the ten greatest fighters from thailand

No order:

Khaosai Galaxy
Venice Borkhorsor
Khaokor Galaxy
Pongsaklek Wonjongkam
Pone Kingpech
Chartchai Chionoi
Veeraphol Sahaprom
Saman Sorjturong
Sot Chitalada

Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym (one of my faves)
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the guy who beat yuri arbachakov is a lock in the top 10 all-time thai fighters

 

Pongsaklek Wonjongkam personifies legend in my mind.

The Galaxy bro's were monsters too in their time.

Lakhin Vasansit was pretty good too, but was never truely tested.

 

Did you watch his last fight ?
Did he look good ????
I couldn't watch the fight....unfortunately !

 

Watch his fight against Efren Torres (1st meeting)......one of the best fights I ever watched !!!!!

 

Only some crappy audience video's.

I read about it from a few different sources, and it pretty much sounds like PW's opponent was super akward, and PW waited till the second half of the fight to win rounds.

I think it was just a case of the champion fighting at the level of his opponent, and/or, the opponent simply putting up the fight of his life.

 

Pongsaklek Wonjonkam

 

1. Borkhorsor
2. Sahaprom
3. Kingpetch
4. Wonjongkam
5. Chionoi
6. Chitalada
7. Khaosai
8. Daorung
9. Muangsurin
10. Kittikasem

Hon: Samart, Sorjutarong, Khaokor, Netrnoi, Sasakul all worthy of a mention.

Watch the guy who's name escapes me destroy Rodolfo Blanco. He did little afterwards and retired undefeated, fighting sporadically over a couple of years, but boy does he look impressive!

EDIT: Kittikasem was undoubtedly a dangerous banger, but on reflection past-it Sot and Chang ain't all that, and Sot and Khaosai should be given the same longevity credit they get over Khaokor. I've swapped it around, with Muangsurin having more depth.

 

So you do rate Khaosai over Khaokor!

 

I'm glad he's finally accepted defeat!

 

Woah., woah, woah, woah hold up fellas!

Khaosai gets in here for his longevity, and the fact he has a couple of decent wins to go with some very good and devastating performances.

Khaokors career was relatively short, although his wins over Vasquez and Moon (II) were far more impressive than anything Khaosai did, and, let's be honest, brutal kayo power aside and in terms of all-round talent, and Khaokor is first in every department. He had a far more varied offence, far superior ring generalship, and was just as bullishly strong, as proven when he ragged the infamously strong and powerful Moon around the ring for 12 rounds (Moons trainer may have died very close to the fight, but he looked no different in the ring and absorbed a tremendous beating)

Khaokor just didn't do enough. But he was the far superior fighter...IMO. Khaosai has more rankable qualities, and I hope this proves once and for all I don't rank fighters based on bias

Accept defeat?!? Moi? :fire

No quibbles other than that? :think

Sahaprom and Khaosai are very similar IMO (not in terms of aesthetic quality or application)

-Both long-reigning titlists
-Never really the genuine no.1 in their division (Kingpetch did at least win the second Perez fight). Never faced the no.1 or no.2 ranked fighter

Sahaprom has the edge in overall competition defeated though.

-Got the better of series with Nishioka
-Chuvatana
-Tatsuyoshi x2 (kid had ****ed up eye problems mind)

That's the first thing off the top of my head I can think of to beat

-Kim (decent fighter who probably should've beaten Sot twice)
-Conteras (I really rate him as a puncher mind you)
-Pical
-Zombie Orono

In terms of ability, whilst Khaosai packed the devastating punch, Veeraphol was a far better technician, and could really hit hard when he wanted too, but after Konadu iced him he was a patient general.

Kingpetch just didn't win enough of his fights for me, though obviously has the best level of competition for any Thai and some fights I felt he got the better of from what I've seen (Seki, Perez II) as well as competing hard with some of the greatest Flys of ll time.

 

Here's the fight I was on about, according to his (legendary) trainer Sutjai Supalek said he had very little natural talent. I felt Blanco, no great shakes but good, got the better of MccAuley in their first fight, and won their second fight. Apparently looked dog rough in his fight after that, relinquished rather than rematch, theen fought a couple of times afterwards.

Nothing special, just thought y'all might find it interesting if you hadn't already seen it.

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Has anyone here seen any Saen Sor Ploenchit fights or know anything about him?

 

The problem for Kim as a win for Khaosai(and he is still one of the best fighters he fought)was him being a lean thin Fly who had spent a few years even below 112, he was just too small to be much of a match for a fighter built like a big bantam.Kim got that fight despite looking sluggish and hittable in an overweight bout with Yul-Woo Lee.

Being a cutie with nondescript power didn't help moving up stylistically either.