Saensak Muangsurin - Thai Powerhouse | Muay Thai Highlights and knockouts

Muay Thai highlights of nak muay and boxer Saensak Muangsurin. Saensak was a muay matt powerhouse who fought out of the Muangsurin camp in Bangkok, Thailand. He was famous for his crazy KO power in his left hand and knocked out many of the serious Lumpinee contenders at the time including Kongdej Loogbangplasoi, Wisan Krikriangyuk, Wicharnnoi Porntawee, Sirimongkol Looksiripat, Kunpon Sakornpitak and Tamindong Looguthong. Saensak secured the 140lbs Lumpinee title against Sorasak Sor Lookbouklo and won the Sports Writers Fighter of the Year award in 1973. In 1974 Saensak switched to western boxing and won the WBC light welterweight title in the shortest time ever - 3 professional fights in less than one year. He lost the title on his second defence due to disqualification against Miguel Velazquez but won the rematch 4 months later by knocking out his opponent inside two rounds. Saensak went on to defend his title seven more times before being knocked out by Sang Hyun Kim in 1978. He then had a string of losses right up until his final fight against Chung-Jae Hwang in 1981 and was never to regain his title. Saensak's final boxing record stands at 14 Wins and 6 Losses (11 Knockouts) . Saensak died in 2009 aged 58. #muaythai Freelance work https://www.upwork.com/o/profiles/users/_~01176645f12a9ee40b Blog http://www.muaythaischolar.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MuayThaiScholar Twitter: https://twitter.com/MuayThaiScholar Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/muaythaischolar LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/aaronjahn Music: Ryan Little - Hard to Forget You https://soundcloud.com/iamryanlittle/hard-to-forget-you Creative Commons https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/