1. Khaosai Galaxy is a Thai former professional boxer and Muay Thai fighter who competed between 1980 and 1991.
21 Facts About Khaosai Galaxy
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Khaosai Galaxy held the WBA super-flyweight title between November 1984 and December 1991.
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Khaosai Galaxy was a Muay Thai fighter in the early 1980s, and took the professional name Galaxy from a restaurant and nightclub owned by his manager's friend.
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Khaosai Galaxy had tremendous punching power, particularly in his soon-to-be legendary left hand.
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Khaosai Galaxy credited his mother as the first trainer, because she was fond of boxing and Muay Thai.
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Khaosai Galaxy began his international style boxing career in December 1980.
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Khaosai Galaxy won all of his first six fights, which earned him a shot at the Thailand bantamweight title on 1981 against Sakda Saksuree.
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Khaosai Galaxy won his next three fights and claimed the Thai bantamweight title in 1982.
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Khaosai Galaxy won 15 consecutive fights by knockout and climbed in the world rankings to become super-flyweight WBA world champion Jiro Watanabe's mandatory challenger by the summer of 1984.
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Khaosai Galaxy knocked out Espinal in the sixth round, beginning the longest title reign in his division's history.
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Khaosai Galaxy defended his WBA title 19 times over the next seven years, winning 16 of his title fights by knockouts.
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Khaosai Galaxy fought only once outside of Asia, when he defended his title in 1986 against unbeaten Israel Contreras in Curacao.
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Khaosai Galaxy had two title fights in Kobe, Japan, one in South Korea and one at Bung Karno Stadium, Indonesia.
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That, plus the fact that few top fighters anywhere were willing to challenge Khaosai Galaxy, made him relatively unknown in the West.
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In 1988, his twin younger brother, fighting under the name Kaokhor Khaosai Galaxy, captured the WBA bantamweight title, making the Khaosai Galaxy brothers the first twins to ever be world boxing champions.
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Khaosai Galaxy fought for the last time on December 22,1991 in Bangkok, beating Armando Castro over 12 rounds.
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Not long after his retirement to the boxing profession, Khaosai Galaxy chose to take part in the Thai entertainment industry.
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Khaosai Galaxy first took a shot at the music industry, releasing a single, "Khob Khun Krub", meaning "Thank You", then began taking part in TV series and movies, particularly comedies.
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Khaosai Galaxy later married a Buriram woman, Sureerat "Fah" Saenkham.
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Khaosai Galaxy was a trainer for Denkaosan Kaovichit in the fight against Takefumi Sakata which took place by the end of 2008 in Yokohama, Japan.
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Khaosai Galaxy was selected to the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 1999 and remains a well known boxer throughout Thailand.