The Kings Cup Super 8 Tournament is an annual Muay Thai

Muay Thai

Muay Thai is a combat sport from Thailand that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. It is similar to other Indochinese kickboxing systems, namely pradal serey from Cambodia, tomoi from Malaysia, lethwei from Myanmar and muay Lao from Laos...

 event staged to honor the birthday of Bhumibol Adulyadej

Bhumibol Adulyadej

Bhumibol Adulyadej is the current King of Thailand. He is known as Rama IX...

, the King of Thailand

Thailand

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. It is held in Bangkok

Bangkok

Bangkok is the capital and largest urban area city in Thailand. It is known in Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon or simply Krung Thep , meaning "city of angels." The full name of Bangkok is Krung Thep Mahanakhon Amon Rattanakosin Mahintharayutthaya Mahadilok Phop Noppharat Ratchathani Burirom...

’s Sanam Luang

Sanam Luang

Sanam Luang is an open field and public square in front of Wat Phra Kaew and the Grand Palace, Bangkok, Thailand. Sanam Luang is located in the Phra Nakhon district, the historic center of Bangkok....

 Park, facing the King's Palace. The event is attended by as many as 300,000 Thai fight fans and admirers of the King.

Eight fighters compete in a one day single-elimination style tournament. The Champion must win three fights all in one day.

The Kings Cup Super 8 Crown and Title Belt are donated by the King of Thailand.

The event lasts for one week with festivities in honor of the King such as Muay Thai demonstrations including an amateur tournament, Ladies Super 8, and a special youth demonstration.

Past Winners

Year	Champion
2010	Yodsanklai Fairtex Yodsanklai Fairtex Yodsanklai Fairtex a.k.a. Yod is a Thai kickboxer and the former super welterweight WBC Muay Thai World champion at 154 lb and former three time Lumpinee Stadium champion in the 112 and 147 lb weight classes...
2009	Cosmo Alexandre Cosmo Alexandre Cosmo "Good Boy" Alexandre is a Brazilian middleweight Muay Thai kickboxer. He is the former WMC Intercontinental and WPMF World champion. On December 5, 2009 he won WMC King's Cup Challenger tournament in Bangkok, Thailand.-Biography and career:Cosmo Alexandre Moreira da Rocha was born in Santos,...
2008	Kem Sitsongpeenong Kem Sitsongpeenong Kem Sitsongpeenong , formerly known as Khem Fairtex, is a Thai Muay Thai kickboxer and the reigning Thailand and WMC Muaythai super welterweight world champion.-Biography and career:...
2007	Tum Madsua
2006	Wanlop Sitpholek S-4
2005	Lamsongkram Chuwattana Lamsongkram Chuwattana Lamsongkram Chuwattana is a Thai middleweight kickboxer. He is former WBC World Middleweight Muay Thai champion which he won on February 25, 2007 over Steven Wakeling...
2004	Kunsuk Petchsupapan
2003	Suriya Prasathinphimai Suriya Prasathinphimai Suriya Prasathinphimai is a Thai boxer who competed in the Middleweight at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal. He qualified for the 2004 Athens Games by ending up in second place in the 2nd AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Karachi, Pakistan...
2002	Ole Laursen Ole Laursen Ole 'Iron Fist' Laursen is a Danish welterweight Muay Thai kickboxer and lightweight mixed martial artist, fighting out of Ubon Ratchatani, Thailand.-Biography:...  S-4
2001	John Wayne Parr John Wayne Parr John Wayne "The Gunslinger" Parr , also known as JWP, is an Australian middleweight kickboxer and boxer, fighting out of Boonchu Gym in Gold Coast, Queensland. He is a 8 time World Champion and runner up in The Contender Asia....