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Payao Poontarat (Thai: พเยาว์ พูลธรัตน์, RTGS: Phayao Phuntharat,
pronounced [pʰā.jāw pʰūːn.tʰā.rát];
October 18, 1956 –
August 13, 2006) was a Thai boxer...
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Thailand won its
first medal at the 1976
Games in Montreal, when
boxer Payao Poontarat took home a
bronze in the men's
light flyweight category. Thailand's first...
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knocking him out in 15 rounds. Then, he and WBC
world champion Payao Poontarat met in an
attempt to
unify the world's Jr.
Bantamweight title, and Watanabe...
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country won
their first Olympic medal, a
bronze for boxing's
Payao Poontarat. It
became the
third Southeast Asian country to win the
first Olympic...
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Poontarat brothers Payao Poontarat (1957–2006),
light flyweight bronze medal at 1976
Summer Olympics, WBC
super flyweight champion Panieng Poontarat (1969–)...
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second Thai
athlete to win a
medal at the
Summer Olympics,
following Payao Poontarat at the 1976
Summer Olympics. He also
holds the
distinction of
being the...
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Aleksandr Tkachenko (URS) def.
Eleoncio Mercedes (DOM), RSC-1
Payao Poontarat (THA) def.
Remus Cosma (ROM), 4:1
Serdamba Batsuk (MGL) def.
Enrique Rodríguez...
- both tries.
After his
final try, a tenth-round
knockout loss to
Payao Poontarat in 1984, he retired. His son, Guty
Espadas Jr., was a
boxing champion...
- 28 Nov 1982 5 3
Rafael Orono (2) 28 Nov 1982 – 27 Nov 1983 3 4
Payao Poontarat 27 Nov 1983 – 5 Jul 1984 1 5 Jiro
Watanabe 5 Jul 1984 – 30 Mar 1986 4...
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Payakaroon debuted on
April 2, 1985, by
defeating fellow-countryman
Payao Poontarat, a
former WBC
Super flyweight champion. He made a
total of nine wins before...
