Has anyone seen any of their four fights? If so, I'd be interested in hearing some thoughts and observations.
I'm just baffled that Wongongkam's last three opponents have a combined record of 0 wins and 2 losses. Surely a fighter of his calibre should be fighting much better opposition.
Daisuke Naito? i was looking for his fights the other week, it's hard to get a hold on those Japanese fighters film and i've never heard of the other guy
I have seen the first and last fight in their 4 fight series. Both are on youtube. I have seen a few Naito fights and only seen Wonjongkam in the above two fights i mentioned. Would love to see more of Wonjongkam in his prime. I have heard good things about him. Not much to say on the first as it was a blow out. Natio came out swinging like he always does and got clocked. The 4th one i can't remember a hell of a lot about. I remember it being competitive and was a decent fight. I did think Wonjongkam could have pulled it out if he tried a bit harder. He is at the end of a long career (although most of his fights have apperently been relatively easy due to him fighting very inferior opposistion like a lot of Thai fighters do) so i suppose his stanima isn't what it was. Like i said earlier, i would love to see more Wonjongkam fights. He throws nice combinations and seemed quite quick in the two fights i saw of him. Its a pity so many good asian, especially thai fighter's, spend so much time fighting inferior opposistion at home. From the 3-4 or so fights i have seen of Naito im not a big fan of his. He comes forward and has guts but he seems rather unskilled and awkward in his technique. From what i have heard and seen of both fighters and judging from the results of their previous encounters i think Naito got the recent win and draw over Wonjongkam because of the Thai's advancing age.
Thanks for the lengthy reply. :good I had heard many a good thing about Wonjongkam--for years! I remember hearing that he was arguably one of the best flyweights ever, and that he had (I believe) the record for the quickest KO ever in the weight class--which I believe was his first fight with Naito. I never realized these guys fought four times, and it's an interesting progression. First fight is a first round blowout. Second fight is a technical decision after 7 or 8 rounds in which Wonjongkam is again victorious. Then their third encounter is a decision win for Naito and their final encounter, a draw! With Naito's win yesterday, I wonder what the odds are on a fifth encounter between these two? So this progression is clearly the case of Wonjongkam leaving his best days behind him? Or has Natio shown consistent improvement over this time period? I really wish we got to see more of these fights. There were three flyweight title fights in a three week span recently, and I'm not all too familiar with most of the fighters. If anyone has anything else to share, please do, as I am most curious.
Wonjongkam was the same guy that got creamed by Caballero in like 3 rounds. Good? Please! He's decent. Fights taxi cab drivers mostly.
As for Naito. He is a true warrior. The guy is a free swinging lunatic with good power. One of my favorites.
There should be a show that showcases the best asian fighters, there is an insane amount of cards in Japan weekly so there has to be some good in there
In the last 50 year for flyweight i got it 1)canto 2)Wongjongkam Naito vs Wonjongkam is a great rivalry. You can count on a 5th for sure.
Probably confused Wongongkam with Sitchatchawal. I don't know how since it is so easy to go and search the records of these fighters to see who they have fought. In his defence they both have VERY long names.