The Fighting Genius Who Made Saenchai

[@LawrenceKenshin]

Please share with your friends if you enjoyed the legend of Somrak. It will help us out a lot in keeping this channel alive. Somrak is the uncrowned king of kings in Muay Thai. But he would not be denied. To alleviate his curse, he rose to superstardom in Olympic Boxing as the first ever gold medalist athlete for Thailand. This is the legend of a man who gifted us Saenchai... showmanship and spectacular feats is in his DNA. Fight fans, enjoy the legend of Somrak Khamsing. How to Fight Giants VIP Waitlist: www.strikingacademy.com/giant

[@แรงมาแรงกลับ-ไม่โกง]

@les He is 40+ at the times and i was very disappointed that Nagbe who got all the advantage didnt dare to attack the old man and KO him. For me Somrak got the credit to still can scared Nagbe.

[@แรงมาแรงกลับ-ไม่โกง]

@les Yes, Somrak and Lerdsila lose against good attacker but that happen when they got old. At their prime all your good attackers just cant find the way to hit them. Deal with the fact bro. One of the best attacking fighter at that time Veeraphon admitted that he intentionally throw away the fight with Somrak 2 times coz he afraid that he gonna lose badly.

[@แรงมาแรงกลับ-ไม่โกง]

@les You just know nothing les.

[@แรงมาแรงกลับ-ไม่โกง]

@les You are loser les lol.

[@แรงมาแรงกลับ-ไม่โกง]

@les Loser that's you. lol

[@frederickdoyon]

It's crazy that he fought at 154lbs at the end of his career against a future kickboxing champion in Davit Kiria and toy with him. And won... In kickboxing rules. He's amazing.

[@LawrenceKenshin]

hahah yes next level man

[@MelodyFromTheHeart]

On that time no one can beat him in Muay thai. So he decided to trian in amateaur boxing for Asian games and Oympic games and he did it. He won the gold medal at the Asian games in Hiroshima 1994, Asian games in Bangkok 1998 and Olympic games in Atlanta 1996. Such a great legend and hero of Thailand boxers.

[@LawrenceKenshin]

great history

[@enlightenedlearner434]

@les You're a cretin. No fighter ever wins forever without losing. You just watched cartoons too much a numskull off reality.

[@ninthkaikan1544]

@les With a record of over 300 and Thailand’s balanced match making, you will always be challenged.

[@Sporkonafork1]

@les you are a weirdo!

[@popeyeocornor4325]

@@enlightenedlearner434 He win 500+ and lose 20+.

[@SilverforceX]

Interesting that all of the elite MT fighters in the ring, actually smile, they are genuinely enjoying it. No fear, no worry on winning or losing, just right there in the moment.

[@donaldswamptubs7571]

It's call " outcome independent "

[@jonathanmorgan1331]

That’s part of the idea of Buddhism

[@mrphokam]

I remember the time when he won the olympic medal. I was a kid watching tv and I know everyone in the country was watching the same thing on tv. When he won, I heard screaming of joy from all directions in my neighborhood. That moment was epic. The national anthem was sang out loud all around my neighborhood and I believed this happened all over the country. The next morning all the kids were playing boxing at school.

[@LaVitaNouva]

I'm one of those guys screaming, man that night was magical.

[@camerondawes1898]

I’m a boxing fan getting into Muay Thai and I can’t believe I’ve never heard of this man that won Olympic gold in a discipline he didn’t practice. Amazing

[@armaggedonsblade]

You probably never heard that he agreed to fight JCVD in one match. They even signed contract but fight never happened. I don't know why.

[@tappingninja]

@@armaggedonsbladebecause JCVD would’ve been MURKED…

[@armaggedonsblade]

@@tappingninja That is just pure speculation. The truth is we will never know what would happen.JCVD had long hiatus in professional fighting so he would be in big handicap for sure.

[@hieupham7656]

@@armaggedonsblade tbh, based on Changpuek Kiatsongrit and Rick Rofus fight, JCVD would not have much chance of standing in round 2, that is the clash of styles, under the rule of kickboxing, i don't want to image what would happen under the rule of Muay Thai, or minus the clinch but keeping the elbow.

[@armaggedonsblade]

@@hieupham7656 JCVD has decades of training of muai thai. He often praised it as his favourite style and he put real effort to be good at it. He never showed us what he can do and it is a shame.

[@chaipod]

Somrak Kamsing most famous catch words in Thailand,' Mai dai mo', literally means not bragging. Very humble guy who love to joke a lot. Say if he becomes a Muay Thai champ, he would not have went outward to take up boxing, Seems like he was destined 2b a Olympic champion. He is a very unique fighter n his fighting IQ is superb n he is very entertaining. We Thais love him very much.

