Samart Payakaroon, once called "The Bruce Lee of Boxing", was both a
Thai boxing champion and the two time world Jr. Featherweight boxing champion(in
1986 and
1994),defeating
Lupe Pintor by
KO in the fifth round. Largely unknown in the western world, Payakaroon was a lighting quick boxer with tremendous knockout power. Regarded by many as the greatest Muay Thai fighter in history, he is know teaching Muay Thai in Thailand.
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