\n Louis ‘The Lump’ Peel, 12, has been selected to compete at the WBC Muay Thai World Championships in Thailand this June, with him flying out on Monday.\n<\/p>\n
\n The achievement is the result of years of hard work and success in the sport, which Louis began at just five years old.\n<\/p>\n
\n Heading out to Thailand will be a proud moment for the young athlete, who is also a keen rugby player.\n<\/p>\n
\n It is a big few days coming up for the Billinge youngster as he\u00a0will also play at Wembley Stadium in the Year 7 Boys Champion Schools rugby league final this Saturday, two days before travelling out to Thailand.\n<\/p>\n
\n He will represent St Peter’s Catholic High School against Deanery in the curtain-raiser before the women’s and men’s Challenge Cup finals.\n<\/p>\n
\n His father, Mike Peel, who also coaches him at Fighting for Fitness in Golborne, said: “He has trained since he was six, we have been all over the world competing.\n<\/p>\n
\n “He has just worked really hard and he gets really good marks at school.\n<\/p>\n
\n “The school have been really supportive.\n<\/p>\n
\n “He doesn’t have a phone, never had a PlayStation and he does his own class for three to seven-year-olds.\n<\/p>\n
\n “It’s not going to be a holiday, he’s going to be living in the gym.”\n<\/p>\n
\n Louis Peel will fly out to Thailand in June (Image: Submitted)\n<\/p>\n
\n Louis will spend a month in Thailand, training and competing against top young fighters from around the world.\n<\/p>\n
\n Before the competition begins, he will complete a three-week training camp at the Ramba M16 gym in Pattaya before heading to Bangkok for the tournament.\n<\/p>\n
\n This is not his first time on the international stage, and he won the WBC World Muay Thai Amateur Championships in Verona, Italy, last year.\n<\/p>\n
\n Louis has also secured sponsorship from ASW Solicitors, who also support the Saints rugby team.\n<\/p>\n
\n Support from sponsors and the community has been vital in helping him reach this level.\n<\/p>\n
\n Louis\u2019 journey has been marked by dedication both inside and outside the ring.\n<\/p>\n
\n He already helps coach young children aged three to seven at his club.\n<\/p>\n
\n The WBC Muay Thai World Championships will take place in June in Bangkok, with Louis setting off on Monday, June 1.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Louis ‘The Lump’ Peel, 12, has been selected to compete at the WBC Muay Thai World Championships in…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":609137,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-609136","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609136","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=609136"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/609136\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/609137"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=609136"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=609136"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=609136"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}