Buakaw Banchamek is an integral part of Thai culture and a worldwide representative of the Kingdom of Thailand and the Ancient and Noble Art of Muay Thai. The treatment he has and continues to receive at the hands of Pramuk owners and managers casts a pall on the national sport, culture and honor of Thailand. He is to Thailand, what Manny Pacquiao is to the Philipines, Usain Bolt to Jamaica, and Didier Drogba to the Ivory Coast. He should be treated with the respect in training, fighting, and finances that he has earned by being such an icon and truly elevating Muay Thai and thus the Kingdom of Thailand on to the World Stage. He deserves his money, and he deserves his FREEDOM!!!