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March 20th 2015-NCO Club, Royal Thai Airforce, Bangkok, Thailand Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (32-4-1, 29) vs Madit Sada (9-20-1, 3) Heavy handed Thai Srisaket Sor Rungvisai is expected to get a world title eliminator later in the year. Until he can get that fight he's going to be kept busy fighting low tier guys in stay busy fights. One such fight saw him battle against Indonesia's Madit Sada in a horrible mismatch of a stay busy contest. (Video courtesy of tko.in.th)
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January 23rd 2015- NCO Club, Royal Thai Airforce, Bangkok, Thailand Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (31-4-1, 28) Vs Ardi Tefa (6-2, 4) Former WBC Super Flyweight champion Srisaket Sor Rungvisai kicked off his 2015 earlier today as he took on Indonesian visitor Ardi Tefa in what was a clear stay busy contest for the heavy handed Srisaket who is hoping to get a world title fight before the end of the year. (Video courtesy of www.tko.in.th) December 19th 2014- Kinpoo Seafood Restaurant, Samut Prakan, Thailand Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (30-4-1, 27) Vs Jemmy Gobel (18-25-5, 13) One thing about boxing in Thailand is that we know fighters are active, even if it means they take part in some farcical contests. One such farce saw former world champion Srisaket Sor Rungvisai, one of the best fighters in the Super Flyweight division, battle against Indonesian Jemmy Gobel. Thankfully for Srisaket he didn't suffer any damage and it now seems likely he'll be fighting in a world title eliminator in early 2015. (Video courtesy of ทีเคโอ มวยโลก) Thailand's hard hitting Srisaket Sor Rungvisai really has been one of the most fun fighters to follow since we started this site. He has climbed from relative obscurity to having become a world champion champion and one of the biggest names in Thai boxing. In 2015 we're expecting to see Srisaket again return to the world title scene though before he managed to do that he had to over-come Filipino foe Bobby Concepcion and defend his WBC regional title. We won't ruin much of this one though we don't think many would be shocked by us saying Srisaket managed to record his 30th victory as a professional boxer. (Video courtesy of ทีเคโอ มวยโลก) In 2013 we saw one man come from relatively nowhere to become one of the most must watch Super Flyweights on the planet, and he did it in way that nothing short of amazing as he didn't just beat a world champion in his perceived prime but destroyed him and forced him into retirement. That man was Srisaket Sor Rungvisai who thoroughly beat up Japan's Yota Sato, himself an accomplished and talented fighter who had actually won the belt by beating Srisaket's friend and stablemate Suriyan Sor Rungvisai. Srisaket came in to the bout as a real unknown outside of the Thai scene though ended the bout as a man we, and we assume many others, were dying to see again. Strangely we got to see him a lot in the following months, in fact he won 4 bouts in the following 6 months including a title defense against Hirofumi Mukai. There aren't many Thai's we're big fans of Srisaket Sor Rungvisai is certainly one of them. We know Srisaket took his last bout, against Zoren Pama, lightly but this past week we saw him back at his best and back scoring knockouts as he finished off the bigger Boido Simanjuntak in what was, on paper, a very impressive stoppage. Whilst most will just boxrec Simanjuntak it needs to be noted the visitor was a career Super Bantamweight/Featherweight and Srisaket, a career Super Flyweight was expected to need to work for his win. No one expected such a great finish! (Video courtesy of ทีเคโอ มวยโลก) If there was a Thai that stole our hearts last year it Srisaket Sor Rungvisai. The Thai destroyer really made us fans as he wiped out numerous opponents varying from world class fighters like Yota Sato to relatively poor journeymen. The one thing he always did was take the fight to he opponent and not let off until his opponent was a beaten man. This year started the same though unfortunately Srisaket lost his WBC Super Flyweight title in a mandatory defence against Mexico's Carlos Cuadras and then took one of the longest breaks of his career, a little over 3 months. On his return to action Srisaket took on Filipino journeyman Zoren Pama. Unfortunately it appeared the lay off for Srisaket didn't really help him here and he had over-looked Pama. We won't ruin the bout too much though we will say that this wasn't the Srisaket that we fell in love with, in fact in many ways this was a man who who had over-looked his supposedly weak foe. Despite that there was some very interesting action and we genuinely want to see more of Pama following this bout. (Video thanks to ทีเคโอ มวยโลก) Back in 2013 there was a Thai destroying everyone he seemed to get in the ring with. Srisaket Sor Rungvisai. The Thai was the then WBC Super Flyweight champion who was mowing through opponents, of various levels, in double quick fashion. Heavy handed, aggressive and tough Srisaket was becoming a real force to be reckoned with. Despite being incredibly active Srisaket only managed 1 defence of his world title. An amazing stat when you consider he fought 8 times whilst in possession of the world title. That one defence came against Japan's Hirofumi Mukai, a talented though very light hitting fighter who had previously fought a 1 round technical draw with Pongsaklek Wonjongkam. This bout, like the Wonjongkam one saw Mukai going over to Thailand though unfortunately it was another painful visit for Mukai who showed his bravery and toughness though was bludgeon by Srisaket until the corner eventually threw in the towel to save Mukai from what could have been a career altering beating. Following this fight Srisakat took part in a non-title bout, stopping Joel Kwong before sadly losing his world title to Carlos Cuadras. (Note, the Japanese anthem has been removed due to copyright, we're sorry for the few moments of silence) One fighter who really impressed us last year was Thailand's destructive Srisaket Sor Rungvisai. The Thai fighter, who won the WBC Super Flyweight title last year, did things that we'd like to see more of from champions including fought stay busy fights on a regular basis. Those fights were clear mismatches, they were supposed to be. Stay busy fights are just that, fights to stay busy not fights to prove your skills. Srisaket's busy schedule continued this year and and his first bout of 2014 took place on January 21st, just 2 months after he had made his first world title defence. As with most of these stay busy bouts it was a mismatch that saw Srisaket battle against novice foe Joel Kwong of the Philippines. In regards to his record Kwong was listed on boxrec.com as being 1-3, notably however he is better than his record indicates and his 3 losses all came against recognisable fighters in the form of Ratchasak Kokietgym, Sod Kokietgym and Petch Kokietgym. Notable Kwong took all 3 of those fighters the scheduled 6 rounds, this bout however failed to even last 1 round as Srisaket showed his destructive instincts and forced the referee to save Kwong. Sadly for us, as Srisaket fans, the Thai lost his world title just a few months after this contest, dropping a technical decision in Mexico to Carlos Cuadras. The Super Flyweight division is one of boxing's most interesting right now and it has a bit of everything. If you enjoy your pure boxing you can watch the likes of Omar Andres Narvaez, if you like your tough warrior types you can watch Kohei Kono, if you like your hard hitting phenom's you can watch Thailand's Srisaket Sor Rungvisai. On May 31st 2014 Srisaket travelled to Mexico to take on WBC Super Flyweight mandatory challenger Carlos Cuadras and we got this interesting, though somewhat disappointing, bout. We had expected a flat out war between the two men, and whilst the bout wasn't dire it did fall somewhat short of our expectations though of course with the men involved it wasn't never going to be a stinker. (This video is courtesy of PromocionesdelPueblo boxeo) |
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