Wonjongkam does it again in four!

Pongsaklek KOs Morales in record flyweight defense! June 30, 2006 By Damrong Simakajornboon at ringside Photos: Wut Muangmean http://www.fightnews.com/1photos/pongsaklek14.jpg Now the longest-reigning world champion (counting only WBC, WBA and IBF) Pongsaklek Wonjongkam (62-2,32 KOs) impressively registered the most defenses in flyweight history as he scored a fourth round TKO over WBC #10 and WBC Continental Americas champion Everardo Morales (27-11-2, 19 KOs) on Friday at Siam Paragon Center in Bangkok, Thailand. This boxing event was a part of the celebration to honor the 60th anniversary of his Majesty the King Bhumipol Adulyadej’s accession to the throne and there were more than 5,000 attendees in the 6,000-seat M2 Hall. The bout was very exciting from the opening bell as Wonjongkam wildly stalked Morales and weakened the Mexican with many tough bodyshots. In round two, Morales tried to counter the world champion by exchanging toe-to-toe, but there was no effect, moreover, he was sent to the canvas by a vicious left hook by the WBC king. In round three, the Mexican’s situation looked worse as he was dropped with a sharp left hook again, furthermore, he suffered a serious cut on his right eyebrow. Finally in round four, the Thai hero speeded up his assault and displayed a one-sided attack that forced referee Bill Clancy to stop the bout at 0:55. Wonjongkam, who captured the WBC crown by destroying “Eagle Eye” Malcolm Tunacao in the opening round on March 2, 2001, retained his crown for the fifteenth time. He has also recorded the quickest KO in flyweight championship history on April 19, 2002, destroying Japanese Daisuke Naito at 0:34 of the opening round. The champion's target is now to defend his title more than twenty times and do it within the next year. In other action, WBC#2 flyweight Panomroonglek Kratingdaenggym (14-0, 8 KOs) won a 119-109, 120-109, 120-108 unanimous decision over Filipino Orlan Enriquez to retain his WBC Asian Boxing Council (ABCO) flyweight title for the tenth time. Also, Thai bantamweight champion Thepnimit Sor Chitpattana (11-1,5 KOs) won a 118-111, 118-110, 118-110 unanimous decision over Filipino Jun Eraham a.k.a. Cruz Baledo on his passport, to capture the vacant ABCO bantamweight title. This event was promoted by Virat Vachirarattanawong of Petchyindee Boxing Promotion and supporting by famous Energy Drink Red Bull.

Comments (20)

I think we could've have avoided all this back-and-forth if i had understood that because i do agree he should fight outside his home country.. :o I think IF he takes a fight with VIC (which he has clearly shown no interest in doing) VIC would probably go over to Thailand and Knock HIM OUT cold there too. well i guess it makes sense that he isnt interrested in VIC.

19y ago

El_Jesus

In his defense, management issues have definately got in the way of an Arce fight, and the governing bodies dont exactly help with the sanctioning of these fights at his weight. Alot of this is management and not Wongjongkam himself.

19y ago

restless_438

Hes not a bum fighter when it comes to skills but his problem is that he is not fighting top caliber fighters. Thats the context in which I called him a bum. :) I think we could've have avoided all this back-and-forth if i had understood that because i do agree he should fight outside his home country.. :o

19y ago

Googler

Hes not a bum fighter when it comes to skills but his problem is that he is not fighting top caliber fighters. Thats the context in which I called him a bum. :)

19y ago

restless_438

listen we could go back and forth all night.. there's no point, my only problem is calling him a bum because that's OBVIOUSLY not the case and it's a word thrown around simply by fans of flyweight fighters that want a piece of him

19y ago

Googler

If you think that a 30-10-0 record is a nice looking record than yes that is impressive.

19y ago

restless_438

also... as long as we're looking at statistics only, how bout this one? out of his 65 fights, his opponents combined record looks like this: 239-88-20 with 135 KO's now tell me that's a bum fighting bums

19y ago

VanesBoxing

you cant not be a fan of VIC and ARCE cuz they are the only 2 men in the Fly division with balls at the moment.

