Post by K1power on Sept 1, 2016 2:07:38 GMT 1
I just stumbled upon the sad announcement that Muay Thai legend Nokweed Davy passed away.
www.mixfight.nl/forum/showthread.php?134953-Muay-Thai-legend-Nokweed-Davy-overleden
Nothing is mentioned about the circumstances so I don't know if something led up to his passing, but it's tragic either way.
Nokweed Davy had a great Muay Thai career in which he's fought some of the all time greats like Danny Bill, but to kickboxing fans he might be best known for being Jerome LeBanner's first opponent in K-1 who, despite being a lot smaller, really had JLB in trouble. He later went on to become a trainer to kickboxing veterans like Paul Slowinski and Dzhabar Askerov.
Some nice quotes from Paul Slowinski about Nokweed (props to Payap over at MixFight):
It's hard to find any records, but apparently Nokweed was around 50 years old.
RIP
www.mixfight.nl/forum/showthread.php?134953-Muay-Thai-legend-Nokweed-Davy-overleden
Nothing is mentioned about the circumstances so I don't know if something led up to his passing, but it's tragic either way.
Nokweed Davy had a great Muay Thai career in which he's fought some of the all time greats like Danny Bill, but to kickboxing fans he might be best known for being Jerome LeBanner's first opponent in K-1 who, despite being a lot smaller, really had JLB in trouble. He later went on to become a trainer to kickboxing veterans like Paul Slowinski and Dzhabar Askerov.
Some nice quotes from Paul Slowinski about Nokweed (props to Payap over at MixFight):
Was it then, when you got your nickname "The Sting"? I assume it refers to your powerful leg kicks.
Paul Slowinski:
Yes Thai boxing is all about the kicks and knee strikes, these are the most valuable techniques in terms of judging. So I started to train kicks really hard and the person who taught me was legendary Nokweed Davy. But before I met him I had fought many fights in 76 kg category and rarely lost one. During one of the tournaments I was accosted by some guy. He pointed at me and said that he wanted to fight me. I didn't know the guy and I replied: "No problem, come on!". My manager Fox told me: "Paul, for goodness sake, be careful it's Nokweed Davy!". I'd heard of him but never had met him before. He was 7-time Lumpini Stadium Champion and notable of his extremely fast and powerful kicks that broke ribs and damaged internal organs of many of his rivals. What I'm going to tell you right now is not a good promotion of Muay Thai, but he was infamous especially of one thing. Once during a fight he had kicked a guy in the neck so hard that he killed him. Nonetheless, our fight had been already set. Unexpectedly I won it quite easy, cause Nokweed totally disregarded me and didn't train before the bout. It was quite a sensation because he had never been knocked out by a white man before. He took the loss very personal - it meant for him a great disgrace. Next day I got a call from Davy's manager that his client wanted a revenge. I again agreed and we met six weeks later. This time he was in excellent shape and the fight went to distance. Nokweed was kicking the living shit out of me for almost entire 5 rounds. He kicked so hard that my hands became so bruised and painful that after the fight I wasn't able to hold a glass of water, eat with them or brush my teeth. Anyway, out of the sudden, 60, maybe 30 seconds left in the fight, he made a mistake. He dropped his hand and I countered with a high kick. I knocked him out for the second time. Man it was a fluke!
Had it been your hardest fight ever?
Paul Slowinski:
It had. I'm telling you, I was losing it right from the start till the very last seconds. I was really lucky to win.
Those two fights against Davy made you famous in Thailand...
Paul Slowinski:
Yeah and eventually Nokweed became my coach. Once he came to my club and gave me some tips how to kick better. My manager saw that and offered him a job of my personal coach. He trained me for more than 4 years. My low kicks are the result of those trainings.
Paul Slowinski:
Yes Thai boxing is all about the kicks and knee strikes, these are the most valuable techniques in terms of judging. So I started to train kicks really hard and the person who taught me was legendary Nokweed Davy. But before I met him I had fought many fights in 76 kg category and rarely lost one. During one of the tournaments I was accosted by some guy. He pointed at me and said that he wanted to fight me. I didn't know the guy and I replied: "No problem, come on!". My manager Fox told me: "Paul, for goodness sake, be careful it's Nokweed Davy!". I'd heard of him but never had met him before. He was 7-time Lumpini Stadium Champion and notable of his extremely fast and powerful kicks that broke ribs and damaged internal organs of many of his rivals. What I'm going to tell you right now is not a good promotion of Muay Thai, but he was infamous especially of one thing. Once during a fight he had kicked a guy in the neck so hard that he killed him. Nonetheless, our fight had been already set. Unexpectedly I won it quite easy, cause Nokweed totally disregarded me and didn't train before the bout. It was quite a sensation because he had never been knocked out by a white man before. He took the loss very personal - it meant for him a great disgrace. Next day I got a call from Davy's manager that his client wanted a revenge. I again agreed and we met six weeks later. This time he was in excellent shape and the fight went to distance. Nokweed was kicking the living shit out of me for almost entire 5 rounds. He kicked so hard that my hands became so bruised and painful that after the fight I wasn't able to hold a glass of water, eat with them or brush my teeth. Anyway, out of the sudden, 60, maybe 30 seconds left in the fight, he made a mistake. He dropped his hand and I countered with a high kick. I knocked him out for the second time. Man it was a fluke!
Had it been your hardest fight ever?
Paul Slowinski:
It had. I'm telling you, I was losing it right from the start till the very last seconds. I was really lucky to win.
Those two fights against Davy made you famous in Thailand...
Paul Slowinski:
Yeah and eventually Nokweed became my coach. Once he came to my club and gave me some tips how to kick better. My manager saw that and offered him a job of my personal coach. He trained me for more than 4 years. My low kicks are the result of those trainings.
It's hard to find any records, but apparently Nokweed was around 50 years old.
RIP
