Sor Pleonchit Wins Vacant WBC Title in Seoul, Korea
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
Thailand’s Rachamongkol Sor Pleonchit has won the vacant WBC International featherweight title with a 6th round knockout over South Korea ’s In-Suk Song in Osan City on the outskirts of Seoul.
Rachamongkol used his longer reach to advantage against Korea ’s No.2 ranked featherweight who replaced Korean champion Jonghoon Lee who was injured in training camp and pulled out of the fight.
The fight itself was postponed from May 29 due to the death of former South Korean president Roh Moon Hyun.
The Thai fighter dropped his Korean opponent with a left uppercut in round two for a count of eight.
Rachamongkol decked Song once again in the sixth round with another vicious left uppercut and this time the Korean was counted out by referee Jae Bong Kim.
Well-known Thai promoter Kokiet Panichayarom who regularly features his Thai boxers against promising Filipino fighters has indicated he wishes to duplicate what he does in the Philippines with promoter Sammy Gello-ani in Korea and has had discussions on this with Korean Boxing Commission president Kim Chul-Kee.
The fights between Kokiet’s boxers and Filipino opponents are usually telecast “live” in Thailand.
With the win Rachamongkol improved his record to 8-1 with 5 knockouts while In Suk Sing dropped to 9-5 with 4 knockouts.