Sahaprom got a late start to his professional boxing career at the age of 26 after his illustrious career as an ATG in Muay Thai. He captured the WBC and WBA bantamweight titles and made 14 defences of his WBC title. His most notable fights saw him against the likes of Joichiro Tatsuyoshi, Toshiaki Nishioka, Hozumi Hasegawa, Daorung Chuvatana, Ricardo Barajas, Nana Yaw Konadu, Adan Vargas, and Sergio Perez. I've recently started going through some of his fights and I'm obsessed with his style. He is a gorgeous fighter to watch ply his trade. Sahaprom is incredibly well-rounded, he's supremely accurate, and he has the balance of a cat. He has so much poise and precision, it makes him tremendously satisfying to watch. Add onto that his tight, reactive defence and the way he pulls his head backwards like many Muay Thai turned boxers do in addition to the creativity of his offence, the way Sahaprom mixes to head and body, and how sharp and slick his counters were, and I feel that you're watching not only a truly awesome technician but also a H2H monster. Seriously, Veeraphol Sahaprom is such a natural and intuitive pugilistic talent in that squared circle, it's actually mesmerising. I need to watch more of this man's fights.
Weirdly enough I never actually watched him as a boxer but I watched several of his Muay Thai fights and he's really fun to watch one of the best boxers in Muay Thai, a sport that usually prioritizes kicks and knees over punches making it harder for a good boxer to do well. Here's some highlights from his Muay Thai check out if you're interested: This content is protected
Love watching him perform as well. His first clash with Hasegawa will always be one of the most important fights for me personally, since it sparked my interest and passion for lower weight classes in boxing. He was a true champion. Always on point, very disciplined, very smart. Could probably write a good book about how to fight a southpaw also.
I have most of his fights and with some exceptions i find him a bit boring. Sometimes he took patience almost to an extreme even when he faced sub par opposition.
I thought he was a good all rounder, nothing stuck out I wouldn’t say mesmerising either? he was just solid in every aspect of the game I don’t think he was top shelf but he was very professional and one of those guys who came in at the actual weight stipulated, Floyd used to do this sometimes… he said so anyways - he didn’t like to boil down or something? I’m not a “fan” or Deathnask but he is really good - I think he missed out on Rafael Marquez? I think he’d have been a few steps higher had he been a life long boxer he had the material of a historic great, but he did fantastic anyway and others might call him “great”
A sublime technician with a great jab, counterpunching, defense, and power. Although a tad basic and one note at times he was excellent at what he did. Perhaps one of the few Muay Thai fighters turned boxer that managed to retain boxing finesse. A shame that we never got to see him against Rafael Marquez while they were both champs. That would have been an excellent tactical fight with some violence.
His boxing in the second half of the Hasegawa fight is aces. That weird right-hand, jablike, comes square to fire it against a tiring opponent it was one adjustment in a disaster of a fight and he completely took over. I can't remember which round it was, but he lost one late round and it cost him the fight; he dominated Hasegawa, his nemesis, in the second half of that fight - once the first five rounds are out of the way (dominated totally by Hasegawa) that fight is so very good. He boxes the 8th and 9th of that fight like a genius.
