Sor Rungvisai-Sithmorseng Undercard Results From Bang Phun, Thailand
Phongsaphon Panyakum continued to develop Saturday against a veteran opponent in Bang Phun, Thailand.
The 20-year-old, 115-pound prospect out-pointed fellow Thai super flyweight Karoon Jarupianlerd in their 10-round fight on the Srisaket Sor Rungvisai-Kwanthai Sithmorseng undercard. DAZN streamed their fight live from Workpoint Studio, just outside of Bangkok.
Panyakum’s pressure and activity was too much Jarupianlerd. Panyakum (12-1, 6 KOs) defeated Jarupianlerd (44-11, 20 KOs) comfortably on all three scorecards (98-92, 98-92 and 97-93).
Panyakum pressured Jarupianlerd throughout their fight and forced Jarupianlerd to fight off his back foot. He regularly landed overhand rights, left hooks and right uppercuts, but he wasn’t powerful enough to hurt Jarupianlerd, who displayed a good chin.
When and why you started boxing:
I started training in Muay Thai when I was around 13 years old because one of my neighbours wanted to fight me. When I was 22, I moved to Bangkok to work as a security guard and trash collector. That was where I met a boxing matchmaker who booked me to fight in Japan against Akira Yaegashi, who went on to become a three-division world champion. Before that fight, I’d never competed in boxing, so of course
I lost. That was the beginning of my boxing career.
Favourite all-time fighter:
Veeraphol Sahaprom is my all-time favourite Thai fighter. He’s a hero in my country. The foreign fighter that I like the most is Manny Pacquiao. He’s a global superstar and he’s a southpaw like me.
Saturday, 23 January 2021, 8:39 am
SRISAKET SOR RUNGVISAI MEETS KWANTHAI SITHMORSENG IN
ALL-THAI SUPER FLYWEIGHT CLASH
NEW
YORK - Jan. 22, 2021 – Srisaket Sor Rungvisai
(49-5-1, 42 KOs), the former Two-time WBC world champion and
Lineal world champion in Super Flyweight from Thailand, is
set to get back into the ring on March 12, 2021 against a
former WBA world champion and the current Thai Super
Flyweight champion - Kwanthai Sithmorseng [aka Ekkawit
Songnui] (50-7-1, 27 KOs). The fight will be the main event
of the WP Boxing series, the leading boxing program in
Southeast Asia. The show will be live on DAZN globally
(excluding Thailand) on March 12, 2021, 9.30 pm ET/ 6.30 pm
Posted on 01/22/2021
Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (49-5-1, 42 KOs), the former Two-time WBC world champion and Lineal world champion in Super Flyweight from Thailand, is set to get back into the ring on March 12, 2021 against a former WBA world champion and the current Thai Super Flyweight champion – Kwanthai Sithmorseng [aka Ekkawit Songnui] (50-7-1, 27 KOs). The fight will be the main event of the WP Boxing series, the leading boxing program in Southeast Asia. The show will be live on DAZN globally (excluding Thailand) on March 12, 2021, 9.30 pm ET/ 6.30 pm PT.
Rungvisai is currently ranked first in the WBC’s Super Flyweight world rating and has already been named a mandatory challenger for the WBC world title. In December last year, the WBC officially ordered the winner of the unification bout between Juan Francisco Estrada and “Chocolatito” Roman Gonzalez to defend his WBC World title against Rungvisai next within August or September this year. In the meantime, Rungvisai wi