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Crease's Bantamweight rankings game got me thinking about this, and it's a question that I don't believe has an easy answer. So who is the greatest Thai fighter of all time ? Old timers may say Pone Kingpetch, or more recent oldtimers might give the nod to Chartchai Chionoi. Then of course there's Khaosai Galaxy the only fighter from Thailand in the IBHOF (hopefully that changes soon) and of course more recently we've had Veeraphol Sahaprom, Pongsaklek Wonjongkam, Chatchai Sasakul, or maybe someone I haven't even considered.

Wasn't Venice from Thailand?

Yes.

He should be included.

SaadOffTheDeck wrote:Wasn't Venice from Thailand?

Italy mate

I knew you weren't paying any fornicating attention in geography

Kidding aside, Venice Borkorsor was the first fighter I thought of when I saw the subject matter.

Sasakul was my favorite fighter... not the best.. but had tons of skill... too bad he ran into Manny and then was frozen out of a meaningful fight for so many years..

In the entire history of boxing, I'm wondering how many fighters if any turned in a better performance in there 4th pro fight than Veeraphol Sahaprom did. I'm guessing he had to have had a Muay Thai career, but that's still amazing.

Seamus wrote:In the entire history of boxing, I'm wondering how many fighters if any turned in a better performance in there 4th pro fight than Veeraphol Sahaprom did. I'm guessing he had to have had a Muay Thai career, but that's still amazing.

I'm quite surprized I was the only one so far to list him in Creases Bantamweight game. I don't know a huge amount about the weight class and opted to go with largely recognisable names but I though he was a shoo in for the top 10 to be honest

Check again.

Pone Kingpetch is one Thailander who's often forgotten...

I wasn't impressed with Pone's boxing or punching ability at all, but he put everything into every fight.. For a little guy he had an impressive resume of victims, beating Fighting Harada, Pascual Perez, and Hiroyuki Ebihara.. He lost a lot too; I specifically remember the hammering Pone took from outstanding Italian boxer Salvatore Burruni, who was one of my favorite boxers of all time.. That fight essentially ended Pone's career. He had a couple of meaningless fights after that and quit.

Seamus wrote:Check again.

Kalan wrote:Pone Kingpetch is one Thailander who's often forgotten...

I wasn't impressed with Pone's boxing or punching ability at all, but he put everything into every fight.. For a little guy he had an impressive resume of victims, beating Fighting Harada, Pascual Perez, and Hiroyuki Ebihara.. He lost a lot too; I specifically remember the hammering Pone took from outstanding Italian boxer Salvatore Burruni, who was one of my favorite boxers of all time.. That fight essentially ended Pone's career. He had a couple of meaningless fights after that and quit.

He's got an interesting record alright

Regards Burruni, I'm sure Horse put one of his fights with Walter McGowan on one of the UK boxing history threads as a supplementary bout. Don't think I watched it, but I might go back and do so now

davie wrote:

Kalan wrote:Pone Kingpetch is one Thailander who's often forgotten...

I wasn't impressed with Pone's boxing or punching ability at all, but he put everything into every fight.. For a little guy he had an impressive resume of victims, beating Fighting Harada, Pascual Perez, and Hiroyuki Ebihara.. He lost a lot too; I specifically remember the hammering Pone took from outstanding Italian boxer Salvatore Burruni, who was one of my favorite boxers of all time.. That fight essentially ended Pone's career. He had a couple of meaningless fights after that and quit.

He's got an interesting record alright

Regards Burruni, I'm sure Horse put one of his fights with Walter McGowan on one of the UK boxing history threads as a supplementary bout. Don't think I watched it, but I might go back and do so now

Don't go pointing that troll there. You'll regret it.

SaadOffTheDeck wrote:

davie wrote:

Kalan wrote:Pone Kingpetch is one Thailander who's often forgotten...

