Hongthong Muay Thai Gym Review

Hongthong Muay Thai is a household name when it comes to Muay Thai in Chiang Mai. One can guarantee that if you were to ask about the Chiang Mai Muay Thai scene, Hongthong will come up in conversation within minutes.

Hongthong is named after its founders, twin fighters Hongthongnoi (Joe) and Hongthonglek (Gen). At the time of writing, only Joe is at the Chiang Mai location. Gen is currently working in Australia. Twin fighters are nothing new to Muay Thai in Thailand. Having an identical twin meant always having a clinching, sparring, and training partner that was your size. Thai promoters, even to this day, love to feature twins on their fight cards (take Khunsueklek and Khunsueknoi, for example). What makes some twins more fascinating than others is when they have drastically different styles. Joe is a muay khao (knee and clinch) fighter, while Gen is muay femur (technical).