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Changpuek nglish: White ElephantKiatsongrit ( th, ช้างเผือก เกียรติทรงฤทธิ์; born October 13, 1966) is a
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former
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fighter. He is credited as being one of the first Muay Thai fighters to go abroad and fight other fighters of other martial arts styles, often stronger and heavier than himself, bringing to the world an understanding of the effectiveness of Muay Thai. Changpuek is a seven time world champion who has fought some of the world's best fighters at middleweight to heavyweight and has wins against world class fighters such as
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and
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. After ending his career as a professional fighter while working for Sitpholek gym in
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, he continued his employment at that gym as a Muay Thai trainer.


Biography and career

Changpuek was born and raised in a small village some 30 km from the town of Prakhonchai, Buriram in northeastern Thailand, one of seven children. A young Changpuek became attracted to Muay Thai from watching local fighters and started training at home alongside his brothers under the tutelage of their father. He had his first fight at 14 and by 18 had left home to join the Kiatsongrit Gym in
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, where he would remain for more than sixteen years. Changpuek fought at the lower weights in his early years spent on the Bangkok circuit, weighing as little as 49 kg (108 lbs) on his
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debut. After fighting for a number of years in Thailand, Changpuek found it increasingly difficult to get fights domestically as his weight (70 kg) was not typical for a Thai where competitive bouts at tend to be at the lower weights. As a result, he started to fight abroad facing the K.I.C.K. world champion
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in a non-title fight in
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in 1988. Changpuek's leg kicks proved too much for Roufus, despite being knocked down in the first and suffering a broken jaw, won via knockout in the fifth round. The knockout was due to a culmination of low kicks that the American fighter was unprepared for. In 1989 Changpuek faced another top class fighter in Rob Kaman. Changpuek won the first match of four between the two by decision in Paris setting the way for a rematch in
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the following year this time with the added bonus of the I.M.T.F. light heavyweight world title. Kaman gained his revenge in Amsterdam knocking out Changpuek in the last round of their match. The third match between the pair followed two months later with Changpuek taking a decision victory and the belt which Kaman had only just won. After his trilogy of fights with Kaman, Changpuek would continue to fight some of the top light heavyweight fighters in the world between 1990 and 1992, losing one and winning one against Peter Smit, defeating Luc Verheye by
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and decisioning
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. In this period he would lose and regain his I.M.T.F. world title and claim the first ever W.M.K. world belt. In 1993 Changpuek was invited to compete against some of the world's top heavyweight kickboxers at the inaugural K-1 world grand prix, losing to eventual winner
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by knockout at the quarter final stage. He was invited back by the organization to take part in a world title fight - defeating
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over five rounds to claim the vacant U.K.F. belt. 1993 would continue to be a busy year for Changpuek, he fought on cards throughout the year in
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picking up several victories as well as losing to legendary karateka
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at the karate world cup. At the end of the year he fought in the
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a tournament held by K-1 for light heavyweight fighters. As the smallest fighter at the event weighing only 75 kg, Changpuek faced
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in the fourth (and final) match of their quartet of fights, winning a grueling match by decision. A victory in the semi finals against
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meant a final match against future four-time K-1 world champion
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. Changpuek managed to push the much larger Hoost into an extra round only to lose eventually via a head kick
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. Although Changpuek would never again quite hit the peak of his success of the early nineties, he fought a number more times with the K-1 organization, the highlight being a victory against
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to claim the W.M.T.C. cruiserweight world title and wins against the likes of Kakuda were tempered by defeats against Michael Thompson,
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and
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. Changpuek fought a number of fights in
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around the turn of the millennium winning the W.K.U. world title in 2001 but found victories harder to come by as the toll of career of 300+ fights set in and he retired around 2006 at the age of 40. He currently resides in
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where he is the father of two children and is a Muay Thai coach.link to homepage of password protected website: His nephew, Kongsak Sithboonmee, was named Thailand's top Muay Thai boxer in April 2011.


Titles


Muay Thai

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** 1987 Lumpinee Stadium 140 lbs Champion * World Muay Thai Council ** 1996 W.M.T.C. Cruiserweight World Champion -86 kg * International Muay Thai Federation ** 1992 I.M.T.F. Light Heavyweight World Champion -79 kg (1st title defence) ** 1990 I.M.T.F Light Heavyweight World Champion -79 kg (retained title after losing it the same year) ** 1990 I.M.T.F Light Heavyweight World Champion -79 kg * World Muaythai Kickboxing ** 1991 W.M.K. Heavyweight World Champion


Kickboxing

* Kickboxing Superstar ** 2003 Kickboxing Superstar WGP Qualifications Tournament Runner Up * World Kickboxing Union ** 2001 W.K.U. Cruiserweight World Champion * K-1 ** 1993 K-2 Grand Prix Runner Up -79 kg * Universal Kickboxing Federation ** 1993-94 U.K.F. Light Heavyweight World Champion -79 kg (0 title defences)


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Changpuek Kiatsongrit Changpuek nglish: White ElephantKiatsongrit ( th, ช้างเผือก เกียรติทรงฤทธิ์; born October 13, 1966) is a Thai former Muay Thai fighter. He is credited as being one of the first Muay Thai fighters ...
Changpuek Kiatsongrit Changpuek nglish: White ElephantKiatsongrit ( th, ช้างเผือก เกียรติทรงฤทธิ์; born October 13, 1966) is a Thai former Muay Thai fighter. He is credited as being one of the first Muay Thai fighters ...