Manit Klinmee, known professionally as Yokthai Sithoar, is a Thai former professional Muay Thai fighter and boxer.
13 Facts About Yokthai Sithoar
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Yokthai Sithoar is a former Lumpinee Stadium Super Flyweight Champion and a WBA World Super Flyweight Champion in boxing.
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Yokthai Sithoar was born in Chonburi province, eastern Thailand, along his brother Tappaya Sit-Or and his nepehew Rambaa Somdet he trained in Muay Thai since childhood.
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Yokthai Sithoar was backed by his promoter Songchai, to turn to professional boxing career in 1994 along with Pichit Chor Siriwat in the junior flyweight division with Cuba's Ismael Salas as a trainer.
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Yokthai Sithoar had four wins and won the vacant PABA super flyweight title against Russian boxer.
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Yokthai Sithoar won his next five bouts including three title defenses.
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Yokthai Sithoar became the second Thai who capture WBA super flyweight world title after the legendary Khaosai Galaxy.
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Yokthai Sithoar would defend his title at four times, defeating famous boxers, such as Aquiles Guzman and Jesus Kiki Rojas.
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Yokthai Sithoar later traveled to Japan where he lost the title to Satoshi Iida a Japanese boxer, an old rival who he drew with in the past, by unanimous decision at the Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium in Nagoya on December 23,1997.
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Yokthai Sithoar returned to challenge for a world title again on April 23,2000 against the new title holder Hideki Todaka at Rainbow Hall, Nagoya.
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Yokthai Sithoar was defeated by TKO in the 11th round.
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Yokthai Sithoar continued to fight several times but was not as successful.
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Yokthai Sithoar competed in his lone mixed martial arts match against Shinya Aoki in 2010, where he lost via first-round submission.