Parkpoom "M" Jangphonak (; ; born 7 October 1975) is a retired Thai professional boxer in

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division, in addition he is also an amateur boxer who has competed in the Olympic Games for two times and is a former

Muay Thai Muay Thai or Muaythai (, , ), sometimes referred to as Thai boxing, the Art of Eight Limbs or the Science of Eight Limbs, is a Thai martial art and full-contact combat sport that uses stand-up striking, sweeps, and various clinch fighting, cl ...

kickboxer.

Muay Thai & Amateur Boxing career

Parkpoom was born at Udon Thani Province,

Isan Northeast Thailand or Isan (Isan language, Isan/, ; ; also written as Isaan, Isarn, Issarn, Issan, Esan, or Esarn; from Pāli ''isāna'' or Sanskrit ईशान्य ''īśānya'' "northeast") consists of 20 provinces in northeastern Thai ...

region, where is his father native. After that, he moved to live and grow up in Tambon Samrong Nuea's Dan Samrong neighbourhood, Mueang Samut Prakan,

Samut Prakan Province Samut Prakan province (, , , sometimes rendered Samutprakan or Samutprakarn) is one of the central Provinces of Thailand, provinces of Thailand, established on 9 May 1946 by the ''Act Establishing Changwat Samut Prakan, Changwat Nonthaburi, Cha ...

. His father, Yuthaphum Jangphonak, owns a boxing gym "Panyuthaphum", which has many famous boxers such as

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WBC & Lineal

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champion in 70s and Langsuan Panyuthaphum, a famous Muay Thai kickboxer in 80s. He has ambition since childhood want to be a first Thai boxer who won Olympic gold medal, inspired by Dhawee Umponmaha, a

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silver medalist in

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division. He started boxing at the age of 9 from Muay Thai by fighting regularly at Samrong Stadium his native in name "M16 Borkhorsor" (เอ็ม16 บ.ข.ส.) because he punched quickly like an

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. Later in the early 1996, he was persuaded to

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. It only takes 3 months he became a Thai athlete at the

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in Welterweight division. He was qualified by fought at Siam Om Noi Stadium, Om Noi, outskirts Bangkok on undercard of the Muay Thai event, which broadcast on Channel 3 regularly at noon on Saturday. He was considered to be the youngest and least experienced boxer of Thailand national team with also had to compete first. Round of 32 result he was a loser to Serhiy Dzyndzyruk, a Ukrainian boxer 10-20. He continues to amateur boxing, at the 13th Asian Games in late 1998 at Bangkok. He won the gold medal in Welterweight division and he was #1 on this weight class of the ranking of

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too. At the

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, Australia, he continued to participate in the amateur boxing tournament. He won the first round by defeating

Geard Ajetović Geard Ajetović (born 28 February 1981) is a Serbian boxer. He represented Serbia and Montenegro at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia, where he lost in the first round of the Men's Welterweight (– 67 kg) competition to Tha ...

a Serbian boxer equally 9-9, must be decided by the number of punches. In the second round he was a loser to future silver medalist Serhiy Dotsenko a Ukrainian boxer 5-13, which resulted in his disappointment and retired from amateur boxing eventually and turn into a

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instead.

Professional Boxing Career & Retirement

In 2003, he switched to professional boxing under

Songchai Rattanasuban Songchai Rattanasuban (; born: March 5, 1946 in Chachoengsao province) is a famous Thai Muay Thai and professional boxing promoter. He is well known for being a promoter of the fight dubbed "Suek Onesongchai" (ศึกวันทรงชั ...

of Onesongchai Promotion. He won PABA Welterweight champion in his seventh fight in 2005, but after three defeats in Australia and lost the champion he finally retired in 2007. Parkpoom graduated with a bachelor's degree in communication arts from Thongsuk College and master's degree in

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from

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. After retirement, he opened a pet shop behind

Seri Center Paradise Park or formerly known as Seri Center is a shopping mall located in Prawet, Bangkok, Thailand. The retail giants Siam Piwat and MBK made a new joint-venture for new opportunities in the suburbs of Bangkok their Paradise Park Srinagarin ...

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, Bangkok. He is currently a lecturer at Udon Thani Rajabhat University including as a boxing coach for athletes of the university as well.

Muay Thai record

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Jangphonak, Parkpoom Living people 1975 births Welterweight boxers Parkpoom Jangphonak Parkpoom Jangphonak Parkpoom Jangphonak Light-middleweight boxers Middleweight boxers Parkpoom Jangphonak Boxing trainers Parkpoom Jangphonak Parkpoom Jangphonak Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games Boxers at the 1998 Asian Games Boxers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Parkpoom Jangphonak Parkpoom Jangphonak Asian Games gold medalists in boxing Parkpoom Jangphonak

Muay Thai & Amateur Boxing career

Professional Boxing Career & Retirement

Muay Thai record

See also

References

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