Buakaw Banchamek
| Buakaw Banchamek, บัวขาว บัญชาเมฆ | |
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| Born | Sombat Banchamek May 8, 1982 Ban Song Nong, Samrong Thap, Surin Province, Thailand |
| Other names | Buakaw (บัวขาว) 播求•班柴明 The White Lotus Black Gold |
| Nationality | Thai |
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 8 1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 69.5 kg (153 lb; 10.94 st) |
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Featherweight Lightweight Welterweight |
| Style | Muay Thai |
| Fighting out of | Surin, Thailand |
| Team | Por. Pramuk Gym (1997- 2012) Banchamek Gym (2012-present) |
| Trainer | Lt. Teerawat Yioyim Mr. Wuttisak Sasang |
| Years active | 1990–present |
| Kickboxing record | |
| Total | 264 |
| Wins | 229 |
| By knockout | 68 |
| Losses | 23 |
| Draws | 12 |
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| Notable students | Superbon Banchamek |
| Website | www |
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| Date of birth | May 8, 1982 | ||
| Place of birth | Surin, Thailand | ||
| Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Playing position | Forward | ||
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Current team
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RBAC | ||
| Number | 16 | ||
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| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 2014– | RBAC | 1 | (0) |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of 17 February 2014. |
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Buakaw Banchamek aka Buakhao (Thai meaning, "white lotus", (Thai: บัวขาว บัญชาเมฆ, born May 8, 1982) is a Thai welterweight Muay Thai kickboxer, who formerly fought out of Por. Pramuk Gym, in Bangkok, Thailand under the ring name Buakaw Por. Pramuk (Thai: บัวขาว ป.ประมุข). He is former two time Omnoi Stadium champion, Lumpini Stadium Toyota Marathon champion, Thailand Featherweight champion and two time, 2004, 2006 K-1 World MAX champion. He is highly regarded as the best kickboxer of all time.
In addition, Buakaw also played professional football as a forward in Regional League Division 2 for RBAC F.C.
Born as Sombat Banchamek (Thai: สมบัติ บัญชาเมฆ) in Surin, Thailand, Buakaw started his fighting career at the age of eight in his home province of Surin in the northeastern Thailand. He moved to Chachoengsao when he was 15, and since then he has been with the Por. Pramuk Gym. His first fight name was Damtamin Kiat-anan.
Buakaw has collected several belts to his name since fighting in Bangkok. The Omnoi Stadium featherweight title was his first belt, after that he would go on to take the featherweight champion of Thailand title. Buakaw then proceeded to win another Omnoi Stadium title belt, this time in the lightweight division. In December 2002, Buakaw won the Toyota Marathon 140 lb. tournament at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium, beating the highly regarded Kobayashi of Japan in the finals.
In July 2004, Buakaw became the K-1 MAX World champion beating John Wayne Parr, Takayuki Kohiruimaki and previous champion Masato in the finals. Within the same year, he nearly repeated his run for tournament champion but lost the extra round in a controversial decision to Dutch shoot-boxer Andy Souwer in the finals. In the 2006 K-1 MAX World Grand Prix, Buakaw again faced Andy Souwer in the finals but this time defeated Souwer by TKO with a flurry of punches; thereby winning his second K-1 World MAX title and becoming the first man to win such title twice.
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