BANGLA BOXING STADIUM STANDARD IN PHUKET

Visit: Bangla Mall, Bangla Road, Phuket 83150 Thailand

Bangla Boxing Stadium is the latest Muay Thai arena on Patong Beach’s boxing scene. Originally built on Bangla Road on a smaller scale, the stadium kept its name after moving to its new location opposite Banzaan Market on Sai Kor Road, the new large thoroughfare passing behind Jungceylon Shopping Mall. The stadium is difficult to miss: it’s a large two-storey building with a first floor made of beige stone-like sculpted cement and features four beer bars with hostesses, while the second floor is an amphitheatre surrounding the ring. At the front of the building you can spot large statues representing Thai boxers. At first, the fancy, show-off aspect of the place could make you think that it is just another tourist trap only featuring well-choreographed Muay Thai fights (which was mostly the case when the stadium was on Bangla). But no, this is real Thai Boxing and the contestants, foreigners and Thai alike, are real champions fighting for prices, titles and to improve their rank on the Thai Boxing scene.

The boxing stadium is on the second floor and it’s a well-lit large open space with comfortable seats arranged in the best possible way for all the punters to clearly see the ring and the action happening in it. VIP seats are available at the first row around the ring and cost 2,500 baht each. Ringside seats are 2,000 baht and stadium’s 1,700 baht. The atmosphere at Bangla Boxing Stadium is relaxed and typical of most of Muay Thai venues in Thailand.

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