Muangchai Kittikasem: Boxing Career and Major Results
Muangchai Kittikasem is a Thai former professional boxer and a two-division world champion. He won the IBF light-flyweight title in 1989 and later captured the WBC flyweight title, becoming Thailand’s first boxer to win world titles in two weight classes.
Boxing career and major results
Kittikasem first became a world champion on May 2, 1989, when he defeated Tacy Macalos for the IBF light-flyweight title. He made three successful defenses before losing the belt to Michael Carbajal by seventh-round technical knockout on July 29, 1990.
Moving up to flyweight, Kittikasem challenged fellow Thai boxer Sot Chitalada for the WBC title on February 15, 1991. He stopped Chitalada in the sixth round to win the championship. The two met again on February 28, 1992, when Kittikasem retained his title with a ninth-round stoppage. He made three successful defenses during his reign.
Kittikasem’s WBC reign ended on June 23, 1992, in Tokyo, where Yuri Arbachakov knocked him out in the eighth round. The pair had a rematch in Thailand in 1993, and Arbachakov again won by stoppage. The bouts with Chitalada and Arbachakov marked the key chapters of Kittikasem’s championship career.
Kittikasem continued boxing into the late 1990s. His two world titles, won at light-flyweight and flyweight, established his place among Thailand’s notable boxing champions.
Sources
Sources: BoxRec: Muangchai Kittikasem; BoxRec: IBF Light-Flyweight Champions; BoxRec: WBC Flyweight Title Fights; Los Angeles Times, February 15, 1991.
Tags
Boxing, Boxing History
