Sirimongkhon "Handsome Divinity" Iamthuam

He claimed his one hundredth career professional victory less than a month ago, but his ambitions this morning to go for #101 proved beyond reach. He lost via TKO3 against 41 year old Queensland heavyweight Nick Midgley (now 10-3).

Such a wild career - world champion at bantamweight in the nineties, and super feather in the aughts (then stopped Michael "Cold Blood" Clark in a WBC lightweight eliminator in 2005, although it never materialized into a title shot) ...then spent two decades climbing through every remaining weight on the ladder. Along the way he dabbled in other combat sports - Muay Thai, western kickboxing, and bareknuckle - and officiated a thousand bouts as judge or ref.

This dude's entire life has revolved around fighting - which is crazy, because he wanted to be a likay actor but his dad insisted he get in the ring. This is what Sirimongkhon wanted to do with his life:

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And was in position to at 135lbs. I wonder what happened?

Let's see...summer of 2005, champ would have been - oh wow, Chico.

Iamthuam vs. Corrales sounds fun.