Chatchai Sasakul

Chatchai Sasakul
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Real name	Chatchai Sasakul
Rated at	Flyweight Super Flyweight Bantamweight
Nationality	Thai
Born	February 5, 1970 (1970-02-05) (age 41) Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	69
Wins	65
Wins by KO	40
Losses	4
Draws	0
No contests	0

Chatchai Sasakul

Personal information
Born	February 5, 1970
Medal record Men's Boxing Competitor for  Thailand Asian Games Silver 1990 Beijing Light Flyweight Sea Games Gold 1987 Southeast Asian Games Pinweight Gold 1989 Southeast Asian Games Pinweight

Chatchai Sasakul (born February 5, 1970) is a former boxing champion in the flyweight division. Aside of being a professional boxer, Sasakul is also a practitioner in snooker.^[1]

Amateur career

Sasakul was an amateur boxing star in Thailand. He had an amateur record record of 85 fights, winning 78 of them, and also earned the King's Cup for the Best Boxer.^[2]

Olympic career

He represented Thailand as a Light Flyweight at the 1988 Seoul Olympic Games. The results of his fights were:

• 1st round bye
• Defeated Luis Rolon (Puerto Rico) 3-2
• Defeated Maurice Maina (Kenya) 5-0
• Lost to Róbert Isaszegi (Hungary) 2-3

Professional boxing career

Sasakul turned pro in 1991 and captured the WBC and Lineal flyweight titles with a win over Yuri Arbachakov in 1997. He defended the titles twice before losing to Manny Pacquiao by knockout in 1998 to earn Pacquiao his first championship titles.

On August 30, 2008, Sasakul challenged Cristian Mijares, the WBA and WBC unified super flyweight champion. However, he stopped in three rounds. According to a doctor who provided him medication after the match, this was the Thai boxer's last career fight. What might have become a disadvantage for Sasakul was that he had to go to a second flight to Mexico through Germany after having problems with the first flight which tried to go through Hong Kong. By the time he got to Mexico, the fight was only three days away and that he experienced jet lag.^[3]

Preceded by Yuri Arbachakov

WBC Flyweight Champion Lineal Flyweight Champion 12 Nov 1997 – 4 Dec 1998

Succeeded by Manny Pacquiao

See also

• List of WBC world champions

References

1. ^ "FALL OF A GREAT ASIAN WARRIOR". Philboxing.com. http://philboxing.com/news/story-18736.html. Retrieved 2008-09-03. 
2. ^ Bangkok Post 07/07/03
3. ^ "SASAKUL SAYS PACQUIAO IS FEARLESS". Philboxing.com. 2008-09-02. http://philboxing.com/news/story-18709.html. Retrieved 2008-09-02. 

External links

• Professional boxing record for Chatchai Sasakul from BoxRec

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Name	Sasakul, Chatchai
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Date of birth	February 5, 1970
Place of birth	Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand
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