Samart Payakroon: Thai Master

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  1. roughdiamond

    roughdiamond Ridin' the rails... Full Member

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    Don't bother with people like Jaa. Check out Somrak Khamsing (who won medalled in boxing as well), and Sagat (no not the street fighter character). Also Saenchai.
     
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  2. surfinghb

    surfinghb Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Nope not a Troll post … Legitimately didn't know that is why I asked .. thanks for the reply
     
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    surfinghb Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Cool thanks .. I'll check it out
     
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  4. PhillyPhan69

    PhillyPhan69 Obsessed with Boxing Full Member

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    My 19 y/o son loves Saenchai and is constantly watching this on a monthly basis or so it seems lol

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    I came across this one after you started this thread, I thought it was pretty cool

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  5. Cobra33

    Cobra33 Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    He was very talented. I dont know if its true or not but they said he didnt really train for Fenech and after he lost he was so disgraced he joined a monk monestary.
    i think boxing was alot more money for him and alot less damaging .Thai kickboxing is brutal in both training and fighting.
     
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  6. roughdiamond

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    New highlight by HaNZAgod
     
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  7. AlFrancis

    AlFrancis Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    Any background stuff on the Fenech fight?
     
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  8. roughdiamond

    roughdiamond Ridin' the rails... Full Member

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    Background stuff as in 'behind the scenes'?

    I'm pretty sure Samart was not as serious about boxing before the Fenech fight. He had become a musician (yes seriously) and was boozing etc. Apparently he also had a bad weight cut, and lived in a monastery for a time after the bout due to his performance.
     
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  9. Flea Man

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    He’d been a model and playboy and a drinker even in his Muay Thai prime.

    Bad weight cut + arguably the best H2H super bantam of all time are the reasons for that loss. And even then Samart dropped Fenech early and made a good showing before Fenech drained his gas tank and beat the Hell out of him. Perhaps Samart might’ve made a better showing if he was in peak condition, but Fenech was perfectly suited to make someone like Payakaroon look bad: relentless, not without skill, hard as nails.

    The monastery was because the Thai mafia were out to get him and being a monk made him safer and allowed him to hide until it all blew over. And he likely won them their money back by fighting top level Thais and beating them with ease.
     
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  10. roughdiamond

    roughdiamond Ridin' the rails... Full Member

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    Thanks for the info Flea Man. It's a shame we didn't see 'peak' Samart vs Fenech.
     
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    Bump.
     
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  12. The Morlocks

    The Morlocks Boxing Junkie Full Member

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    THAI THIGH SIGH MASTER
    THAI THIGH SIGH MASTER
    THAI THIGH SIGH MASTER
     
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