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Classic punch & block era baddie, Fong Yeh, directs the action and stars in this movie about a Thai boxer struggling to fend off local gangsters who want him to take a dive in a rigged match. Tensions arise when he refuses to submit and the gangsters draft in some heavy muscle in the form of Bolo Yeung to take care of things.

Three fighters pursue their dreams in the world of muay thai. Sam Sheridan, a 27-year-old Harvard graduate, travels to Thailand to train under a legendary champion. Gong-Prai Sorjintana, a 13-year-old boy, fights to earn money for his education. Boon-Term Kitmuti, a 29-year-old mother, defies tradition to enter the ring despite her husband's disapproval. As they prepare for their toughest battles, their journeys reveal the challenges, sacrifices, and passion behind the sport.

Nai Khanomtom was born in Kum village, near the Burmese border. While he was still a young boy, his village was attacked by the Burmese soldiers, and he fled with his older sister, Aei. Tired of running Aei was caught, raped and killed by the invaders. Khanomtom alone escaped, and came back to the village just in time to cry and hold the bodies of his butchered parents, Kerd and Eee, before they were cremated along with dozens of his country folks. Following the last order he received from his father Kerd, Khanontom goes to the Pekka Temple, in the mountains, to live with the monk Kong.

After his brother was crippled in the ring by a cheating Thai boxer, Chan Hung goes to Thailand to avenge his brother, and finds the key to an omen which may release their family from an ancient curse. He is then caught up in a spiraling web of fate, Buddhist curses, and black magic.

The amazing true story of Billy Moore, an English boxer incarcerated in Thailand’s most notorious prison. Thrown into a world of drugs and violence, he finds his best chance to escape is to fight his way out in prison Muay Thai tournaments.

Eric and Kurt Sloane are the descendants of a well-known Venice, California-based family of martial artists. Kurt has always been in older brother, Eric's shadow, as he lacks the instincts needed to become a champion. Against Kurt's concerns, Eric accepts a paid offer and travels to Thailand to challenge the Muay Thai champion Tong Po and fails with dire consequences. Kurt sets out for revenge. He trains with his brother's mentor, Master Durand, for a Muay Thai fight against the merciless champion, Tong Po. Durand first thinks Kurt is impossible to train, but through a series of spiritual exercises and tests, Durand discovers that Kurt has a deeper strength that will carry him through his final showdown with Tong Po.

Julian, who runs a Thai boxing club as a front organization for his family's drug smuggling operation, is forced by his mother Crystal to find and kill the individual responsible for his brother's recent death.

Peau De Boxeur recounts the preparation and fight of Jean Charles Skarbowsky, three-time European champion in Thai Boxing, against the Thai Wira Chalunlap. His journey is a path of the cross, made of suffering, doubts and revelations.

Learn the art of Muaythai at one of the best training camps in Thailand. From the traditional Grandmaster Sityodtong, to the present Onechampionship Founder Chatri Sityodtong; to the ever next surviving prodigy kru toy and his assistant yodbandit sityodtong; to the formidable Austmon Sityodtong.

Térénui is a young Caledonian who has always evolved in a privileged environment, allowing him to lack for nothing. At the age of 10, he discovered Thai boxing for which he developed a real passion.