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Kompayak Porpramook
Kompayak Porpramook ( th, คมพยัคฆ์ ป.ประมุข) is a Thai professional boxer in the light flyweight and flyweight divisions. He is the former World Boxing Association (WBA) interim flyweight champion and former World Boxing Council (WBC) light flyweight champion. Kompayak Porpramook is considered the second Thai is WBC light flyweight championship from Saman Sorjaturong in the 1990s. Biography & career He was born in Buriram province in the northeastern region, but when he was only three years old, he moved to live and grew up in Samut Sakhon province on western outskirts Bangkok, due to his parents who came to work. He started boxing in Muay Thai for 200 baht when he was only 10 and went to Bangkok to fight for the first time in 1997, where he joined Porpramook Boxing Gym. Porpramook won the WBC light flyweight champion from Adrián Hernández in the thrilling fight at Battalion, 2nd Infantry Regiment, 11th Guards, Bang Khen, with KO in the 10th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Thai People
Thai people ( th, ชาวไทย; ''endonym''), Central Thai people ( th, คนภาคกลาง, sou, คนใต้, ตามโพร; ''exonym and also domestically'') or Siamese ( th, ชาวสยาม; ''historical exonym and sometimes domestically''), T(h)ai Noi people ( th, ไทยน้อย; ''historical endonym and sometimes domestically''), in a narrow sense, are a Tai ethnic group dominant in Central and Southern Thailand (Siam proper). Part of the larger Tai ethno-linguistic group native to Southeast Asia as well as Southern China and Northeast India, Thais speak the Sukhothai languages ( Central Thai and Southern Thai language), which is classified as part of the Kra–Dai family of languages. The majority of Thais are followers of Theravada Buddhism. As a result of government policy during the 1930s and 1940s resulting in successful forced assimilation of many the various ethno-linguistic groups in the country into the dominant Thai language and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Knocked Out
A knockout (abbreviated to KO or K.O.) is a fight-ending, winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, muay thai, mixed martial arts, karate, some forms of taekwondo and other sports involving striking, as well as fighting-based video games. A full knockout is considered any legal strike or combination thereof that renders an opponent unable to continue fighting. The term is often associated with a sudden traumatic loss of consciousness caused by a physical blow. Single powerful blows to the head (particularly the jawline and temple) can produce a cerebral concussion or a carotid sinus reflex with syncope and cause a sudden, dramatic KO. Body blows, particularly the liver punch, can cause progressive, debilitating pain that can also result in a KO. In boxing and kickboxing, a knockout is usually awarded when one participant falls to the canvas and is unable to rise to their feet within a specified period of time, typically because of exh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Workpoint Entertainment
Workpoint Entertainment Public Company Limited is a Thai media company. The company and its subsidiaries do business in television production, film making, event management, animation, publishing, event marketing and recording. The company was founded in 1989 by Phanya Nirunkul and , and went public on the Stock Exchange of Thailand in 2004. The company, which has been called "the No. 1 TV producer in Thailand" by the ''Hollywood Reporter'', has produced over eighty television programmes, with fifteen programmes broadcast weekly on free television in 2011. Mainly focusing on game shows, Workpoint's first production was ''Wethi Thong'' (''Golden Stage''), which was broadcast on Channel 7 from 1989 to 2007. It soon expanded into other genres and has produced variety shows, soap operas, sitcoms, animations and feature films. Its productions include the Asian Television Award-winning ''Game Jarachon'', ''Fan Pan Tae'', '' Todsagun Kid Game'', '' Lharn Phoo Koo E-Joo'' and '' Wittaya S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Surachart Pisitwuttinan
Surachart Pisitwuttinan ( th, สุรชาติ พิสิฐวุฒินันท์, formerly: "Suchart"; สุชาติ; born: 1950 in Nonthaburi province, central Thailand) is a Thai boxing manager, trainer and promoter. He is the founder and chairman of Nakornloung Boxing Promotion based in Nonthaburi. He is known as "Sia Hui" (เสี่ยฮุย). Biography He was born in Thai Chinese family in Nonthaburi province. His family carries on business in the entertainment industry. It owns several cinemas. For Surachart, he has a passion for boxing. Especially professional boxing since childhood. He often goes to training boxing at Yontarakit, the famous boxing gym at that time, located near his native. He competed in the Thailand National Games and won a gold medal in Bantamweight (118 lb) division. After that, he turned professional boxing and won by knocked out every consecutive six times at Lumpinee Stadium, and he was a boxing partner for Venice Borkhor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phra Khanong Neighbourhood
Phra Khanong ( th, พระโขนง) is a neighbourhood in Bangkok, divided between Phra Khanong Subdistrict in Khlong Toei District and Phra Khanong Nuea Subdistrict in Watthana District. It historically grew up around Khlong Phra Khanong (Phra Khanong Canal), and is nowadays centred around Phra Khanong Junction, the three-way road junction where Rama IV Road (heading west) meets Sukhumvit Road (travelling in a northwest-southeast direction), and the nearby Sukhumvit 71 or Pridi Banomyong Road. Khlong Phra Khanong was excavated from 1837 to 1840, and rural communities soon settled along its banks. The historical settlement is believed to be the source of the ghost legend of Mae Nak Phra Khanong. Sukhumvit Road was built during the mid-twentieth century, linking Bangkok to the eastern seaboard and bringing development along with it. The new Phra Khanong neighbourhood grew up around Sukhumvit, and became a suburban commercial centre during the late 1970s to early 1980s. It wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karate
