Denkaosan Kaovichit: The Resilient Thai Boxing Champion
Denkaosan Kaovichit, born Sutep Wangmuk, is a Thai professional boxer who held the WBA flyweight title and later won the WBA interim super-flyweight title.
Early title challenges
Kaovichit turned professional in 1996. He challenged WBA flyweight champion Eric Morel on October 12, 2002, but Morel stopped him in the 11th round. Kaovichit later drew with Takefumi Sakata in their November 2007 title fight. In their rematch on December 31, 2008, Kaovichit knocked Sakata out in the second round to win the WBA title.
WBA flyweight champion
Kaovichit defended the title with decisions over Hiroyuki Hisataka and Daiki Kameda. Kameda won their rematch by unanimous decision on February 7, 2010. Kaovichit then lost to Luis Concepción by first-round technical knockout on October 2, 2010; that bout came after he had lost the championship.
Interim super-flyweight title
On September 3, 2013, Kaovichit defeated former WBC champion Nobuo Nashiro by split decision to win the WBA interim super-flyweight title. He later challenged Kohei Kono for the full WBA title and lost by eighth-round knockout in March 2014.
Sources
- World Boxing Association: Denkaosan Kaovichit profile and fight record
- World Boxing Association: Kaovichit’s 2013 interim title win
- Associated Press via Sportsnet: Kaovichit defeats Nashiro for interim title
- BoxRec: WBA flyweight title fights
Career records and reporting: boxrec.com.
Tags
Boxing, Boxing History
