Exclusive | ‘Winning or losing doesn’t matter—just do what you love’ Legend Lerdsila Discusses Muay Thai and Retirement – Karate Combat
After more than 20 years and 200 professional bouts, the Muay Thai legend Lerdsila Chumpairtour is getting ready for retirement but has one last match left in him. Lerdsila is set to fight on November 14 at Karate Combat: Kickback 3 live and free on the Karate Combat YouTube channel. Fights start at 6am ET.
Muay Thai Legend Lerdsila
The icon of ‘The Art of Eight Limbs’ Lerdsila has had a tremendous career decorated with illustrious titles. The Thai-born athlete has picked up titles in WLF, WMC, and three Stadium crowns at Rajadamnern. His advice for the next generation of fighters is simple, do what you love. In an exclusive interview, he explained:
“Love Muay Thai, do your best, and fight with heart. Winning or losing doesn’t matter—just do what you love… This is my last fight—20 years in Muay Thai, and this will be the final one… It’s emotional. Muay Thai has been my life, but I’ll still be teaching and passing on the traditions to young fighters. I’ll keep training every day.”
Lerdsila translates to ‘Slippery Eel’ but to his evasive style. The Muay Thai striker is one of the most popular figures in Muay Thai history due to how incredibly skilled he is defensively.
At the Karate Combat Kickback 3 event, on November 14, he will be facing Russia’s Turach Novurov, who is a national Kickboxing world champion. The Thai-born athlete is not defensive about his sport and is happy to see Thailand’s national sport be popularized around the world, Lerdsila explained:
“I’m very happy about it. Fifteen or twenty years ago, Muay Thai was only popular in Thailand, but now it’s known worldwide.”
