Phuket Fight Night Album Above
PHUKET: MORE than two million baht was raised as Phuket's chief crime fighter went two rounds and then some with a champ in a boxing charity event on Tuesday.
Proving that he does not pull his punches, Phuket Police Commander Major General Pekad Tantipong left top Thai boxer Somjid Jongjohor showing signs of a shiner after their two rounds.
The flyweight 2008 Olympic gold winner gave a shirt that was auctioned for 10,000 baht as the sum raised for the ''house of stoush'' evening at Saphan Hin in Phuket City rose higher and higher.
In the audience of local and expat fight fans were top police from Region 8 headquarters, the chief executive of the Phuket Provincial Administrative Organisation, Paiboon Upatising and Patong Mayor Pian Keesin, with Phuket Governor Tri Augkaradacha refereeing the main event and declaring it a draw.
The cash will go to aid the families of police who lost their homers or businesses when floodwaters covered Thailand's southern provinces in March.
For a smell-of-the-linament view of Phuket's big night of fight, check out the album of shots by Phuketwan photojournalist Sert Tongdee above.
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Dogs is one more issue in Phuket , they are more and more numerous, but the worse is the increase of dangerous races like pitbulls, rottweilers and dobermans.
These dogs have to be considered as weapons.They are genetically killers.
We can forecast other accidents like this one with more severe consequences.
These kinds of dogs should be unpermitted on Phuket.
Posted by Anonymous on May 26, 2011 10:25