I wasn't impressed with Pone's boxing or punching ability at all, but he put everything into every fight.. For a little guy he had an impressive resume of victims, beating Fighting Harada, Pascual Perez, and Hiroyuki Ebihara.. He lost a lot too; I specifically remember the hammering Pone took from outstanding Italian boxer Salvatore Burruni, who was one of my favorite boxers of all time.. That fight essentially ended Pone's career. He had a couple of meaningless fights after that and quit.

He's got an interesting record alright

Regards Burruni, I'm sure Horse put one of his fights with Walter McGowan on one of the UK boxing history threads as a supplementary bout. Don't think I watched it, but I might go back and do so now

Don't go pointing that troll there. You'll regret it.

Which Troll, the one I responded to or the one I mentioned in the post

Talking of which, anybody seen Horse, I'm quite worried by his absence

davie wrote:

SaadOffTheDeck wrote:

davie wrote:
He's got an interesting record alright

Regards Burruni, I'm sure Horse put one of his fights with Walter McGowan on one of the UK boxing history threads as a supplementary bout. Don't think I watched it, but I might go back and do so now

Don't go pointing that troll there. You'll regret it.

Which Troll, the one I responded to or the one I mentioned in the post

Talking of which, anybody seen Horse, I'm quite worried by his absence

Lol, kalan. You haven't noticed he's um, special?

SaadOffTheDeck wrote:

davie wrote:

SaadOffTheDeck wrote: Don't go pointing that troll there. You'll regret it.

Which Troll, the one I responded to or the one I mentioned in the post

Talking of which, anybody seen Horse, I'm quite worried by his absence

Lol, kalan. You haven't noticed he's um, special?

He's my new favourite troll

Horse definitely sucks too.

SaadOffTheDeck wrote:Horse definitely sucks too.

I don't think the internet would be the same without the Horse's, Kalan's, Cheppaaaas and bnovelists of this world

davie wrote:

SaadOffTheDeck wrote:Horse definitely sucks too.

I don't think the internet would be the same without the Horse's, Kalan's, Cheppaaaas and bnovelists of this world

Enjoy, cheppa is the only one off my ignore list. He's an idiot, but he keeps it brief. Horse isn't dumb, he's a dick.

SaadOffTheDeck wrote:Horse definitely sucks too.

Not as bad as you do... You'd have to set a new world record for that.

I'm a recent convert, but I can't see any other Thai fighter turning in a performance like Venice, smashing Betulio Gonzalez to bits and coming up to bantam and beating Rafael Herrera like a drum. thats Betulio Gonzalez and Rafael Herrera

Counter-puncher wrote:I'm a recent convert, but I can't see any other Thai fighter turning in a performance like Venice, smashing Betulio Gonzalez to bits and coming up to bantam and beating Rafael Herrera like a drum. thats Betulio Gonzalez and Rafael Herrera

I'd not even heard of Borkhasor U till a couple of years ago on here. What a beast he was...him and Galaxy were certainly ripped beyond the norm for their weight. PEDs are widely available in Thai pharmacies...

Tomasino wrote:

Counter-puncher wrote:I'm a recent convert, but I can't see any other Thai fighter turning in a performance like Venice, smashing Betulio Gonzalez to bits and coming up to bantam and beating Rafael Herrera like a drum. thats Betulio Gonzalez and Rafael Herrera

I'd not even heard of Borkhasor U till a couple of years ago on here. What a beast he was...him and Galaxy were certainly ripped beyond the norm for their weight. PEDs are widely available in Thai pharmacies...

yeah, not sure if those PED's go back to 1973 but Venice was certainly, ahem, a specimen.

Counter-puncher wrote:

Tomasino wrote:

Counter-puncher wrote:I'm a recent convert, but I can't see any other Thai fighter turning in a performance like Venice, smashing Betulio Gonzalez to bits and coming up to bantam and beating Rafael Herrera like a drum. thats Betulio Gonzalez and Rafael Herrera

I'd not even heard of Borkhasor U till a couple of years ago on here. What a beast he was...him and Galaxy were certainly ripped beyond the norm for their weight. PEDs are widely available in Thai pharmacies...

yeah, not sure if those PED's go back to 1973 but Venice was certainly, ahem, a specimen.

They go way back