“Thai ladies can combat in Europe and completely different international locations,” Muay Thai promoter Sombat Thaosuwan instructed VICE World Information. “They’re being promoted and are profitable thousands and thousands or tens of thousands and thousands of baht in prize cash. So stadiums in Thailand are altering their guidelines to be extra up to date with worldwide requirements.”
However leniency round ladies’s fights signifies solely a partial victory. In response to Sombat, ladies fighters obtain solely as much as a 3rd of what their male counterparts can earn. He says that is principally as a result of ladies’s fights are much less widespread and fewer widespread, attracting fewer viewers, gamblers, and ticket gross sales. However extra ladies combating at legacy venues like Rajadamnern—the place a number of the high titles and prizes are received—may assist change that.