- Somsak Sithchatchawal
Somsak Sithchatchawal (born
July 17 ,1977 inLampang ,Thailand ) is a professional boxer in thesuper bantamweight (122 lb) division.In March 2006, Sithchatchawal took part in what later won fight of the year when he challenged WBA Super Bantamweight champion
Mahyar Monshipour . Sithchatchawal dropped Monshipour in the first round, and won via TKO in the 10th round to capture the belt. Sithchatchawal lost his WBA world super-bantamweight belt toCelestino Caballero in Sithchatchawal's native country of Thailand on October 4, 2006. Caballero won by TKO by knocking Sithchatchawal down three times in the third round—causing the referee to cease the bout.His record is 46-2-1-1 (37 KOs). He is a former WBA world super bantamweight champion.
The
September 15 , 2008,split decision 8th round win ofFilipino [Joel De La Cruz over Somsak Sithchatchawal, at theCebu Coliseum, was officially amended to adraw due to apparent error in scorecards tally.Cebu Games and Amusements Board explained that "there was no problem on the scorecards of 3 judges -- Edward Ligas and Salven Lagumbay of the Philippines and Saween Taweekon of Thailand -- after 7 rounds. But, at the end of round 8, Mendoza admitted he thought the 10-9 score in favor of de La Cruz was by Lagumbay and not from the Thai judge. The GAB made the correction and instead of a win, de La Cruz had to settle for a draw. Mendoza said the scorecards read Ligas, 77-74, in favor of de La Cruz, Lagumbay, 76-75, in favor of Somsak while the Thai judge scored it 76-76." [ [http://www.abs-cbnnews.com/sports/09/17/08/pinoy-pugs-win-over-thai-foe-declared-draw abs-cbnnews.com, Pinoy pug's win over Thai foe declared a draw] ] [ [http://www.boxingscene.com/index.php?m=show&id=15937 boxingscene.com, Joel de la Cruz beats Somsak Sithchatchawal by Split decision] ]See also
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List of current world boxing champions *
List of WBA world champions External links
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