[@sakana8]

Could you tell us the link of his KZbin channel? ko khun kab! ^^

[@Moiez101]

great, thank you for that. Can you tell us why he wasn't offered any championship matches? The narrator did not explain in the video.

[@mailais3403]

​@@Moiez101 bcs gambling and corruption at the time

[@The-Dom]

So cute how he fit the belt on Saenchai and took a good look at it. Olympic hero for Thailand I'm sure. Boxing gold medal!! LEGEND!! Bravo on giving Somrak his due respect!

[@noknownthrone2487]

You seriously create some of the most amazing, emotional, and educating content about combat. Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge, and putting your time into your content. I love Saenchai, and this was really really sweet to see. His emotion winning his medal in boxing was priceless.

[@भविष्य-त6य]

I agree.

[@bunnyofdoom4501]

Love that u have the masters from the golden era of muay thai on ur mind... I'm watching this while training, now... could listen to these all day

[@LawrenceKenshin]

thank you bro

[@PopPop-of8km]

Some say that his skill is comparable to Samart Payukarun. If both of them on the ring in the same period, It got to be a legendary fight. Somrak is well known as the smart+counter style, he reduce the damage from his opponent attack by his footwork and he can catch the right moment to counter. Yup and his legacy is Saenchai another most well known Fighter.

[@LawrenceKenshin]

yes would be great fight indeed

[@PopPop-of8km]

@@LawrenceKenshin kzbin.info/www/bejne/hH20f5eAd5eDbdU They are close like a brother, and Samart Payukarun been Somruk's Coach before.

[@chaipod]

Somrak is in the flow when he is on the ring n things look so easy in almost every of his fights.

[@ericrecano8557]

It’s a good thing JCVD never had that proposed match with him and Somrak...love JCVD but Somrak is on a completely different level!

[@LawrenceKenshin]

totaly different!

[@markmessi9020]

Pfft that was gonna happen?!? Did Van Damme not see what happened to his brother in his own movie? Death by round kick to wall corner

[@muayboran6111]

I think van Damme was just messing around

[@stefanmrkonjic9279]

@@muayboran6111 He really wanted to return to fighting one more time but ended up having a hip surgery and that was it. You can see a lot of it in his reality series Jean Claude Van Damme: Behind Closed Doors.

[@ericrecano8557]

I think Somrak and JCVD were friends (probably from the Kickboxer movie set). If anything it was probably going to be an exhibition-but Somrak Would have schooled JCVD into Nak Su Khao oblivion haha

[@Ajhmee]

I'm Thai and when I think about Somrak's muay thai technic the first thing I think is how he slowly exhausted the opponent. He defend the punch by keep pushing it down so the oppopent has to rise his arm up everytime and that will build the stress to the arm bit by bit. When he got clinch, he will use his leg to block both knees and jump up to make the oppopent carry all his weight to make him exhausted.

[@그리피-e6b]

l want to see somrak vs. namkhabuan super fight( somrak win - large margin point) ... why he challege to fight right weight fight championship? (6 year thai record)

[@michaelmerjil7874]

I love your videos. Always makes me want to train again. I trained with Peter Sugarfoot Cunningham 4 days a week from the age of 12-18 and then slowly phased out. Learned a lot from him. I love muay thai and these videos also make me want to go to Thailand for a year and train at a gym. I know kick boxing, but I would love to learn true muay thai. I dont care much to fight but I want to learn the art.

[@LawrenceKenshin]

Peter is incredible

[@michaelmerjil7874]

@@LawrenceKenshin :)

[@chaipod]

Many foreign fighter stay here for yrs during this covid19 time.

[@xristosrizos8406]

He was also amazing in "a prayer before dawn" movie! What a legend!

[@LawrenceKenshin]

Cheers

[@ancientdarkness3102]

I'd love to watch that movie but its like nowhere to be found

[@TheYoshishido]

@@ancientdarkness3102 netflix

[@ancientdarkness3102]

@@TheYoshishido not here where I live

[@enzoparralurkin9561]

Another video of this Striking Breakdowns’ God. I appreciate some much the work that you’re doing. The time and passion you do to this it’s so dope. So, others generations could watch this fortune 👌🏼

[@LawrenceKenshin]

thank you so much for the support it really means a lot to us

[@q.a.2875]

Thai Stadium Politics tried to deny him his recognition... but he just went global and made history as a first Thai Olympic Gold Medalist 🥇... WOW 😮 ... respect 🙏🙏

[@willw.1466]

Hell yeah. I love this guy now. Amazing video

[@LawrenceKenshin]

thank you for watching

[@patrickmallari5746]

I remember him, before MANNY PACQUIAO there's Sumlock Kamsing..even i was young by that time..he's an asian games gold medalist in boxing..i hate him because he's so good in the sport but as the time i tried to follow his career in boxing, he continued Thai Boxing were he thrived,, I thought he'll be a great champ and will be recognized in the world (sayang)..by the way i'm from Philippines..

