Probably the most devastating puncher in history below 118. Largely forgotten now even though his title reign wasnt that long ago. Anyone familiar or a fan of the 'Thai Tyson'?
I think he was overrated, personally His punch was overrated, too. Seemed to wear guys out with the body attack more often than not. Furthermore, who were half these guys? I'm not saying he wasn't good and accomplished but to me he was overhyped based on the W-L (KO)
I used to watch several of his fights about ten years ago when I found them on some site. As cdogg said, almost all his opponents looked like hapless cans (aka superb boxers, translated into terp) and were very likely under 90 lbs. Galaxy steamrolled them of course but it doesn't mean much
As most of you know I don't care for preschool sized men boxing and I do realize it upsets you since some of you are also short and weak. I am not trying to be a dick I just think even though yes they do probably have some boxing "skill" and they do throw a lot fly swatting punches I just can't get past the fact that in a contest of 2 professional boxers at any point and time during it the referee could literally kill both of them as he pleases no matter how old or fat he might be. I just can't take it seriously because of that. But the rest of you go ahead and enjoy.
'the left hand that drills intestines' Great description and clearly someone who could cause devastation with it - havent seen much of his fights though!
I understand what you're on about and it's why hardly anyone below 126lb ever gets recognized or attracts attention. Men who are strawweights (105lb) up to super-bantamweights (122lb) very rarely if at all generate devastating punching-power. Its why I never showed any interest in Ricardo Lopéz: who cares about a Roswell-alien-headed 5'3" strawweight who wins all his fights by throwing millions of punches and gets a few KOs along the way?
In his defense, he did destroy the then unbeaten Israel Contreras, who was a very big puncher and won a belt at bantam. Contreras iced Wilfredo Vasquez with one punch. He also destroyed Monsteratt, a southpaw who would later on go into to give Gilberto Roman a lot of trouble. Watching Khaosai, two things come to mind 1. He wasnt as crude as many think. He did have skills. 2. He might have appeared one dimensional, but something tells me he was more difficult to beat than it appeared. I'd probably favor him any superfly than we've seen.
I always loved watching Lopez, even though he's overrated. He was a superb talent, just wish he woulda tested that talent by moving up. Obviously, like Neil, my all time favorite from 105-112 is definitely Too Sharp. I love Fighting Harada and Jung Koo Chang also. Canto was a beautiful little wizard to watch. As was Hilario Zapata, before drugs ruined his career. And then Arbachakov, who was a top flight technician.