(; ; Okinawan language, Okinawan pronunciation: ) is a martial arts, martial art developed in the Ryukyu Kingdom. It developed from the Okinawan martial arts, indigenous Ryukyuan martial arts (called , "hand"; ''tii'' in Okinawan) under the influence of Chinese martial arts, particularly Fujian White Crane. Karate is now predominantly a striking art using Punch (combat), punching, kicking, knee (strike), knee strikes, elbow strikes and open-hand techniques such as Knifehand strike, knife-hands, spear-hands and palm-heel strikes. Historically, and in some modern styles, grappling, throws, joint locks, restraints and kyusho-jitsu, vital-point strikes are also taught. A karate practitioner is called a . The Empire of Japan annexed the Ryukyu Kingdom in 1879. Karate came to mainland Japan in the early 20th century during a time of migration as Ryukyuans, especially from Okinawa, looked for work in the main islands of Japan. It was systematically taught in Japan after the Taishō ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Muaythai
Muay Thai ( th, มวยไทย, , ), sometimes referred to as Thai boxing, is a combat sport that uses stand-up striking along with various clinching techniques. This discipline is known as the "art of eight limbs", as it is characterised by the combined use of fists, elbows, knees and shins. Muay Thai became widespread internationally in the late 20th to 21st century, when Westernised practitioners from Thailand began competing in kickboxing and mixed-rules matches as well as matches under muay Thai rules around the world. The professional league is governed by The Professional Boxing Association of Thailand (P.A.T), sanctioned by The Sports Authority of Thailand (S.A.T.). Muay Thai is related to other martial art styles such as musti-yuddha, Adimurai, muay Chaiya, muay boran, muay Lao, lethwei, pradal serey and tomoi. Muay Thai developed from the traditional muay boran. A practitioner of muay Thai is known as a ''nak muay''. Western practitioners in Thailand are some ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buakaw Banchamek
Sombat Banchamek ( th, สมบัติ บัญชาเมฆ, born May 8, 1982) a.k.a. Buakaw Banchamek ( th, บัวขาว บัญชาเมฆ, links=no, Buakaw meaning "white lotus") is a martial artist from Thailand of ethnic Kuy descent, who formerly fought out of Por. Pramuk Gym, in Bangkok, Thailand, under the ring name Buakaw Por. Pramuk ( th, บัวขาว ป.ประมุข). He competes in the sports of Muay Thai, kickboxing He is a former two-time Omnoi Stadium champion, Lumpinee Stadium Toyota Marathon champion, former #1-ranked fighter in Lumpinee Stadium, Thailand Featherweight champion, two-time K-1 World MAX champion and 2011 & 2012 Thai Fight tournament champion. Buakaw also briefly played professional football as a forward in the Regional League Division 2 for RBAC F.C. Additionally, he has also embarked on an acting career, starring in 2010's Yamada: The Samurai of Ayothaya and 2017's Thong Dee Fun Khao after University gra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koki Eto
is a Japanese former professional boxer who competed from 2008 to 2019. He held the World Boxing Association, WBA Interim championship, interim flyweight title in 2013 and challenged for the World Boxing Council, WBC super-flyweight title in 2015. Koki is the oldest of the three Eto brothers. His twin brother Taiki and their younger brother Shingo are all professional boxers. Professional career Eto won the interim World Boxing Association, WBA flyweight title from Thai Kompayak Porpramook via a twelve round unanimous decision in the latter's first title defence in Bangkok on August 1, 2013. "I can't believe it... I did it!' he exclaimed wearing the championship belt, "A dream can come true if you won't give it up!" He would then lose the title to Yodmongkol Vor Saengthep on November 29, 2013 in his first title defense in Chonburi (city), Chonburi via twelfth-round knockout. He had suffered a fracture of the orbital floor in the first round of this fight. On June 17, 2014, he ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Khon Kaen
Khon Kaen ( th, ขอนแก่น, ) is one of the four major cities of Isan, Thailand, also known as the "big four of Isan", the others being Udon Thani, Nakhon Ratchasima, and Ubon Ratchathani. It is the capital of Khon Kaen province and the Mueang Khon Kaen district. Khon Kaen lies north-northeast of Bangkok. Geography and demography Khon Kaen is on the Khorat Plateau, elevation 187 m, and is the center of the mid-northeastern provincial group of Thailand, according to the Thai government. Its coordinates are . The city has a population of 114,459. Regional importance Khon Kaen is a city in the northeastern region of Thailand. The city is bisected by Mithraphap Road, also known as the "Friendship Highway", or "Highway 2", the road linking Bangkok to the Thai-Lao Friendship Bridge. Highway 230, a modern, multi-lane by-pass enables through-traffic to avoid the city center to the west, and connects to the airport, the new main bus station (BKS3), and to the highway 12 to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Piero Pérez
Jean Piero Pérez (born 7 March 1981) is a Venezuelan professional boxer and is the current interim World Boxing Association flyweight champion. Professional career Pérez made his professional debut on April 24, 2004 defeating Panama's Eloy Carpintero in the Gimnasio Rafael Hernández in Panama City. On January 29, 2011, Pérez won a twelve round unanimous decision over Jesús Jiménez of Mexico to capture the interim WBA flyweight title. The bout was held at the Arena Cliseo, Guadalajara, Mexico. He who won the gold medal as an amateur at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games in San Salvador San Salvador (; ) is the capital and the largest city of El Salvador and its eponymous department. It is the country's political, cultural, educational and financial center. The Metropolitan Area of San Salvador, which comprises the capital i .... In the final he defeated Puerto Rico's Carlos Valcárcel. References External links * , - Flyweight boxers 1981 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