[@laginw]

Somrak is one of the best, even he isn't well known in western, but you can ask any Thai person in Thailand, 99.99% knew who Somrak is, he's legendary.

[@LawrenceKenshin]

Yes legendarh

[@marcmelpo972]

Khun Somrak... Perfectly embodies the late Golden Era, and the Jockey Gym fighters... What a LEGEND!!

[@YHWGA]

Somrak very popular in thailand. But in world wide just a few knew him. He is biggest muaythai fighter in his weight at the time. Somrak and Samart is all muaythai fighters in thailand hero today. His smile when he dodged is his signature that made the ring more entertaining to watch.

[@valegendre]

I remember back in the days how he completely outclassed Kamel jemel who was good and very dangerous with his boxing ,but somrak was at another level.i wish he had fought in a later era where he could have face more foreigners .joky gym really used to develop great fighters

[@markmessi9020]

Used to? Do they suck now? I'm curious I'm just getting into the muay Thai world from kickboxing

[@valegendre]

@@markmessi9020 the camp still exist ,but has changed a lot ,his best days are behind and the 'soul 'of the camp is gone it's making money now at least ,Wich was not the case at all in the past .the name still the same i think but that's about it for the jocky ,that's a little sad but that's life .

[@LawrenceKenshin]

cheers mate

[@LawrenceKenshin]

camp still exists under diff name but no longer a fighters gym

[@robertheisenberg6867]

Somrak said in an interview that his father also taught him Western boxing since he was 7 years old.

[@gitrix2000]

Always great content !!! thank you for sharing

[@moonwolf8459]

I saw Somrak fighting for the first time on his fight again Kamel Jemel. I never been so amazed by dicovered a new muay thai fighter in my life. He made so many things I never saw before. He was really incredible, pure genius

[@StephenduPreez]

A beautiful and inspiring story. Thanks for the video

[@perzeusliad9924]

When you're too good that no one wants to fight you.

[@pingislife2653]

Opponent: Fuuuuh... I'm fighting for my life! Somrak: This is so much fun I can't help smiling.

[@LawrenceKenshin]

hahah damn

[@YourManifoldWorld]

Samart and Somrak are my two absolute favorite Muay Thai fighters.

[@LawrenceKenshin]

much love

[@24x7Naga]

My highest Respect ….. Truly a Legend.

[@RevolutionGymThailand]

Somruck was a fantastic fighter, both him and Saenchai were students of Pipah Jockey Gym from when they were kids. You can see him in the background when Saenchai was receiving the belt.

[@migueltorres1949]

Great work as usual! Somrak is an outsnading counterpuncher. Rodtang breakdown please?

[@LawrenceKenshin]

Coming soon!

[@chaipod]

@@LawrenceKenshin Love your videos n one more thing is, most of the invaluable videos r in Thai language, thanks for letting the world know about the Muay Thai culture especially when u dig deep into its culture n ppl or prominent fighters of the past, it start to interesting. thank u for everything u do in the name of fight sports.

[@plzineedtogowayrn6353]

His footwork in that boxing match was solid asl. It’s trippy seeing Thai fighters who transition to boxing, they look completely different when they decide to box. Thais are truly the most versatile strikers

[@suhribzevolution645]

Thank you from Thailand🇹🇭

[@jfhammer8515]

lol after re-watching a lot I just realized that 0:52 the man who stood behind Somrak is Samart Payakaroon (the rainbow shirt)

[@suhribzevolution645]

Yes Samart.

[@AB-vi3rt]

I live in the Thai village he came from. If nobody knows the village if you say his name they know where yr talking about. A true legend over here!

[@pedroh.g.9865]

Thanks for the vídeo, at this level, muay thai/boxing is pure art ❤️

[@TheRealTomahawk]

Samart Payakaroon is my favorite. I’ve never seen Somrak praised before

[@cbrdealer]

Man what a beast. I wish Muay Thai was more popular in the US.

[@iROChakri]

Somrak is really a legend. Sad that many foreigners don’t know about him. He’s known to toy his opponents. He was an orca in the ring.

[@LawrenceKenshin]

yes he is, sad indeed

[@ja.almighty]

just the idea that he couldve and shouldve face mayweather in the final is crazy what a matchup that would be

[@waibibabu7420]

just discovered that samart was standing right behind somrak in 0:53

[@lout9231]

Great video as usual!

