Who is that Thai boxer?

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 18 Oct 2004, 08:23

The one who made about 70 defences of his WBF title?

REAL_DEAL · Post by **REAL_DEAL** » 18 Oct 2004, 08:32

Quiz time

http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=008222

Samson Dutch Boy Gym

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 18 Oct 2004, 09:27

REAL_DEAL wrote:Quiz time

http://www.boxrec.com/boxer_display.php?boxer_id=008222

Samson Dutch Boy Gym

Cheers, Chris.

MightyWarrior · Post by **MightyWarrior** » 18 Oct 2004, 11:06

This guy belongs in the Guiness book of records.

Amazing really, he retires 43-0, defends his title 38 times, and never actualy beats a rated fighter.

knockout · Post by **knockout** » 18 Oct 2004, 12:06

thats where Frank got the blueprint for "Richard Phoenix Gym" then

Freiheit · Post by **Freiheit** » 18 Oct 2004, 13:34

MightyWarrior wrote:This guy belongs in the Guiness book of records.

Amazing really, he retires 43-0, defends his title 38 times, and never actualy beats a rated fighter.

Cruz Carbajal (WBO 118 champ), Hugo Soto (WBA 112 champ) and Alexander Mahmutov (EBU 112 champ) were pretty good and most likely rated fighters.

Old bones Ian · Post by **Old bones Ian** » 19 Oct 2004, 11:56

Talking of thai boxers, i saw an old fight of Khaosai Galaxy the other day.

now that was a Thai fighter . built like a brick sh*thouse, not the prettiest style but just walked down anyone put in front of him.
Don't know how he managed to get down to the Super Fly weight limit, but an excellent champion.

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 19 Oct 2004, 11:58

topper123 wrote:Talking of thai boxers, i saw an old fight of Khaosai Galaxy the other day.

now that was a Thai fighter . built like a brick sh*thouse, not the prettiest style but just walked down anyone put in front of him.
Don't know how he managed to get down to the Super Fly weight limit, but an excellent champion.

Yes, I think he made 19 defences before retiring unbeaten. But I don't think he would have beaten rival champion at the weight, Gilberto Roman. Roman was a super-flyweight master.

MightyWarrior · Post by **MightyWarrior** » 19 Oct 2004, 12:00

Freiheit wrote:
MightyWarrior wrote:This guy belongs in the Guiness book of records.

Amazing really, he retires 43-0, defends his title 38 times, and never actualy beats a rated fighter.
Cruz Carbajal (WBO 118 champ), Hugo Soto (WBA 112 champ) and Alexander Mahmutov (EBU 112 champ) were pretty good and most likely rated fighters.

True, should've said never actualy fought for a real world title.

And yes Galaxy was an awesome fighter. His brother wasn't too bad either. Strangest knockout I've ever seen, when he lost his title by KO1.
Didn't seem to have even been hit, then collapsed out cold.

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 19 Oct 2004, 12:05

MightyWarrior wrote:
Freiheit wrote:
MightyWarrior wrote:This guy belongs in the Guiness book of records.

Amazing really, he retires 43-0, defends his title 38 times, and never actualy beats a rated fighter.
Cruz Carbajal (WBO 118 champ), Hugo Soto (WBA 112 champ) and Alexander Mahmutov (EBU 112 champ) were pretty good and most likely rated fighters.
True, should've said never actualy fought for a real world title.

And yes Galaxy was an awesome fighter. His brother wasn't too bad either. Strangest knockout I've ever seen, when he lost his title by KO1.
Didn't seem to have even been hit, then collapsed out cold.

That guy who kayoed the bantamweight Galaxy was an unheralded Venezualan - so unheralded his name escapes me now. But I've got a tape of him chinning Wilfredo Vazquez in a round in 1990. Vazquez went down and out from a beautiful short right on the chin. This was a peak Vazquez, not the pale shadow Naz fought.

Old bones Ian · Post by **Old bones Ian** » 19 Oct 2004, 12:05

Wasn't Galaxy trained by a guy from Liverpool? i know some Thai boxers were. i think his name was Richardson.

Is he still out there training them

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 19 Oct 2004, 12:06

topper123 wrote:Wasn't Galaxy trained by a guy from Liverpool? i know some Thai boxers were. i think his name was Richardson.

Is he still out there training them

Charles Atkinson. Not sure if he's still doing it.

MightyWarrior · Post by **MightyWarrior** » 19 Oct 2004, 12:10

A young Luisito Espinosa was the guy who chinned Galaxy in a round.

bennie · Post by **bennie** » 19 Oct 2004, 12:12

MightyWarrior wrote:A young Luisito Espinosa was the guy who chinned Galaxy in a round.

Oh, I'm thinking of the guy who went on to beat Espinosa for the title in an absolute war.

Old bones Ian · Post by **Old bones Ian** » 19 Oct 2004, 12:17

bennie wrote:
topper123 wrote:Wasn't Galaxy trained by a guy from Liverpool? i know some Thai boxers were. i think his name was Richardson.

Is he still out there training them
Charles Atkinson. Not sure if he's still doing it.

thanks for that, i remember reading an interview with him, he said that most Thai boxers and promoters are obsessed with wieght loss. that most Thai boxers are fighting at least a couple of weight divisions below what they should be, and this leads to them having short careers

jamesmcdonnell · Post by **jamesmcdonnell** » 20 Oct 2004, 05:41

It's the same with Korean fighters too apparently, all of them believe that you have to really starve fighters of water to make them tough, and that they should be as light as possible.

Funnily enough I watched Khaiosai Galaxy last night, terrible fighter to watch, no finesse at all, wide open stance, very little defence, but as said earlier, he would just walk in and eventually find a shot.

MightyWarrior · Post by **MightyWarrior** » 20 Oct 2004, 05:45

topper123 wrote:
bennie wrote:
topper123 wrote:Wasn't Galaxy trained by a guy from Liverpool? i know some Thai boxers were. i think his name was Richardson.

Is he still out there training them
Charles Atkinson. Not sure if he's still doing it.
thanks for that, i remember reading an interview with him, he said that most Thai boxers and promoters are obsessed with wieght loss. that most Thai boxers are fighting at least a couple of weight divisions below what they should be, and this leads to them having short careers

Yes it's called the Atkinson diet.