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Srisaket Rungvisai defeated Roman Gonzales by TKO in the 4th round to win the SuperFly Title!
The SuperFly[weight] main event left audiences stunned last night; I was in attendance and witnessed the end of an era. Chocolatito has graced us as the best 112 pound champion in the world for years now, but his age, work rate, and move up in weight classes has rendered him aged. Roman Gonzales was finished by tko finish in the fourth round of his rematch with Srisaket Sor Rungvisai.The end of one man's legacy breathes life into this relatively unknown, but now feared champion.
This long and lanky Thai boxer was born into poverty, and was on his own as a 13 year old child in Sisaket.He has talked about walking for miles to find menial work as a garbage collector, and how he did have friends and significant others, but he would starve to feed them most days. At 13, he was already a man. The mentality of this young child molded from the streets has created one of the hardest hitters we've seen at Super Flyweight (115 pounds). Rungvisai has a strange record as most Thai boxers' fights aren't correctly accounted for; many fights are unsanctioned or for quick cash in Thailand. His record shows a dreadful start as in his first five fights he had one win, three losses, and one draw. Since his early beginnings, he has only lost once in 45 fights, and oddly enough this was a decision to Carlos Cuadras in 2014....a man Chocolatito dismantled this time last year.
Srisaket earned his highest purse of $150,000 last night, and he is undisputed super flyweight champion of the world. With the debut of 'The Monster' Naoya Inoue in the states, a super fight between these two hard hitting phenoms can work itself into place. With the money Rungvisai has earned, he said he is going back to school. His hometown also placed him within a police officer position in his hometown, one of the most honorable feats in Thailand. Boxing can be truly inspiring, through loss and victory.