Samart Payakaroon

Samart Payakaroon
Samart in 2006
BornSamart Thipthamai
(สามารถ ทิพย์ท่าไม้))
(1962-12-05) 5 December 1962 (age 61)
Chacherngsao, Thailand
Native nameสามารถ ภพธีรธรรม
NicknameJade-faced Tiger
(พยัคฆ์หน้าหยก)[1]
Jade-faced Executioner
(เพชฌฆาตหน้าหยก)[2]
ResidenceBangkok, Thailand
Height172 cm (5 ft 8 in)
DivisionPinweight
Light Flyweight
Super Flyweight
Super Bantamweight
Featherweight
StyleMuay Thai
(Muay Femur)
Boxing
StanceOrthodox
TeamSongchai Rattanasuban
Sahasompop Srisomwong
Suchart Kerdmek
TrainerYodtong Senanan (Muay Thai)
Sukjai Sappalek (Boxing)
Ismael Salas (Boxing)
Professional boxing record
Total23
Wins21
By knockout12
Losses2
By knockout2
Draws0
Kickboxing record
Total150
Wins130
By knockout30
Losses18
Draws2
Other information
Notable relativesKongtoranee Payakaroon (Older brother)
Boxing record from BoxRec

Samart Popteeratham (Thai: สามารถ ภพธีรธรรม, born Samart Thipthamai, Thai: สามารถ ทิพย์ท่าไม้; December 5, 1962), known professionally as Samart Payakaroon (Thai: สามารถ พยัคฆ์อรุณ), is a retired Thai Muay Thai fighter, professional boxer, and entertainer. He is former four-division Lumpinee Stadium champion and WBC World Super Bantamweight Champion, as well as the 1981 and 1988 Sports Writers Association of Thailand Fighter of the Year, who was famous in the 1980s and 1990s.

He has also released several successful albums in Thailand and appeared in multiple films and tv shows. Nowadays he works as a Muay Thai trainer at his own gym in Bangkok. His students include elite fighters such as Chalamchon SamartPrayakaroonGym.

  1. ^ http://www.siamsport.co.th/column/120328_238.html Archived 2015-12-08 at the Wayback Machine สามารถ พยัคฆ์อรุณ พยัคฆ์หน้าหยก ยอดมวยไทย-แชมป์โลก, date March 28, 2012, accessed November 28, 2015. Thai: ภาษาไทย
  2. ^ "เพชฌฆาตหน้าหยก "สามารถ พยัคฆ์อรุณ" | เดลิมิเร่อร์". Archived from the original on 2016-08-04. Retrieved 2016-04-24. เพชฌฆาตหน้าหยก "สามารถ พยัคฆ์อรุณ", date January 8, 2016, accessed April 24, 2016. Thai: ภาษาไทย