The King of Cambodia bestowed citizenship to Brazilian kickboxer Thiago Teixeira for sticking up for the Khmers within the current origins of Muay Thai dispute between Thailand and Cambodia. His Polish spouse was additionally granted citizenship.
The royal ceremony follows the World Muaythai Organisation’s (WMO) choice to ban the 30 year outdated combined martiaul arts fighter Thiago Teixeira from competing. His Apex Fight Series middleweight championship record was additionally expunged.
Thiago Teixeira, who boasts a “Muay Thai” tattoo on his again, just isn’t a preferred man in Thailand after he introduced help for Kun Khmer in a recent row about the origins of the sport.
Cambodia caused a stir by removing Muay Thai from its listing of sports within the upcoming SEA video games and replacing it with “Kun Khmer,” claiming that the true origin of Muay Thai is Cambodian. The choice resulted in Thai athletes withdrawing from the competition.
Not solely that, however the International Federation of Muaythai Associations (IFMA) announced that any country collaborating in Kun Khmer can be banned from becoming a member of main occasions such because the World Games, Asian Indoor Games, Asian Martial Arts Games, and World Boxing Championship.
Tensions heightened when Teixeria changed his Facebook name to Thiago Teixeira Kun Khmer and announced his love of the Cambodian version of the sport.
Teixeira additionally modified his Facebook account from thiago.muaythai to Thiago Teixeira Brazilian Fighter Khmer Heart and announced that he would be part of the next competition in the Cambodian fashion.
Earlier on April 1, Teixeira beat English boxer Joe Craven in a fight in Germany and celebrated by waiving a Cambodian flag, prompting the WMO to ban him from future competitions held by the organisation.
The WMO said…
“After a radical evaluation of his actions each earlier than and after the battle, we found his behaviour to convey the game of Muay Thai into disrepute. His actions had been politically motivated and basically unsportsmanlike geared toward degrading the national sport of Thailand and inciting hate.”
On April eleven, Teixeira was granted Cambodian citizenship by His Majesty King Norodom Sihamoni. The King additionally granted citizenship to the boxer’s wife Roma Rozanksa-Steffen of Polish nationality.
The Khmer Boxing Federation announced…
“I want to publicly announce that the official Khmer name of Thiago is ‘Sen Chanrithy Kun.’”
After acquiring Save and citizenship, Teixeria thanked the King and the government of Cambodia, stories the Khmer Times…