Worapoj Petchkoom
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Worapoj Petchkoom is a Thai
boxer
who competed in the bantamweight (54 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
and won the silver medal losing to Cuban superstar Guillermo Rigondeaux. He qualified for the Athens Games by ending up in first place in the 2nd AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament
in Karachi, Pakistan. In the final he defeated India's Diwakar Prasad
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in Moscow, Russia, losing both his matches in the preliminary round. At the Asian Games 2006 he lost to eventual winner Joan Tipon
13:13 (countback). At the world 2007 he was upset by Hungarian David Oltvanyi 9:10 in an early round.
2008 (as a bantamweight)
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...
boxer
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
who competed in the bantamweight (54 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
and won the silver medal losing to Cuban superstar Guillermo Rigondeaux. He qualified for the Athens Games by ending up in first place in the 2nd AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament
2nd AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament
The 2nd AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Boxing Qualifying Tournament was held in Karachi, Pakistan from May 6 to May 12, 2004. Also known as the Green Hill Tournament it was the penultimate opportunity for Asian amateur boxers to qualify for the 2004 Summer Olympics after the 2004 Asian Amateur Boxing...
in Karachi, Pakistan. In the final he defeated India's Diwakar Prasad
Diwakar Prasad
Diwakar Prasad is a male amateur boxer from India. He qualified to compete in the bantamweight division at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where he lost in the second round to Nigeria's Nestor Bolum....
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Amateur career
In 2005 he competed for Thailand at the Boxing World Cup2005 Boxing World Cup
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in Moscow, Russia, losing both his matches in the preliminary round. At the Asian Games 2006 he lost to eventual winner Joan Tipon
Joan Tipon
Joan Tipon is an amateur boxer from the Philippines who won gold at the 2006 Doha Asian Games in the Bantamweight division...
13:13 (countback). At the world 2007 he was upset by Hungarian David Oltvanyi 9:10 in an early round.
Olympic results
2004 (as a bantamweight)- Defeated Kim Won-IlKim Won-il-Life:In 1942 Kim Won-il was born in Chinyong, South Kyongsang Province. He was only a child when his father, a communist activist, defected to the North during the Korean War. The father left his wife and four children behind, to a legacy of great poverty and a cloud of ideological suspicion....
(South Korea) RSC 3 (1:47) - Defeated Khavazhi KhatsigovKhavazhi KhatsigovKhavazhi Khatsigov is a boxer from Belarus.He was born in Russia, but after his failure to join the Russian national team , he moved to Belarus in 1999....
(Belarus) 33-18 - Defeated Nestor BolumNestor BolumNestor Bolum is a boxer from Nigeria, who participated in the 2004 Summer Olympics for his native West African country.-Career:...
(Nigeria) 29-14 - Defeated Aghasi MammadovAghasi MammadovAghasi Mammadov is an Azerbaijani boxer who competed in the bantamweight division at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal.- Career :...
(Azerbaijan) 27-19 - Lost to Guillermo Rigondeaux OrtizGuillermo Rigondeaux OrtizGuillermo Rigondeaux Ortiz is a Cuban boxer who won the gold medal at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics in the Bantamweight class. Rigondeaux is a seven-time Cuban national champion at bantamweight...
(Cuba) 13-22
2008 (as a bantamweight)
- 1st round bye
- Defeated Vittorio ParrinelloVittorio ParrinelloJahyn Vittorio Parrinello is an Italian boxer who competed in the 2008 Olympics at bantamweight but lost his first fight to 2004 silver medalist Worapoj Petchkoom 1:12...
(Italy) 12-1 - Lost to Yankiel LeónYankiel LeonYankiel León Alarcón is a Cuban amateur boxer best known to win Silver at the 2008 Olympics at bantamweight.-Career:Leon won gold at the World Junior Championships in Budapest, Hungary in 2000 as a light flyweight....
(Cuba) 2-10
World Amateur Championships results
2007 (as a bantamweight)- Defeated Joan TiponJoan TiponJoan Tipon is an amateur boxer from the Philippines who won gold at the 2006 Doha Asian Games in the Bantamweight division...
(Philippines) 13-5 - Lost to David Oltvanyi (Hungary) 9-10