Kyaung Thar
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Hton Aing village, Hpa-an Township, Karen State
Hpa-an Kyaung Thar (ဖါးအံကျောင်းသား)
Hton Aing Kyaung Thar (ထုံးအိုင်ကျောင်းသား)
| Kyaung Thar | |
|---|---|
 Kyaung Thar in 1963 | |
| Born | Sein Tin Hton Aing village, Hpa-an Township, Karen State |
| Native name | စိန်တင် |
| Other names | Pekin Pyan Kyaung Thar (ပီကင်းပြန်ကျောင်းသား) Hpa-an Kyaung Thar (ဖါးအံကျောင်းသား) Hton Aing Kyaung Thar (ထုံးအိုင်ကျောင်းသား) |
| Nationality | Burmese |
| Style | Lethwei |
| Fighting out of | Hpa-an & Mawlamyine |
| Rank | First class[1][2] |
| Years active | 1950's-1970's |
Kyaung Thar (Burmese: ကျောင်းသား) was a Burmese boxer.[3][4] He is a former multiple-time flag champion and gold medalist.[5]
In September 1960, around 20 boxers joined other sports teams as part of a cultural mission on a trip to China.[6] Some boxers who came back from the trip were branded as 'ပီကင်းပြန်' meaning 'returned from Beijing', including Kyaung Thar.[7] The Burmese boxers joined a cultural mission alongside Prime Minister U Nu who was there to sign a Sino-Burmese boundary treaty with Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai.[8]
In 1963, Kyaung Thar was featured in a January issue of Thutti Journal (The Valour). It discussed his rise in second class and a meeting with one of the divisions stars in Hla Shwe for the upcoming Independence Day event at Kennedy Island in Rangoon.
In 1964, he was featured in a lengthy article for Light of Burma. The report came from Hpa-an and once more stressed that Kyaung Thar had no competitors left in second class. He had won the second-class flag at this year's Kennedy Island event and was now seen in battles in Hpa-an at the Thay Hta Man Aung Pagoda festival which runs annually from January 26 to January 31. In the second-class final at the Pagoda festival in Hpa-an he beat successful boxer Sat Kalay in round 4 by breaking his hand. After the fight, Kyaung Thar reportedly challenged first-class boxer Sein Lone. Two other encounters with Sat Kalay are mentioned in the article: 1962 in Karen State, which ended in KO; and in 1963, at the Labour Day event in Mawlamyine, where he broke the jaw and arm of Sat Kalay.[5]
On February 13, 1965, he took home 300 Kyats and the second-class flag at the 18th anniversary of Union Day event in Hpa-an, once again defeating Sat Kalay. That same event saw Toe Lone win the first-class flag in the twilight of his career.[9]
A report on the Shwemawdaw Pagoda festival in Pegu from April 1 to April 8, 1966, mentions that Kyaung Thar took part in the first-class flag tournament,[10] and that he was last year's recipient of the second-class flag at this event. Alongside him, boxers Chit Sayar, Phyu Gyi, Phyu Lay, Shu Ma Wa, Tin Shwe, Hla Shwe, Patma Sein and Talaing Sein participated.[11]