19y ago

muay

whatever, it's your opinion, nothing more nothing less.. but its becoming obvious that this is a Darchinyan fan's plea in disguise also i've never heard of a WBC #10 and WBC Continental Americas bum before... btw, i have nothing against Vic, i'm a fan of his as well. Morales was rated #20 before Pong's supposed mandatory against Myekeni of South Africa. To cut the long story short, Myekeni was perceived as a threat and was dropped, and this cab driver was elevated by the conniving WBC to #10. Everybody made sure that Pong's record-breaking feat won't be spoiled. After all, this is in honor of the King's 60th anniversary. :cool:

19y ago

muay

Pongsucklek is good, if not the best in the flyweight division IF ONLY he's got the balls to prove that by fighting Arce who's been calling him out for the longest time, or Darchinyan, or even any of the top 10 contenders listed by the WBC. Tell me, when did he make his official title defense from a legit mandatory challenger? Yes, that was 3 years ago! The SOB is a very skilled technician who can whack, but the thing is - he's chosen to fight cab drivers who has no chance to beat him. The only fighter worth mentioning in his resume' is Malcolm Tunacao whom he blitzed in 1 round and Hussein Hussein whom he beat up years before Arce had his chance. And he's being mentioned in the same sentence as Muhammad Ali now that he's broken Miguel Canto's record 14 flyweight title defenses?! WTF?!!! :confused:

19y ago

VanesBoxing

whatever, it's your opinion, nothing more nothing less.. but its becoming obvious that this is a Darchinyan fan's plea in disguise btw, i have nothing against Vic, i'm a fan of his as well. Hey bro, of course we all have our own fighters we love and cheer for, BUT ABOVE ALL ELSE, IS KEEPING IT REAL, meaning black is black and white is white and nothing can change that. If Darchinyan was beating D fighters in Australia for 10 years straight and people called him the best Flyweight, id say VIC, you know what, you need to get ur shit together and fight some real fighters and live up to your hype. Im not saying Vic is definitely THE best Flyweight in the world now, BUT at least he is the only one with the BALLS to try and be.

19y ago

restless_438

Hes a bum in that he is fighting D class fighters. Until he fights top caliber fighters such as Darchinyan he doesnt deserve to be called a champ. For now I consider him the WBC Flyweight Chump of the World. whatever, it's your opinion, nothing more nothing less.. but its becoming obvious that this is a Darchinyan fan's plea in disguise also i've never heard of a WBC #10 and WBC Continental Americas bum before... btw, i have nothing against Vic, i'm a fan of his as well.

19y ago

Googler

And one more thing. You dont see Darchinyan ducking anyone do you? :) Tell your boy to respong to Darchinyans voicemails. Guys been trying to reach Wong without any success. :)

19y ago

Googler

19y ago

restless_438

Hey buddy. Ive seen most of his fights. Listen I will list some of his opposition and you tell me which one had any decent skills. Everardo Morales 27-10-2 Gilberto Keb Baas 26-12-1 Isidro Balabat 5-3-0 Mark Sales 11-26-3 Daniel Diolan 15-11-1 Noriyuki Komatsu 19-1-5 Mark Sales 11-23-3 The fucking list goes on and on and on. He is fighting BUMS and thats a fact. Looks like your a nuthugger so Im not going to respond to you any more unless you have a logical reponse. yeah i'm a nuthugger.. :rolleyes: and i find it extremely ironic that i'm only getting objected to by Darchinyan fans.. :rolleyes: so you can continue to copy and paste from boxrec all you want but the fact remains you don't know what you're talking about.. i will agree that it would look better for him to go to the States but to call him a bum is ridiculous. btw, i seriously doubt you've seen most of his fights...

19y ago

kg21mvp

i can't disagree there he should step up to the plate and try not to box in thailand all his pro life and for him to earn a big payday thats a plus for him with his name im sure many fighters would like to get a crack at him

19y ago

restless_438

i would suggest for him to fight in the US.. fight vic,arce the big names bit im not saying that he isnt fighting big names but only to solidy his pocition as one of the best flyweights ever i can't disagree there

19y ago

VanesBoxing

Hey man, Wongjong = BIG ZERO any real boxing fan knows that. If he is going to prove he is a worthy Flyweight then he needs to pack his bags and get out of Thailand and fight some real names and unify his belts. The Thai fans need to put pressure on Wongjong to do this and not be satisfied with him beating up C or D class fighters. You want to be proud of your boy, have him fight IBF World Champion VIC DARCHINYAN who has called out Wongjong already and still hasnt recieved an answer.

19y ago

Cholo901

Man WONG PONG should be banned from boxing. His record shouldnt even count. He is fighting bums and is trying to keep his belt as long as he can. He is a bum just like his opposition. He has been KOing D class fighters. His name shouldnt even be mentioned in this forum. Hes a disgrace to the division. Arce and Darchinyan would KO this mofo. Couple months ago he fought someone with a 5-3-0 record. This is trully unfuckingbelievable. Good post completly agree with you.

19y ago

Googler

19y ago