Netrnoi Sor Vorasingh: Thailand’s WBC World Champion
Netrnoi Sor Vorasingh (born Net Ladnork) was a Thai professional boxer who won the World Boxing Council light flyweight championship in 1978. He was born in Bua Yai, Nakhon Ratchasima Province, and died in 1982, aged 23.
WBC light flyweight champion
Sor Vorasingh won the WBC title on May 6, 1978, defeating Mexico’s Freddy Castillo by split decision in Bangkok. He defended once before losing the championship to Sung-Jun Kim by third-round knockout in Seoul on September 30, 1978. BoxRec’s career profile documents his professional record and title bouts.
He challenged for the world title again in 1981 against Panama’s Hilario Zapata. Zapata retained the belt by technical knockout in the tenth round. An International Boxing Research Organization profile also identifies Sor Vorasingh and summarizes his championship career.
Some accounts give his professional record as 29 wins, 7 losses and 2 draws. He boxed professionally from his teens and died in December 1982.
Sor Vorasingh held the WBC title for less than five months, with one successful defense before Kim took the belt. His 1981 challenge against Zapata came later, but it also ended without a title change. The timeline is brief; it is the championship win and the two world-title losses that define the documented career.
Sources
Career records and reporting: wbcboxing.com; boxrec.com.
Tags
Boxing, Boxing History
