My much asked for response about the Banchamek Gym Buakaw dog incident, here it goes:
Ok i can see how people are or were going crazy over this video at first after reading the headline "Buakaw abusing Dog", but in my opinion yes he was playing rough with the dog but he was not abusing the dog, big big big difference. The world only saw 15 seconds of the video, so based on that i find it crazy that the media and some people out there were calling for blood and painting him to be evil guy. Now people will say i have a one sided view and i have to protect K-1's biggest name and so on, that being said i am one of the few people in the world who has spent time with him in Thailand. Many people out there have no clue that Buakaw supports about 40-50 people in his home city of Surin most being family but also include mentally challenged and handicapped people who have no were to go and stay at the Surin gym. When i was at the Bangkok gym i met a young blind gentlemen that lives at the gym cost free along with many young children with no were else to go. All these people Buakaw took in because he is kind and very religious and knows no other way, his father is a monk and he was brought up this way, as a matter of fact so was Buakaw for a short time. In a world (Fighting) filled with some of the biggest pieces of garbage in the world he is one of the good ones! What i really think what has happened here is that the video was misunderstood, sure he was playing rough with the dog, but hey i rough house with my dog too and i'm sure a lot of other people do too. I mean ever watch to dogs play fight?
So am i being one sided? yes i guess i am to a friend and a man who was born from humble beginnings and in the past was fucked over by former handlers and management and "treated like a dog" too.
I have personally met the dog and a few others that live at the gym and believe me they live well and there is no abuse going on there.
Now every one has there opinion on the matter, fine! i am just trying to let people know that the Buakaw i know would never intentionally abuse a dog.