Chapter 169 - 154 Southern Country’s Martial Arts
Southern Country, Yuhe City.
This place could only be considered an ordinary city in Southern Country, not very developed, nor a tourist destination. However, Yuhe City was somewhat famous in the underground boxing ring of Southern Country and even the whole of Southeast Asia.
The reason was that the city had produced a combat master named Hu Shan, renowned as the number one real combat fighter in Southeast Asia.
Unlike Hua Country and many Western countries, underground fighting, or unsanctioned fights without formal organization, such as picking two strong men to brawl with a crowd of friends cheering them on, was very popular in Southeast Asia.
This had historical reasons: many countries in Southeast Asia had a history of constant warfare, with a national culture that valued martial prowess. In some countries, kings were even chosen through martial contests among royal family members.
The tradition of settling disputes through combat had continued to the present, where many civilian disputes in Southeast Asia were still resolved in this manner, making underground fighting extremely popular.
Of course, the prevalence of underground boxing in Southeast Asia was largely driven by profit.
With people’s lives lacking in entertainment, watching fights had become one of the few available forms of entertainment, with the thrill of fist-to-flesh combat and the associated gambling creating a complete industry chain.
Hu Shan had started as an ordinary underground fighter in Yuhe City and step by step became the renowned number one fighter in the Southeast Asian underground boxing ring. After making a name for himself in Southern Country, he went on to challenge many masters in Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines, Brunei, and other countries, never once defeated.
Although he had never participated in official, organized competitions and you could hardly find videos of his fights on TV or the internet, he was still quite famous in Southern Country. Several fighters well-known in the martial arts world of Southern Country, even those who had achieved decent results in the UFC, had privately sparred with Hu Shan and afterward respectfully called him Master, admitting their defeat.
Hu Shan had opened a boxing gym in Yuhe City called the Shaquan Dojo.