Born on September 24th 1979 in the Songkhla province in Thailands south, Sing grew up with two brothers. He started training Muay Thai, the national sport of Thailand at the age of 9. His father, a rice grower, trained him and his brothers at home. His mother worked as a fruit tree farmer. Sing had 30 fights in his home province Songkhla in the town of Natawee, his first fight already at the age of 9. At the time Sing weighted 25 kilograms.

Sing at Lumpinee Stadium

At the age of 13 Sing left his home and moved to Bangkok with a friend to live and train in a gym there (Loog-tap-agat gym).

At the same time he went to school and finished high school at the age of 19.

The boss of Sing's gym in Bangkok and fight promoter

He went to University afterwards to study Sports Science and graduated with 24. During this entire time Sing trained at the same gym and fought over 100 fights in Bangkok under the fighter name of Thopadak, many people still know him as Thopadak. Sing fought in the famous and prestigious Lumpinee and Rajadamnern stadiums in Bangkok where only the best fighters compete. In 2002 Sing went to England for the first time to fight.

Sing's graduation

In 2004 Sing went to live and work in Korea for 3 months as a Muay Thai trainer and had two fights, he returned to Bangkok for one months to go back to Korea again for 3 months where he worked as a trainer for Taewoong Muay Thai gym in Seol and fought two times for Taewoong gym. Sings fighter name in Korae is Sinbi Taewoong.

Dean, Tony and Sing in Birmingham

The following year Sing moved to beautiful Phuket, Thailand to work at Rawai Muay Thai, the gym of his friend Tuk whom he met in the gym in Bangkok. They went to school together. While training a large number of foreign Muay Thai students and travellers, Sing started learning English in Phuket. Sing went to Korea again that year to fight in a KOMA event where he had three fights in one day in Seol, he won the event. He returned to Phuket to work and went back to Korea to fight once again in a KOMA event where he won his fight. Later that year Sing went to England for 1 month to fight and to teach Muay Thai. He was invited to stay with Tony at the Trojan Gym in Birmingham. Sing fought once more in Korea that same year.

KOMA champion 2005

The first time Sing was fighting in a K-1 MAX event was in Busan, Korea in February 2006 against the South African boxer Virgil Kalakoda. (A link to download the video of this fight can be found in the fights section on this website.) In May 2006 Sing also had a fight in Sydney, Australia.

Sing fighting K-1 MAX in Busan Korea 2006

His plans for the near future include opening an own Muay Thai gym in Phuket and to continue to teach Muay Thai in different countries.