Arkhom Chenglai ( th, อาคม เฉ่งไล่; ; born June 11, 1970) is a Thai boxer. At the

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he won a bronze medal in the men's Welterweight category. Arkhom before being an amateur boxer was a Muay Thai fighter under the ring name Issara Sakgreerin (อิสระ ศักดิ์กรีรินทร์). He used to play football, one day, he hid from the rain at a Muay Thai gym and saw his brother training which led him to it. He became a famous fighter, winning the Lumpinee Stadium

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title, he fought with many famous fighters such as Nokweed Devy and earned purses going as high as 120,000

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in the fight against Dutch fighter

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at Lumpinee Stadium on November 11, 1990. He fought in Muay Thai until no one was worthy of a bout against him. As a result, he switched to amateur boxing and won many awards highly recognized in the country. He then became a member of national team to compete in the 1992 Summer Olympics in

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, Spain where he won a bronze medal. He graduated from Wichienmatu School and earned a bachelor's degree from Chandrakasem Rajabhat College (currently Chandrakasem Rajabhat University). After retirement, he opened a restaurant in his native Trang province.

Olympic results

*Defeated Yusef Khateri (Iran) 13-7 *Defeated

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(Kenya) 13-10 *Defeated Vitalijus Karpaciauskas (Lithuania) 9-6 *Lost to

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(Ireland) 4-11

Muay Thai record

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References

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