Srisaket Sor Rungvisai
| Srisaket Sor Rungvisai | |
|---|---|
| Statistics | |
| Nickname(s) | Tum (ตั้ม) , Laem (แหลม) |
| Weight(s) | Super flyweight |
| Height | 5 ft 3 in (160 cm) |
| Reach | 63½ in (161 cm) |
| Nationality | Thai |
| Born | Wisaksil Wangek (วิศักดิ์ศิลป์ วังเอก) 8 December 1986 Uthumphon Phisai District, Sisaket Province, Thailand |
| Stance | Southpaw |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 47 |
| Wins | 42 |
| Wins by KO | 38 |
| Losses | 4 |
| Draws | 1 |
| No contests | 0 |
Srisaket Sor Rungvisai (Thai: ศรีสะเกษ ศ.รุ่งวิสัย) is a Thai professional boxer in the super flyweight division and current WBC super flyweight champion. As of May 2017, he is ranked as the world's best super flyweight by BoxRec, and second by The Ring magazine and the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board.
He came from a very poor family in Sisaket province in Thailand, and he had to move into Bangkok to escape from poverty when he was only 13 years old. When he arrived in Bangkok, he had to walk more than 60 miles by foot to apply for a job as a trash collector at a department store in order to feed himself. Life was so difficult for him that he sometimes had to eat leftovers he collected from the garbage just to survive. He was signed into Nakornloung Promotion, Thailand as a professional boxer in 2010. From then, he had won WBC Asia Superflyweight championship title and defended it for 5 times. He successfully challenged for World Boxing Council World title in Super Flyweight weight class against Yota Sato from Japan by Technical Knock Out in round 8 on May 3, 2013 at Khonmuangsri Stadium, Sisaket province, Thailand. His current promoter is Thainchai Pisitwuttinan of Nakornloung Promotion.
In the March 2017, after defeating Román González, he was appointed a police officer in Sisaket province, and enrolled in the Faculty of Political Science, Chalermkarnchana University.
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