Camp against camp
Sumalee Boxing Gym or Tiger Muay Thai
Two camps in Phuket, set against each other on what each one publishes about itself. Nothing below is our opinion of either.
Sumalee Boxing Gym
Tiger Muay Thai
The short version
A week of unlimited training is 3,500 THB at Sumalee Boxing Gym and 5,500 THB at Tiger Muay Thai. They line up on 5 of the lines both camps publish.
Side by side
Everything either camp publishes
| Field | Sumalee Boxing Gym | Tiger Muay Thai |
|---|---|---|
| One group session | 500 THB | 500 THB |
| A week, unlimited | 3,500 THB | 5,500 THB |
| A month, unlimited | 12,000 THB | 16,800 THB |
| One private | Not verified yet | 800 THB |
| Room, per night | Not verified yet | 1,000 THB |
| Sessions a day | Not verified yet | 2 |
| Rooms on site | Yes | Yes |
| Takes beginners | Yes | Yes |
Sumalee Boxing Gym
The month is unlimited group training and expires 28 days from purchase; once a day is 8,000. Under-16s train at half price. Rooms on site include both daily group classes but are quoted on enquiry rather than published, and private sessions are not on the rates page.
Tiger Muay Thai
Tiger adds 7 percent VAT on top of every figure here, so budget above these numbers. The week and month are the all-inclusive option covering any class in the camp. Muay Thai only is cheaper at 4,400 a week and 13,500 a month. The single session, and a full day pass at 1,000, are drop-ins sold at the camp only. The room is the cheapest standard room and a month is counted as 30 days.
Against the country
They quote the same figure on 3 lines: one group session, rooms on site and takes beginners.
Not settled here
What we cannot tell you yet
Neither camp has been confirmed on the lines below, so this page does not compare them. They are named rather than left off, because a comparison that only shows the fields it happens to hold is the shape of a page pretending to be complete.
- Sparring
- English spoken
- Women's programme
In their own words
What each camp is
Sumalee Boxing Gym
Smaller camp in the quieter north of Phuket, away from the Rawai and Chalong concentration. Being out of the tourist strip is the point: fewer distractions, smaller groups, more trainer attention. Less convenient if you want nightlife or a big social scene.
The full record for Sumalee Boxing GymTiger Muay Thai
The largest and best-known training complex in Thailand, running Muay Thai alongside a full MMA and BJJ programme. Big enough that you can always find training partners at your level, and structured enough that a total beginner is never left guessing. The trade-off is scale: it feels like a fitness resort rather than a Thai gym, and it is priced accordingly.
The full record for Tiger Muay Thai5 answers
What people ask about Sumalee Boxing Gym and Tiger Muay Thai
- Is Sumalee Boxing Gym or Tiger Muay Thai cheaper?
- Sumalee Boxing Gym, on the line most trips are booked on. A month of unlimited training is 12,000 baht there against 16,800 baht at Tiger Muay Thai, a gap of 4,800 baht. They both quote 2 other priced lines, and Sumalee Boxing Gym is lower on one and one comes out level. A cheaper month is not a cheaper trip. Food, a room where the camp has none and the flight home all sit outside these figures, and a camp that is 2,000 baht dearer a month is the cheaper of the two the moment it saves you a daily taxi.
- What is the difference between Sumalee Boxing Gym and Tiger Muay Thai?
- 2 of the 5 lines both camps publish come out different: a week of unlimited training and a month of unlimited training. They match on a single group session, whether there are rooms on site and whether beginners are taken. Tiger Muay Thai publishes a private session, a nightly room rate and how many sessions a day run. Sumalee Boxing Gym publishes none of those. What separates two camps on the mats is the trainer you get put with, and no camp publishes that. Use the lines above to cut the list down, then ask both.
- Is Sumalee Boxing Gym or Tiger Muay Thai better for a beginner?
- Both. Sumalee Boxing Gym and Tiger Muay Thai each read as a room somebody who has never trained can walk into. That is a call made at a desk from what each camp publishes about who it trains, not a verdict from the mats. A gym built around a fight team will take a beginner's money and leave them holding pads at the back for a month, so ask both how a first session actually runs before you book either.
- Can you stay at Sumalee Boxing Gym or Tiger Muay Thai?
- Both. Sumalee Boxing Gym and Tiger Muay Thai each say on their own site that you can sleep at the camp. Tiger Muay Thai prints a nightly rate at 1,000 baht. Staying in means the commute stops being a decision you make twice a day at five in the morning, which matters more than the saving on most trips shorter than a month.
- How far apart are Sumalee Boxing Gym and Tiger Muay Thai?
- About 14 km in a straight line, measured between the two pins rather than along a road, so a motorbike covers more ground than that and traffic decides the rest. Both camps sit in Phuket. That is a ride rather than a walk, so trying both in one trip means picking a base and paying to cross, or splitting the stay in two.
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Trained at either? Correct us.
Every figure on this page came off a camp’s own website. Sumalee Boxing Gym was read on 2026-09-02 and Tiger Muay Thai on 2026-10-14. Camps change prices without changing the page the price is printed on. If one of these is wrong, or if you know a line neither camp publishes, tell us and we will date the change.