Jean-Charles Skarbowsky is a French former Muay Thai fighter and 3-times European Muay Thai champion. Skarbowsky has been one of the best farangs (foreigners) who have fought in Thailand.
His mother emigrated at age 25 from Romania to France.
After a flying start to his career, both in France and Thailand, where he accumulated a number of quick victories, he broke his right hand in 1997 while defending his title again in Europe. After two years of forced shutdown, he resumed his career in 1999 and made a stunning return to the highest level, overcoming the pessimistic diagnosis of the doctors.
He is considered to be one of the greatest Muay Thai fighters ever.
In 2010, Skarbowsky appeared on the twelfth season of the American mixed martial arts reality television show The Ultimate Fighter, where he was the Muay Thai coach on Georges St-Pierre‘s team. He was shown to have clashed with opposition coach Josh Koscheck, and his students often were amazed by his skills while learning the superior techniques he would apply during sparring.
Source: Wikipedia.
The official Skarbowsky Gym Facebook page can be found here.
