Pajonsuk ผจญศึก ลูกพระบาท |
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Born | Angkhan Chomphuphuang January 20, 1980 Lopburi, Thailand |
Other names | Pajonsuk S.K.V. Pajonsuk Lukprabart |
Nationality | Thailand |
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 1⁄2 in) |
Weight | 72 kg (159 lb; 11.3 st) |
Division |
Middleweight Super Welterweight Welterweight |
Style | Muay Thai |
Stance | Orthodox |
Fighting out of | Koh Samui, Thailand |
Team | Superpro Samui (Muay Thai) Royal Thai Air Force (Boxing) |
Kickboxing record | |
Total | 171 |
Wins | 127 |
Losses | 33 |
Draws | 11 |
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Medal record | ||
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Representing Thailand | ||
Men's Boxing | ||
Asian Games | ||
2006 Doha | Welterweight |
Pajonsuk (born Angkhan ChomphuphuangThai: อังคาร ชมพูพวง, 20 January 1980 in Lopburi, Thailand) is a Thai middleweight Muay Thai-kickboxer fighting out of Superpro Samui in Koh Samui, Thailand. He is a former Lumpinee Stadium and three-time world Muay Thai champion. As well as fighting in Muay Thai and kickboxing, Pajonsuk has also pursued an amateur boxing career, most recently participating in the 2008 Olympic Games representing Thailand.
Born in Lopburi, Pajonsuk began his Muay Thai education at the Lukprabart camp in Saraburi province aged six years old. As a youngster he won Thai national championships at 28, 32 and 35 kg and became a hot prospect on the local scene. Not one to be confined to just one sport, Pajonsuk also branched out into the Chinese art of Wushu, winning a gold medal in the -76 kg division at the Southeast Asian Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 2001. He would also travel to fight, winning his first ever world title (I.K.K.C) in the United States against the reigning champion and fellow countryman Matee Jedeepitak by TKO in mid-2002. Fresh from his victory in America, Pajonsuk returned to Thailand where he faced Kaolan Kaovichit, a man who had defeated him in their two previous meetings, including in a world title fight. This time Pajonsuk gained revenge by defeating Kaolan and becoming the new Lumpinee champion. Earlier that year he returned to action at the 2002 Asian Games in Busan, South Korea to pick up his second gold medal in the art of Wushu.