But - how? Going life and death with Saludar puts you still a level below Niyomtrong at his best. Granted, the sluggishly complacent and listless piece of crap version of Niyomtrong we had for a few years there is a different story, but... Ah, right, you weren't in the RBR for the Deebook fight. Did you never end up watching it? That was the standard I was expecting to hold Niyomtrong to, assuming it signaled a fire lit under his ass for a return to prospect form. Guess skipping that fight helped you keep the overall "blahness" of most of Niyomtrong's reign in perspective.
Thammanoon Niyomtrong aka "Be Damn Lucky To Survive Another Eight Rounds and Not Lose by ... Knockout" CP Freshmart.
Round 1 Paradero 10-9 Round 2 Paradero 10-9 Round 3 Paradero 10-9 Round 4 Niyomtrong 10-9 After eating that uppercut last round, Robert being a little more cautious. Paradero swinging for the fences, they get tangled up, CP slips. Paradero lands a few hooks to the body, Niyomtrong fights him off, flurries up top. Paradero clearly hurt by a shot, goes down, the ref rules it a slip then he goes down again, ruled yet another slip, then again, yes... a slip again, then Paradero knocks Niyomtrong down, another slip. Ref missed 'em all. That could've been a 9-6.
Oh wow, Knockout got himself a knockout. ROUGH start though. He didn't look half as invincible here as versus Deebook.
Round 1 Paradero 10-9 Round 2 Paradero 10-9 Round 3 Paradero 10-9 Round 4 Niyomtrong 10-9 Round 5 Niyomtrong wins by KO Paradero looking gassed out, Niyomtrong stalking, eats a right he's stunned eats another. He goes down, gets back up, puts his fist up, staggers around like a drunken skunk, with a goofy lascivious smile on his face, ref waves it.
Dammit Robert, had you calmed the **** down and paced yourself, and avoided repeatedly running at and throwing your chin into Niyomtrong's fists at 50mph, you might've pulled off the upset, you dummy.