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When a fighter struggles with stamina against one opponent you tend to feel that that becomes an area that the fighter should begin to focus on and attempt to improve. With that in mind we had expected to see an improved Chalermpol Singwancha following his narrow win over Dan Nazareno Jr. In that bout Chalermpol looked out on his feet late on, and had Nazareno had the desire to win we'd have seen the much touted Thai suffer a notable and embarrassing defeat. Sadly instead of working on his stamina Chalermpol seemed to think the struggles were a one off and went into his next bout, against Amor Tino, only to find out that the same issues were there late on. Despite starting brightly Chalermpol couldn't put much of a dent into Tino early on and in the second half of the fight the Filipino really came back strong. Again Chalermpol had blown his tank and was forced to struggle through the latter rounds with a significantly reduced work rate. It was clear that it wasn't a one off in the Nazareno fight but that the Thai really did have issues with his stamina. Thankfully for Chalermpol he was at home and managed to take the bout with a decision though the score cards of 116-112,118-110,118-110 really did flatter the Thai who should now be very aware that he has a lot of work to do on his fitness
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We are certainly seeing a rise in promising Thais over the last year or so. Of course many of those fighters participate in the lower weights where the vast majority of fans won't take notice of them and as a result the likes of Stamp Kiatniwat and Nop Kratingdaenggym will be ignored by many in the west. Higher up the weights however is Chalermpol Singwancha a man many in Thailand were excited about at the start of the year due to his power and Muay Thai experience. Chalermpol started his carer in great fashion winning his first 6 bouts by stoppage in a combined 17 rounds. In his 7th fight however he found out that he wasn't just going to blast through foes as tough Filipino Dan Nazareno Jr took him 12 rounds. The bout wasn't just the first time Chalermpol had failed to score a knockout but was the first time he had been made to look very pedestrian and the first time he had had his stamina tested. Although he got the win here Chalermpol was given a real wake up call here and it was clear there was a lot to work on, notably his stamina which was completely gone in the "championship rounds". It's fair to say that had Nazareno come with the desire to win he probably could have finished off the Thai who was very lucky that his opponent was happy to go through the motions. It really was a lucky escape for the much touted Thai. Sadly though many will feel the other emerging Thai's on this same level when in all honesty the power weight Thai's really are a lot more impressive than Chalermpol. |
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