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 Payao Poontarat

BORN October 18 1957; Bangsapan, Thailand (Some sources report 1956)
DIED August 13 2006; Bangkok, Thailand
HEIGHT 5-5
WEIGHT 114 1/2-118 lbs
MANAGER Sahasombhop Srisomvongse

 

Poontarat had a short but rewarding career; He engaged in but 14 professional bouts and won a world title in his 9th contest; He is best known for his battles with Jiro Watanabe; During his career, he won the WBC Super Flyweight Championship of the World

Payao defeated such men as Rafael "Patono" Orono and Guty Espadas

1981
Oct  4 Tito Abella                Bangkok, Thailand                  KO  2

1982
Mar 21 Jimmy Boy                  Quezon City, Philippines           KO  4
May  8 Soon Chun Kwon             Seoul, South Korea                  L 12
          -OPBF Super Flyweight Championship
Oct 10 Dan Pisanchai              Bangkok, Thailand                  KO  9
Nov 28 Kwang-Soo Lee              Bangkok, Thailand                  KO  5 

1983
Feb 10 Alonzo Gonzalez            Bangkok, Thailand                   W 10
Mar 24 Juan "Monita" Diaz         Bangkok, Thailand                   W 10
Jul  6 Ernesto Guevara            Bangkok, Thailand                  TK  5
Nov 27 Rafael "Patono" Orono      Pattaya, Thailand                   W 12
          -WBC Super Flyweight Championship of the World

1984
Feb  5 Tharhahin Boosetha         Bangkok, Thailand                  TK  2
Mar 28 Guty Espadas               Bangkok, Thailand                  TK 10
          -WBC Super Flyweight Championship of the World
Jul  5 Jiro Watanabe              Osaka, Japan                        L 12
          -WBC Super Flyweight Championship of the World
Nov 29 Jiro Watanabe              Kumamoto, Japan                    LT 11
          -WBC Super Flyweight Championship of the World

1985
Apr  2 Kongtoranee Payakaroon     Bangkok, Thailand                   L 10 


*** Photo Provided By William Schutte ***


Record courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization

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