Pichit Chor Siriwat
Pichit Chor Siriwat | |
|---|---|
| Born | Sompoch Harnvichachai (สมโภชน์ หาญวิชาชัย) 31 January 1975 |
| Nationality | Thai |
| Other names | Te (เต้)[1] |
| Statistics | |
| Weight(s) | Junior flyweight |
| Height | 5 ft 4 in (163 cm) |
| Stance | Southpaw |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 37 |
| Wins | 34 |
| Wins by KO | 14 |
| Losses | 3 (3 KOs) |
| Draws | 0 |
| No contests | 0 |
Pichit Chor Siriwat (Template:Lang-th; stylized as Pichit Siriwat), also known as Pichitnoi Sitbangprachan (พิชิตน้อย ศิษย์บางพระจันทร์) is a retired Thai professional boxer who winner of WBA junior flyweight world champion in the late 90s.
Biography and boxing career
Pichit is a younger brother of Pichit Sitbangprachan, a Thai boxer who won IBF flyweight world champion in the early 90s. Both are boxers under Songchai Rattanasuban's stable. He first boxes named "Pichitnoi Sitbangprachan" (The Little Pichit) and got the chance to challenge WBA junior flyweight title with Leo Gámez, the Venezuelan holder at Ramkhamhaeng University on October 9, 1994, the result was that he was TKO in the sixth round due to his limited experience.
He still was supported to fight by Songchai and renamed "Pichit Chor Siriwat" after Chaipak Siriwat, a famous politician as a sponsored. He won PABA light flyweight champion in 1995 and defeated the title once. He challenge world champion in second time with Japanese boxer, Keiji "Prince" Yamaguchi at Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, Japan on December 3, 1996. This time, he won the champion by TKO in the second round.
He defended his title at all five times, including defeating the elder Thai boxer, Kaaj Chartbandit (Hadao CP Gym) who have challenged the world champion with Leo Gámez in 1994 at Rajadamnern Boxing Stadium but failed. The bout was held on March 1, 1998 at Ratchawong Pier in the Chinatown area, which is one of the events of Chinese New Year 1998 celebration. Later in the early 2000, he was stripped because he don't retain too long.
Later in early 2002, he had the opportunity to challenge a world title in third time with Rosendo Álvarez, a boxer from Nicaragua at Jai Alai Fronton, Miami. This time he was defeated by TKO in the final round.[2]
He continued to fight and still have a name appearing in the ranking. He traveled to Japan as a boxing trainer for Ioka Boxing Gym of Hiroki Ioka, a former Japanese world champion in two different weights, including as a boxer too. But he such a mess because he gets payment too little, so back to Thailand.[3][2]
He is currently retired, he lives in Chaiyaphum his native. He has a tilapia farming business.[1]
References
- ^ a b "เจาะชีวิต "พิชิต ช.ศิริวัฒน์" SMM Visit - Pichit Chor Siriwat". MuaythaiDaily (in Thai). 2014-02-20. Retrieved 2017-08-15.
- ^ a b "พิชิต ช.ศิริวัฒน์". thaiworldboxingchampions (in Thai). 2008-08-28. Retrieved 2017-08-15.
- ^ avidols (2005-09-28). "พิชิต น่าสงสาร ชกที่ญี่ปุน ได้ค่าตัวไม่ถึง 20 % ของเงินที่ได้". Pantip.com (in Thai). Retrieved 2017-08-15.
External links
- Boxing record for Pichit Chor Siriwat from BoxRec (registration required)