Muangchai Kittikasem
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Muangchai Kittikasem is a former boxer from Thailand
. He was world champion in two weightclasses.
He claims to have fought fought around forty to fifty Muay Thai in fights in ring name
Jingjok Uvichaiyont but never won any championships. He changed to boxing when a promoter needed a short-term replacement on one of his cards.
The relentless pressure fighter Kittikasem started to fight professionally in 1988.
In only his 7th bout 1989 he won the IBF title on points vs the Filipino Tacy Macalos and defended it against the same fighter by KO. After two defenses he went to the United States to defend the crown against undefeated amateur star Michael Carbajal in 1990. After a gutsy performance he was knocked down four times and stopped round 7. His chin was always his major weakness.
He went up in weight and won the WBC and Lineal Titles by KO against his countryman Sot Chitalada
the very next year. Kittikasem KOd Jung Koo Chang and stopped Chitalada once again in the rematch.
He lost the titles against another amateur star in the Russian amateur world champ Yuri Arbachakov
, still in 1992. The fight took place in the Russian's adopted country Japan, it was an explosive KO when Kittikasem ran right in a counter.
1993 he was KOd one more time by Arbachakov, this time in Thailand.
He had a couple more fights but never contended again.
These days he owns a used car dealership, he is married with two children.
Thailand
Thailand , officially the Kingdom of Thailand , formerly known as Siam , is a country located at the centre of the Indochina peninsula and Southeast Asia. It is bordered to the north by Burma and Laos, to the east by Laos and Cambodia, to the south by the Gulf of Thailand and Malaysia, and to the...
. He was world champion in two weightclasses.
He claims to have fought fought around forty to fifty Muay Thai in fights in ring name
Ring name
A ring name is a stage name used by a professional wrestler, martial artist, or boxer. While some ring names may have a fictitious first name and surname, others may simply be a nickname, such as The Undertaker.-Wrestling:...
Jingjok Uvichaiyont but never won any championships. He changed to boxing when a promoter needed a short-term replacement on one of his cards.
The relentless pressure fighter Kittikasem started to fight professionally in 1988.
In only his 7th bout 1989 he won the IBF title on points vs the Filipino Tacy Macalos and defended it against the same fighter by KO. After two defenses he went to the United States to defend the crown against undefeated amateur star Michael Carbajal in 1990. After a gutsy performance he was knocked down four times and stopped round 7. His chin was always his major weakness.
He went up in weight and won the WBC and Lineal Titles by KO against his countryman Sot Chitalada
Sot Chitalada
Sot Chitalada in Chonburi, Thailand, was formerly twice WBC Flyweight Champion.Chitalada built a reputation as a Muay Thai in name Chaovalit Sithphrabrahma champion in Thailand before making the transition to professional boxing...
the very next year. Kittikasem KOd Jung Koo Chang and stopped Chitalada once again in the rematch.
He lost the titles against another amateur star in the Russian amateur world champ Yuri Arbachakov
Yuri Arbachakov
Yuri Arbachakov was a boxing champion in the flyweight division. He was the first Russian professional boxing champion.-Amateur career:Arbachakov was an amateur boxing star in the Soviet Union...
, still in 1992. The fight took place in the Russian's adopted country Japan, it was an explosive KO when Kittikasem ran right in a counter.
1993 he was KOd one more time by Arbachakov, this time in Thailand.
He had a couple more fights but never contended again.
These days he owns a used car dealership, he is married with two children.