Comments Thread For: Sor Rungvisai Turns Trash Into Gold With KO of Chocolatito

[Willy Wanker]

Very well written article.

Rungvisai is a true inspiration.

[Chrismart]

That's a good read. You can't begrudge him what he's earned, and how he's earned it.

[OmarRueben]

115lb boxing is kids boxing or dwarf tossing-midget wrestling crap

Boxing at 115lbs is child fighting school yard scraps. Joke boxing at 115lbs is worthless. All boxing under 140lbs is not worth the effort and a waste of time. These mini men/kids half pints dwarfs are a joke to watch. spank them and send them to bed or their rooms without supper.

[Boxfan83]

Rungvisai vs. Estrada

Inoue vs. Cuadras

@ stubhub

[j.razor]

Don't like the title of this article. It sounds like Corey Erdman is making Sor Rungvisai sound like trash.....

[Drunken Cat]

I clicked the article link thinking that there might be some new/unique insight/information on this boxer.

Instead, just a very childish contrived description of a rags-to-riches case, strewn together on the basis of HBO commentary notes, which made their way onto the airwaves through the conduits of Lamply and Kellerman.

One can infer from this article that Rungvisai walked 60 miles, each way, to work; in order to make enough money for a pack of instant noodles on special occasions.

If your on the streets, 60 miles isn't far to walk; the writer literally infers that a 60-mile walk was his daily commute.

That's just a representative example; the entire thing was fantastical--which is simply because the writer never actually talked to the guy. (He could've tried reaching out to the dude on Facebook, even.)

If this guy is any good at writing about boxing (I didn't get that far) he should stick to that, and cut down on the intro filler, which he isn't good at writing.

Oh wait, now I just sound like a prick.

How about this instead than: actually conduct original research and stop being lazy.

[Drunken Cat]

That's a good read. You can't begrudge him what he's earned, and how he's earned it.

To be honest, the first fight was 50/50; and in this fight, Gonzalez was an underdog.

I didn't check the odds before the rematch, but anyone who watched the first fight and understands anything about boxing should have known Gonzalez was more likely to lose than to win in the rematch.

And in the first fight, anyone with their ears open new that it was 50/50. How you ask? By listening to Cuadras, who had fought both of them; had exposed Gonzales' size deficiency at 115; had labeled Rungvisai the harder puncher; and had all but publicly picked the Thai fighter to win the fight.

In the fight itself, Rungvisai's ability to punch with volume and power was what set him apart, and he picked up in the second fight where he left off in the first.

Yes, the first fight was very close. At the end of the day, Gonzales was cut bad and knocked down early, and had an uphill climb; the Thai edged him out on the cards; in the second fight, he left no doubt. It's actually really similar to Ward-Kovalev in terms of the results.

[Guest]

"Those 60 mile walks to work have turned to daily 13 mile training runs..."

I think he walked to ****kok from where he was one time. If he walked 60 miles to work at a fast clip he would be walking 15 hours a day. LOL.

I am sure he did the 60 miles once and crashed somewhere in ****kok near his job cuz it would make no sense to walk 60 miles back to nothing.

Great story though. Thankfully he had the talent and desire to fight his way out of poverty.

[Dean_Razorback]

The man eats ****. He's a tough Mofo

[gbonafide]

Well done Corey. Great article.