's Fight 10	Nagasaki Peace Kaikan Hall Nagasaki, Japan	KO	1	1:25
2005-08-07	Draw	Saw Nga Man	23rd Southeast Asian Games placements and Challenge Fights	Yangon, Myanmar	Draw	5	3:00
2005-04-03	Draw	Wan Chai	City F.M Aung Lan Tournament, Myanmar Convention Center	Yangon, Myanmar	Draw	5	3:00
2004-06-05	Loss	Wan Chai	Myeik city Lethwei Challenge Fights	Myeik, Myanmar	KO	3	2:50
2004-02-29	Win	Ali (Thaton)	First class Challenge Fights at Thuwunna Gymnasium	Yangon, Myanmar	KO
2003-05-18	Draw	Thuya Ye Aung	Challenge Fights, Meiktila District Sports Hall	Meiktila, Myanmar	Draw	5	3:00

Legend: Win Loss Draw/No contest Notes

References

Justin Calderon (24 September 2014). "Lethwei boxing in Myanmar: Asia's new martial arts sensation". CNN Travel.
Goyder, James (22 July 2015). "Inside a Burmese Lethwei Gym". VICE Fightland.
Tin Moe Aung (9 September 2007). "From a rice farmer to king of the ring". Myanmar Times.
Pinky (16 July 2012). "Kick-boxer drawn into fighting for a living". Myanmar Times.
Leena Salim (1 April 2015). "A Gentle Legend - A Lethal Fighter". Myanmore.
Kyaw Zin Hlaing (15 January 2016). "Lone Chaw's protégé". Myanmar Times.
Htet Moe Thu (20 November 2019). "MMA မွာ ျမန္မာရိုးရာ လက္ေဝွ႕ ကို ခ်ျပေတာ့မဲ့ ေအာင္လအန္ဆန္း". Real Than.
Tin Moe Aung (17 November 2008). "Myanmar's traditional boxers thrash Thai fighter in Yangon". Myanmar Times.
Andre Malerba (22 September 2013). "Traditional kickboxing, an ancient sport makes a revival". Myanmar Times.
Tin Moe Aung (28 April 2008). "Underdog steals the show, misses KO". Myanmar Times.
Tin Moe Aung (4 August 2008). "Lone Chaw defeats Wunna by TKO". Myanmar Times.
Aung Sithu Hein (9 March 2009). "Saw Nga Man topples freeweight king Lone Chaw". Myanmar Times.

External links

Lone Chaw on Facebook

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Shwe Sai	Golden Belt – Openweight Lethwei World Champion May 21, 2006 – February 28, 2009	Succeeded by Saw Nga Man

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[CNN_Travel-1] Justin Calderon (24 September 2014). "Lethwei boxing in Myanmar: Asia's new martial arts sensation". CNN Travel.

[inside_lethwei_gym-2] Goyder, James (22 July 2015). "Inside a Burmese Lethwei Gym". VICE Fightland.

[rice_farmer-3] Tin Moe Aung (9 September 2007). "From a rice farmer to king of the ring". Myanmar Times.

[for_a_living-4] Pinky (16 July 2012). "Kick-boxer drawn into fighting for a living". Myanmar Times.

[Myanmore-5] Leena Salim (1 April 2015). "A Gentle Legend - A Lethal Fighter". Myanmore.

[Protege-6] Kyaw Zin Hlaing (15 January 2016). "Lone Chaw's protégé". Myanmar Times.

[Aung_La-7] Htet Moe Thu (20 November 2019). "MMA မွာ ျမန္မာရိုးရာ လက္ေဝွ႕ ကို ခ်ျပေတာ့မဲ့ ေအာင္လအန္ဆန္း". Real Than.

[Myanmar_vs_thai-8] Tin Moe Aung (17 November 2008). "Myanmar's traditional boxers thrash Thai fighter in Yangon". Myanmar Times.

[sport_revival-9] Andre Malerba (22 September 2013). "Traditional kickboxing, an ancient sport makes a revival". Myanmar Times.

[Win_Tun_vs_Lone_Chaw-10] Tin Moe Aung (28 April 2008). "Underdog steals the show, misses KO". Myanmar Times.

[Wunna-11] Tin Moe Aung (4 August 2008). "Lone Chaw defeats Wunna by TKO". Myanmar Times.

[Saw_nga_man-12] Aung Sithu Hein (9 March 2009). "Saw Nga Man topples freeweight king Lone Chaw". Myanmar Times.