The WBC ranking system must seriously be off!

Rungvisai's resume is bad ,but he is a solid fighter and the lower weight aren't weak

 

Those little guys get title shots after 7 fights too!!!

 

Well he also has a win against Jose Salgado who was 34 2 2 and also he was coming off a draw against Cuadras ,but yeah i can understand you about the opposition of Rungvisai ,but he is the mandatory for Gonzalez's belt for over a year and that got him this chance

 

You only just realised ?

 

This. And he is the former WBC champ who has fought twice for some other WBC belts. His ranking makes sense.

 

Goes to show you that mandatories are more than often a waste of time.

 

It's a pretty common practice for Thai contenders to take a lot of filler fights, which kind of operate like sanctioned exhibitions. Pongsaklek Wongjongkam, Veeropol Sahaprom, et al have all engaged in fights with low level opponents while champion, so Rungsuvai isn't alone in this. I will say that Rungsuvai might have wanted to take on someone who wasn't quite as much of an easy touch in 2016 to stay sharp, but I won't fault him for staying active.

 

It can be argued that the undefeated guy on Srisaket's record wasn't as credible as someone like Mukai, who was 9-2-1 going into the fight but had already defeated a future flyweight champ in Sonny Boy Jaro. Records don't always tell the whole story.

 

Eh...It's a different scene over there. Again, Pongsaklek, Veeropol and a lot of others were fighting guys making their debut deep into their professional careers, often while as champion. He's done well enough against legitimate opposition that he should still be considered a legitimate opponent for Chocolatito.