Parkpoom "M" Jangphonak ( th, ภาคภูมิ แจ้งโพธิ์นาค; ; born 7 October 1975) is a retired Thai professional boxer in

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division, in addition he is also an amateur boxer who has competed in the Olympic Games for two times and is a former Muay Thai kickboxer.

Muay Thai & Amateur Boxing career

Parkpoom was born at

Udon Thani Province Udon Thani province ( th, อุดรธานี, ) is one of Thailand's seventy-six provinces (''changwat'') which lies in upper northeastern Thailand, also called Isan. It is bordered by the provinces of Nong Khai to the north, Sakon Nakhon ...

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region, where is his father native. After that, he moved to live and grow up in Tambon Samrong Nuea's Dan Samrong neighbourhood,

Mueang Samut Prakan Mueang Samut Prakan district ( th, อำเภอเมืองสมุทรปราการ, ) or colloquially as ''Paknam Samut Prakan'' ( th, ปากน้ำสมุทรปราการ) is the capital district ('' amphoe mueang' ...

, Samut Prakan Province. His father, Yuthaphum Jangphonak, owns a boxing gym "Panyuthaphum", which has many famous boxers such as

Venice Borkhorsor Venice Borkhorsor (born April 6, 1950 in Nakhon Phanom province, Nakhon Phanom) is a boxer from Thailand. He obtained the List of WBC world champions#Flyweight, WBC World Flyweight Title on September 29, 1972 by defeating Betulio González in Ban ...

WBC & Lineal

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champion in 70s and

Langsuan Panyuthaphum Langsuan Panyuthaphum ( th, หลังสวน พันธ์ยุทธภูมิ) is a Thai former Muay Thai fighter. Elected fighter of the year in 1987 he was also a 3 weight Lumpinee Stadium Champion during the golden era of Muay Thai ...

, a famous Muay Thai kickboxer in 80s. He has ambition since childhood want to be a first Thai boxer who won Olympic gold medal, inspired by Dhawee Umponmaha, a 1984 Olympics silver medalist in Light welterweight division. He started boxing at the age of 9 from Muay Thai by fighting regularly at Samrong Stadium his native in name "M16 Borkhorsor" (เอ็ม16 บ.ข.ส.) because he punched quickly like an

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. Later in the early 1996, he was persuaded to amateur boxing. It only takes 3 months he became a Thai athlete at the

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in Welterweight division. He was qualified by fought at Siam Om Noi Stadium, Om Noi, outskirts Bangkok on undercard of the Muay Thai event, which broadcast on Channel 3 regularly at noon on Saturday. He was considered to be the youngest and least experienced boxer of Thailand national team with also had to compete first. Round of 32 result he was a loser to Serhiy Dzyndzyruk, a Ukrainian boxer 10-20. He continues to amateur boxing, at the 13th Asian Games in late 1998 at Bangkok. He won the gold medal in Welterweight division and he was #1 on this weight class of the ranking of

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too. At the

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at Sydney, Australia, he continued to participate in the amateur boxing tournament. He won the first round by defeating Geard Ajetović a Serbian boxer equally 9-9, must be decided by the number of punches. In the second round he was a loser to future silver medalist Serhiy Dotsenko a Ukrainian boxer 5-13, which resulted in his disappointment and retired from amateur boxing eventually and turn into a

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instead.

Professional Boxing Career & Retirement

In 2003, he switched to professional boxing under Songchai Rattanasuban of Onesongchai Promotion. He won PABA Welterweight champion in his seventh fight in 2005, but after three defeats in Australia and lost the champion he finally retired in 2007. Parkpoom graduated with a bachelor's degree in communication arts from

Thongsuk College Thongsook College ( th, วิทยาลัยทองสุข) is a private higher education institute located in Boromratchonni Road, Thawi Watthana District, Bangkok, Thailand. Established in 1994, the college offers several undergraduate ...

and master's degree in

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from

Srinakharinwirot University Srinakharinwirot University (abbr: SWU; th, มหาวิทยาลัยศรีนครินทรวิโรฒ; abbr: มศว) is a public university in Bangkok, Thailand. Founded in 1949, the university was the first upper-educati ...

. After retirement, he opened a pet shop behind

Seri Center Paradise Park or formerly known as Seri Center is a shopping mall located in Prawet, Bangkok, Thailand. The retail giants Siam Piwat and MBK made a new joint-venture for new opportunities in the suburbs of Bangkok their Paradise Park Srinagarind ...

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, Bangkok. He is currently a lecturer at

Udon Thani Rajabhat University Udon Thani Rajabhat University (UDRU) is a university in Udon Thani, northeast Thailand. It confers associate, bachelors, masters, and doctoral degrees. Timeline * 1923: School founded as the "Teacher Training School in Agriculture Udon Thani". ...

including as a boxing coach for athletes of the university as well.

Muay Thai record

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Kongnapa Watcharawit Kongnapa Watcharawit ( th, ก้องนภา วัชรวิทย์); is a Thai retired Muay Thai fighter. He is a former 4 divisions Rajadamnern Stadium champion. Biography and career Kongnapa started to train in Muay Thai at the age o ...

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jangphonak, Parkpoom Living people 1975 births Welterweight boxers Parkpoom Jangphonak Parkpoom Jangphonak Parkpoom Jangphonak Light-middleweight boxers Middleweight boxers Parkpoom Jangphonak Boxing trainers Parkpoom Jangphonak Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Boxers at the 1998 Asian Games Boxers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Parkpoom Jangphonak Parkpoom Jangphonak Asian Games medalists in boxing

Muay Thai & Amateur Boxing career

Professional Boxing Career & Retirement

Muay Thai record

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