About Steve Logan

WMTO: Steve, not too much is known about you. We know what a great instructor you are but have you ever fought Thai Boxing yourself?

Steve Logan: Yes I have, because of my career as a professional wrestler I started quite late and had my first fight at 26 years of age. Because there were no Thai Boxing gyms in Birmingham at the time Paul Sutton and myself had to set up our own gym so that we had somewhere to train. So I was actually still Wrestling when I first started Thai Boxing and it was a little difficult to fit everything in but, even so, the fights that I did have I was unbeaten and won the BTBC Midland area cruiserweight title by K.O. so I did quite well.

WMTO: You said that there were no Thai Boxing gyms in Birmingham, so how did you learn?

Steve Logan: Well I’ve been involved in martial arts since I was 8 years old, so I’ve got 27 years experience behind me. But Paul and I used to travel to Manchester to train under Tony More and to London to train with Nick Stone who lives in Australia now. We set up the first ever Thai Boxing gym in Birmingham and we learned a lot things ourselves by experimenting.

WMTO: Is it true that you were taught by Bob Spour?

Steve Logan: No. Paul and I had a club before Bob started teaching in Birmingham. A few people have asked me that, but I don’t think that he would say that himself because he knows it’s not true. People must just assume Bob taught me because I hadn’t had as much publicity as him.

WMTO: Do you and Paul Sutton still run a gym together?

Steve Logan: No, we split up about many years ago and now he has his own gym.

WMTO: Do you still train yourself?

Steve Logan: Yes in both Thai Boxing with my champions and Wrestling and weight training with some very promising young wrestlers, Stuart Johnson and Mark Lamas.

WMTO: Why did you set up the WMTO?

Steve Logan: Because I was sick of not seeing Thai Boxing get the exposure that it deserved. I didn’t like the fact that to get a Thai Boxing title Thai boxers had to fight for kick boxing titles like the WKA. And I was annoyed when I saw people who didn’t deserve title fights getting them and those that did not getting a chance. To quote a famous saying "I kept thinking that somebody should do something about it." Then I realised that I was somebody, so I did something! I started the WMTO and I think that I have done a good job so far because if you look at our ratings lists, all of the WMTO champions are very strong at their level. Only recently two people fought for a WKA area title and both of them had been beaten and stopped by people who had earlier fought for the WMTO title and on the 8th February we have two WAKO pro-British champions fighting for WMTO English titles so obviously our titles are more credible.

WMTO: What are your plans for the WMTO?

Steve Logan: Just to keep getting stronger, to remain credible and to keep giving people the opportunities that they deserve. We welcome anyone that wants to help Thai Boxing to grow.