Boxing goes back to basics on the Thai-Burmese border... "The whining notes of an amplified oboe, pounding drums, the smell of liniment and whisky, four dangling 800-watt globes hanging from poles under a tree in a monastery, bandaged fists, blood, guns, money, and an audience of Burmese, Thai, Karen, Muslims, Buddhists, Christians, soldiers, monks, migrants and refugees. "I come to the boxing to cheer my people,"I love my nationality. I love my native country." Aung Naing fled the Burmese military regime and is now a refugee in Thailand. "This is why I like to come to the boxing. Here we do not have slave" he says. Katchii, the form of boxing found on the Thailand?€?Burma border, is muay thai kick-boxing stripped back to its basics. Gone are traditional pre-fight dances, gone are point-awarding ringside judges, and gone are the gloves. Crepe bandages wrap knuckles to stop hands from breaking upon impact, and victory is by knockout or (in) voluntary retirement..."