Interview with 'Boat' Nattadech Wachiraratanawong
‘Boat’ or Nattadech Wachiraratanawong 20 years old, son of ‘Sai Nao’ Promtoer Wirat
Wachiraratanawong of Diamond Group Promotion (Petchyindee)
Boat will have his own and first promotion on 14 August 2007 at Lumpini Stadium.
‘Boat’ talk about this private life as follow:
“I familiar with MUAYTHAI society since I was young, at that time I don’t understand why Dad go out every evening and come back home late every night”
“When I was 5 years old, I followed Dad to stadium every Friday night to watch Petchyindee Promotion and I got day-off and no school on Sat and Sun, Dad let me sit next to journalists and this reasons I feel that MUAYTHAI is absorb to my blood a little bit and now I think MUAYTHAI is a big part of my life“
“At first, I didn’t mean to start my life to be Promoter now, for 20 years old of my age I know I’m too young to take care big responsibility. But I know everyone in my family has deeply hoped that I should be a Promoter someday. So I think I should study this kind of job for a while and little by little.
“During I studying in ABAC , I ask my Dad to work as TV-HOST in Petchyindee Promotion with broadcast on Thai TV every Saturday night, and to be TV-HOST I have to study everything about Muaythai more and more”
“Sometimes, I watch our Match Maker Team how they match the fighters, I really love these atmosphere. They are intimately and comfortable, matching with laugh and smile, nothing to serious.”
“One day, Dad ask me if I have any IDEA to recommend for matching, and I suggest to match ‘Nongbonlek Sith Butu vs. Nongnan Kietprathum’ and everyone said ‘GOOD’ … Oh ! I’m so glad that I can match the fighters and everyone accepted”
“After that, I walked to talk with Dad that I match ‘Nongbonlek Sith Butu vs. Nongnan Kietprathum’ so, this promotion should belong to me and I want to work for this promotion”
“So, Dad told me to match the other fighters for my own promotion … oh !! it look like a ‘BIG EXAMINATION’ Dad change my matching a little bit and allow me to work on promotion 14 August at Lumpini”
“My aim is not only to make ‘Profit’ but I would like to motivate all of thai children come back to interest in MUAYTHAI because nowadays, most of them interest in the international sport as Football, Tae Kaw do, Tennis etc.”
“I’m a teenagers and I would like to be the inspiration and motivate teenagers to watch Muaythai or study in Muaythai also”
“In my promotion 14 Aug, all students who wear UNIFORM is invited for free-admission and my friends at ABAC, they will come to my promotion for more 40 as well”
Source: Muaysiam Daily, 8 August 2007