Thoughts on Veeraphol Sahaprom?

[dan_cov]

A great little fighter who seems to go under the radar...

3 weight Thai boxing world champion that turned to pro boxing at the age of 29!

Won WBC International super-fly title in his debut!
Won WBA world Bantamweight world title in only his 4th pro fight against the 55-5 Daorung Chuwatana

Defended world title 14 times
40 fight winning streak spanning over 7 years.

Wins over Daorung Chuwatana, Toshiaki Nishioka (2 wins, 2 draws), Adan Vargas, The hard hitting lovable Choi Tseveenpurev

66-4-2 47 K.Os

[JK1700]

You probably should've posted this in the history section but here's my thoughts. He's my 2nd favorite boxer of all time. He was a great boxer/puncher and I love his style. People will downplay his resume and say Rafael Marquez was better but Sahaprom did beat a lot of very good and some great fighters, and in his prime he was a formidable champion. I actually think he would've beaten Marquez if they fought in 2003 or 2004 but most people don't because they don't know much about him. I rate him very highly. His 4-fight series with Nishioka is what really defines him above anything else. I was thinking about making a tribute to him considering that I have at least 35 of his bouts including all of his title fights. If I do make one, i'll make sure to post it.

[dan_cov]

You probably should've posted this in the history section but here's my thoughts. He's my 2nd favorite boxer of all time. He was a great boxer/puncher and I love his style. People will downplay his resume and say Rafael Marquez was better but Sahaprom did beat a lot of very good and some great fighters, and in his prime he was a formidable champion. I actually think he would've beaten Marquez if they fought in 2003 or 2004 but most people don't because they don't know much about him. I rate him very highly. His 4-fight series with Nishioka is what really defines him above anything else. I was thinking about making a tribute to him considering that I have at least 35 of his bouts including all of his title fights. If I do make one, i'll make sure to post it.

I haven't seen an awful lot of him I must confess but from what I have I am very impressed. Lovely jab to the body, great head movement in fact some of the best I've ever seen and he had superb timing on that left hook - That really is a weapon.

Just seen his loss to Nana Konadu who was a damn good fighter, I can't believe they put him in there with Konadu in only his 4th pro outing.
Konadu is feckin huge! He is as big as a damn welterweight lol (almost literally)

Definite shame he never fought Raf Marquez, I'd of certainly gave him a very good shot at winning.

[JK1700]

I haven't seen an awful lot of him I must confess but from what I have I am very impressed. Lovely jab to the body, great head movement in fact some of the best I've ever seen and he had superb timing on that left hook - That really is a weapon.

Just seen his loss to Nana Konadu who was a damn good fighter, I can't believe they put him in there with Konadu in only his 4th pro outing.
Konadu is feckin huge! He is as big as a damn welterweight lol (almost literally)

Definite shame he never fought Raf Marquez, I'd of certainly gave him a very good shot at winning.

If you want to see more there's plenty of him on youtube and some more in Simbros thread in the download section. You should definitely watch his 4 battles with Nishioka if you haven't already. What I like most about him is how he used the right hand. That was his biggest weapon in my opinion. Against Nishioka, he was pumping it like a jab and using it really well. I don't think I have ever seen a guy who was better at throwing right hand leads.

He had already beaten Chuwatana when he fought Konadu and was champion at the time which is why that fight happened. Amazingly, he won it in just his 4th pro fight. In Thailand a lot of the time they move their boxers quickly because many start in Muay Thai, which is what happened with Veeraphol, by the time he started boxing he was already 26 or 27 and had been a Muay Thai fighter for over 15 years, so it made sense to move him quickly while he was still in his physical prime. At his peak (2000-2004) he was a great fighter and formidable champion. The only problems were that he got a late start and that he was a bit small for the division. If he had started a few years earlier and fought at Super Flyweight instead of Bantamweight, then he might have made 20 something title defences instead of 14.