Surachart Pisitwuttinan ( th, สุรชาติ พิสิฐวุฒินันท์, formerly: "Suchart"; สุชาติ; born: 1950 in Nonthaburi province,

central Thailand Central Thailand (Central plain) or more specifically Siam (also known as Suvarnabhumi and Dvaravati) is one of the regions of Thailand, covering the broad alluvial plain of the Chao Phraya River. It is separated from northeast Thailand (Isan) by ...

) 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

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family in Nonthaburi province. His family carries on business in the entertainment industry. It owns several

cinemas A movie theater (American English), cinema (British English), or cinema hall (Indian English), also known as a movie house, picture house, the movies, the pictures, picture theater, the silver screen, the big screen, or simply theater is a ...

. For Surachart, he has a passion for boxing. Especially

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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

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and won a gold medal in

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(118 lb) division. After that, he turned professional boxing and won by

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every consecutive six times at

Lumpinee Stadium Lumpinee Boxing Stadium ( th, สนามเวทีมวยลุมพินี) is a sporting arena in Bangkok, Thailand. The stadium is named after Lumbini, the birthplace of the Buddha. Opened more than a decade later than Rajadamnern ...

, and he was a boxing partner for Venice Borkhorsor, a

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& Lineal

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(112 lb) world title holder. He was considered a boxer who was good enough to be a world champion. But his father did not like it for fear that he will be traumatized. When he was 18 years old, his father sent him to be a cinema manager in

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. But he still does not leave the boxing. He continued to visit the boxing match and catching up with the news feed in the boxing circles often. In the fight between

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and

Kongtoranee Payakaroon Kongtoranee Payakaroon ( th, ก้องธรณี พยัคฆ์อรุณ; born July 12, 1960, in Chachoengsao) is a retired Thai Muay Thai fighter and professional boxer. Payakaroon is the older brother of WBC and Lumpinee world champ ...

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(115 lb) division in late 1986 at Indoor Stadium Huamark inside Huamark Sports Complex, Bangkok. After the match, the victory was Román. He brought his eldest son, "Pop" Chokchai, to sit on Román's lap and take a photo together. He often takes him to visit the boxing match often, he has a dream Chokchai in the future will be the first Thai boxer to win the

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gold medal. He instilled a love of boxing for all his children. He started as a promoter in 1994, starting with Veeraphol Sahaprom, including many other boxers such as Suvatchai Chalermsri, Chaosingthong Chalermsri, Samanchai Chalermsri, Daonuea Chalermsri (Napapol Kiatisakchokchai), Thong Por Chokchai and

Sirimongkol Singwangcha Sirimongkol Singmanasak ( th, ศิริมงคล สิงห์มนัสศักดิ์; born 2 March 1977) is a Thai professional boxer, bare-knuckle boxer and kickboxer. He is a world champion in two weight classes, having held th ...

also one moment. Currently, there are several boxers in his stable viz Suriyan Sor Rungvisai, Nawaphon Sor Rungvisai, Srisaket Sor Rungvisai and Pongsaklek Sithdabnij. Today, in Nakornloung Boxing Promotion his eldest son, Chokchai "Pop" Pisitwuttinan was the head trainer and his third son, Thainchai "Bank" Pisitwuttinan is an assistant manager. Besides boxing, he is also the owner of several cinemas in Bangkok and its suburbs such as NK THX, Phueng Luang Rama, Nakornloung Rama etc. (now all closed down). His younger brother, Supote Pisitwuttinan has been two times president of the

Federation of National Film Associations of Thailand The National Federation of Motion Pictures and Contents Associations ( th, สมาพันธ์สมาคมภาพยนต์เเห่งชาติ, MPC, previously known as the Federation of National Film Associations) is the main ...

(currently The National Federation of Motion Pictures and Contents Associations (MPC)).

References

External links

Nakornloung Boxing Promotion Official Website
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