![Tennis player Benjamin Becker of Germany (R), poses with Thai boxer Somluck Kamsing, who won the Thailand's first Olympic gold medal when he switched to amateur boxing in 1996, in Bangkok, September Tennis player Benjamin Becker of Germany (R), poses with Thai boxer Somluck Kamsing, who won the Thailand's first Olympic gold medal when he switched to amateur boxing in 1996, in Bangkok, September](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2D2KY85/tennis-player-benjamin-becker-of-germany-r-poses-with-thai-boxer-somluck-kamsing-who-won-the-thailands-first-olympic-gold-medal-when-he-switched-to-amateur-boxing-in-1996-in-bangkok-september-26-2007-reuterschaiwat-subprasom-thailand-2D2KY85.jpg)
Tennis player Benjamin Becker of Germany (R), poses with Thai boxer Somluck Kamsing, who won the Thailand's first Olympic gold medal when he switched to amateur boxing in 1996, in Bangkok, September
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Gilles Simon of France (L) practices Thai boxing, also known as Muay Thai, with Olympic gold medallist boxer Somjit Jongjohor (partially obscured) in Bangkok September 30, 2009. Simon is in Bangkok to
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