Kazuto Ioka to face a guy who's won his last 60 bouts

60 wins in a row? That should give him a top20 spot in unbeaten streak at least.

 

I wonder how good, or bad, the regional Thai scene or whatever you want to call it, actually is.

You see fighters there running off extremely impressive win streaks that I can't really think of any other country of fighters doing as much as they do. From great, obscure fighters like Galaxy to that Thai guy Berchelt and Lomo recently fought, and now Sitthiprasert. What's going on here exactly?

 

The Thai's fight much like the 1930's American's did. Every bout is a pay day, so they rackup wins against limited opponents in bouts that often shouldn't be sanctioned, or should be seen as public spars/exhibitions. A guy like Noknoi will face regional journeymen regularly and limited opponents form Indonesia, the Philippines and the Thai novice level to pick up a pay check. Multi million dollar paydays don't happen in Thailand.

When you consider his best win is either a VERY controversial SD vs Pael or a win over Horikawa that should some up his limitations.

 

You haven't been here awhile

 

Great info, thank you.

 

I get the impression that the Thai circuit for boxing is roughly the same as the circuit for Muay Thai, which is pretty deep. That means that Thai fighters fight 10 times a year and maybe one of those opponents will actually be decent. There's almost no money which means that there is almost no bar of entry; so literally anyone can fight. But it also means you have to stay busy just to eat. With thousands of fighters all over Thailand fighting a dozen times a year you have a really deep talent pool from which you can pick an opponent from the deep end or the shallow end to fight. From minimum to bantamweight some of the best guys are always Thai.

Right now the top guy at 105, a guy named Moonsri is a Thai, 45-0. Roman Gonzalez' next opponent is a Thai, Srisaket Sor Rungvisai. Plus, they've had some good fighters over the years come out of Thailand: Veeraphol Sahaprom, Pongsaklek Wonjongkam, Sot Chitalada, Pone Kingpetch, Chartchai Chionoi, etc.

 

How many days?