Veeraphol was a cream on top technician,very textbook yet balanced on all the things he did,he had a good defense,offense,and such. Meanwhile Khaosai was a crazy puncher,he was more unorthodox but had a good chin and somehow weird but underrated Foreman like defense. I thought Veeraphol,if he kept his distance could probably make the fight competitive,but if Khaosai's pressure and workrate got to him... it's over.
Well In Veer’s time you could weigh in the day after… that only just started to take effect in Galaxys time (in 1982 he debuted in 1980) so I’ll assume he ain’t much bigger then the “offical weight” on fight night Mr “Deathmask” could be up to 20lbs heavier.
Veeraphol was a bantamweight, but Khaosai was a huge super fly and there's only three pounds between the two weight divisions. While it's true that Deathmask is a more modern fighter, he approached his training in a very similar way to his time in Thai boxing; focusing on fight frequency, which requires staying around the weight limit. Not only that, but Khaosai himself was absolutely gargantuan for a super fly, and if he was the smaller man, it would only come down to the small height difference.
I always thought He was a small Bantamweight. Looked smaller than almost all of his opponents in world title fights - don't think there would be much of a size difference here.
I find Sahaprom the better all around fighter... Galaxy became underrated due to his overrating by the official boxing media, but Sahaprom could have been an ATG if he had a longer boxing career, he is an ATG at Muay Thai btw.
since when is being a 2 time world champion with 15 consecutive title defenses in the second reign not enough to be considered an ATG?
Are Sven Ottke, or Omar Andres Narvaez also All Time Greats? They have some impressive "numerical" achievements too. I also don't believe Veeraphol's resume is quite cutting it, for an All Time Great status.
For sure. You definitely can make a better argument for Veeraphol being an ATG, it also depends on Your threshold. I believe He does not quite make it. He beat some really good fighters, but does not have a great, outstanding win. It's a shame that He never got to fight Rafa Marquez.
