Rangsit Stadium ( th, สนามมวยนานาชาติเวทีมวยรังสิต) is a stadium, organizer, TV Show and live broadcaster of
Muay Thai
Muay Thai ( th, มวยไทย, , ), sometimes referred to as Thai boxing, is a combat sport that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. This discipline is known as the "art of eight limbs", as it is characterised ...
events in
Rangsit
Rangsit ( th, รังสิต, ) is a city and neighbourhood in Pathum Thani Province, Thailand. Rangsit is a metropolitan city that supports the expansion of Bangkok in the north. Rangsit has become a departure point for travel to provinces i ...
. The struggles of the Rangsit Stadium are approved by WMC (World Boxing Council Muaythai) ranking. Rangsit Stadium also hosts
IFMA events.
History
Rangsit Stadium has been established by Prasit U-rairat since 1962. He was the governor of Patomtsani. his goals were to promote Muay Thai around
Pathumthani province but Muay Thai was not accepted by the people at that time, so the stadium was closed until and he look for a new owner through auction.
In 1962, Amuay Kesbumrung, who was very interested in owning the stadium, won the auction with an initial budget of about 20,000 THB and make Rangsit Stadium near Klong Rangsit was built. In 1966, the stadium moved to the Sack Factory with a budget of about 160,000 THB. Rangsit Stadium operated for three years from 1966 to 1969 and then moved to another location.
In 1970, Rangsit Stadium reopened with a 10-year contract. The stadium hosted and organized professional Muay Thai fights that had produced many of Muay Thai's most popular and great fighters for a decade. By 2010, more than 80,000 professional fights had taken place at Rangsit Stadium.
In 2010, with renovations, the stadium became a new Muay Thai stadium with sound system, lighting system, LED display, air conditioning, underground toilets with LCD TV and air conditioning.
Live broadcasts
From 2018, the Rangsit Stadium events will be broadcast live on
True Sport
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True Sport holds exclusive ...
. The events of this stadium are temporarily suspended due to the epidemic of
COVID-19
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.
Events list
* MUAYTHAI LIVE ON TGN Channel (2011)
* MUAYTHAI TRUE VISIONS (2012-2013)
* MUAYTHAI TGN (2012)
* MUAYDEE VITHITHAI (2014-2015)
* True4U Fight Night (2016-2017)
* MuayDee WithiThai (2016-2017)
* MuayThai Channel 5 (2016-2017)
* MuayThai Channel 5 (2018–present)
* True4U Fight Night (2018–present)
* Youth MuayThai fight (No TV Live) (2018–present)
See also
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List of sport venues in Bangkok
The following is a list of stadiums in Bangkok, Thailand. They are ordered by their seating capacity, that is the maximum number of spectators that the stadium can accommodate in seated areas. The list includes stadiums in the Bangkok Metropolita ...
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Sports broadcasting contracts in Thailand
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True Sport
True Sport is a Thai group of sport channels operated by cable and satellite pay-TV provider TrueVisions. True Sport channels are available exclusively on TrueVisions. The number of channels are depends on the package.
True Sport holds exclusive ...
References
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Indoor arenas in Thailand
Professional Muay Thai organizations
Muay Thai venues in Thailand
Sports venues in Thailand
Sports venues completed in 1962
1962 establishments in Thailand
Buildings and structures in Pathum Thani province
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