[@holidaythailandfishingtv9676]

นี่ละที่รอมานาน ราชันไร้มงกุฎ ยอดมวยที่แชมป์เปี้ยนสายหน้าหนีไม่อยากต่อยด้วย

[@yomamamama6213]

too good they're afraid to fight him

[@holidaythailandfishingtv9676]

@@yomamamama6213 champions avoid to fight with him coz ,you know

[@candyman111881]

Another really good video. I love it. 👍❤

[@chaiyapoodee6574]

ประสบการณ์สำคัญมากสำหรับมวยไทย มวยไทยจะเก่งได้เพราะประสบการณ์ในสังเวียน มวยไทยที่เก่งๆ สังเกตุดู ว่าเขาผ่านการชกมาเท่าไร เช่น 40 ครั้ง 120 ครั้ง ดูจากตรงนี้พอช่วยได้บ้างว่าใครเก่งกว่าใคร ปกติผู้จัดในเวทีมาตราฐาน เขาไม่ให้ชกกัน มันดูตลก และเสื่อมศรัทธาต่อนักมวย แต่ในวงการพนันอะไรก็เกิดขึ้นได้

[@The.2.Minute-Man]

Great video A BiG Thank you......... Enjoyed and Liked

[@OGFRVR]

One of my favorite fighters

[@bongkem2723]

damn, imagine you are so good that no gambler dares to bet against you so you can't get a title shot, it's so cool =)))

[@rattapolpattana]

2:01 How to use shoulder in fighting. Very beautiful.

[@LawrenceKenshin]

Very beautiful for sure

[@jamrusjimpoo5904]

Muay Thai can use shoulders, knees, elbows, fists, feet for striking, but no head butt which was banned after world war two!!!! I still love Muay Boran.

[@MelodyFromTheHeart]

Two legends of Muaythai (Somrak and Samart) teaching Muaythai technique here. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hH20f5eAd5eDbdU

[@seowth]

It is so dope you posted that bracket @ 3:06, just shows the quality of Kamsing's striking if he dominated the competition that much with some of the names on there.

[@suhribzevolution645]

Hight score

[@jockerjocker9339]

สมรักษ์ กลางวันชกมวยสมัครเล่น กลางคืนชกมวยไทย ในวันเดียวกันสมรักษ์ ยังทำมาแล้ว👍👍

[@splicecentral9079]

I freaking love this channel

[@KK-xq2mc]

somrak He beat the person who beat Foyd Meveter in that Olympics.

[@drinkwater.10]

As a Thai person i watch interviews and following Many muay thai fighters of Golden era. Theres a short video of Veeraphol aka "death mask" interview for his top 5 favourite fighters. Out of the 5 fighters was Somrak. Veeraphol said there were two match up with somrak, and he cancelled it both times. He said that fighing somrak will make him "sia muay"(เสียมวย). "Sia muay" means making you look like amateurs, makes your form broken, frustrating to fight against and gives you headache. After fighting him it doesn't leave them as a fighter on the inside. There are no subtitle in the video but here it is kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJnQlmiag6-cetU

[@fidprudentialbsn45]

he had gold medal olympic boxing?? and then becoming one of the muay thai legend? amazing

[@LawrenceKenshin]

muay thai legend first gold medal second!

[@fidprudentialbsn45]

@@LawrenceKenshin crazyyyyy what a legend

[@Coach-MG]

Somrak is my favourite Thai fighter, but let's be honest. It should have been him vs Floyd for the Gold medal match. Floyd was robbed

[@LawrenceKenshin]

👍🏻👍🏻

[@Lotus-Son]

Floyd would’ve been the first American to win gold in boxing and beat a legit Cuban in a long time too, had he not been robbed.

[@bunnyofdoom4501]

Floyd vs Som... that's like a videogame right there. Round... one... FIGHT!

[@enlightenedlearner434]

@@Lotus-Son You're a cretin. 1996 Olympic was in Atlanta, Floyd's own country. Who'd have robbed him if not his own dullness.

[@Sporkonafork1]

@@enlightenedlearner434 didnyou even watch the match? Floyd was robbed.

[@abhinavchauhan7864]

Two things here 1: Todorov never defetead floyd, they robbed him 2: i can't believe you didn't mention the fact that if mayweather weren't robbed in 1996 Olympics semi againts Todorov, he would've faced this guy in the final

[@suhribzevolution645]

สมรักษ์คือผู้สอนเทคนิคทุกอย่างให้แสนชัย และเลิศศิลา น่าฟรอยเจอกับสมรักษ์คงเป็นแมตท์ที่น่าดู

[@abhinavchauhan7864]

@@suhribzevolution645 what?

[@robertchamberlin379]

My new hero!! Thanks!!

[@LawrenceKenshin]

🙏🙏

[@RinnSama]

Unclown king? Sure, no one dare to fight him. Veeraphol Sahaprom said he cancel his fight twice because he acknowladge that he can't hit Somruk. And make him look bad.

[@damejelyas]

your channel is a gem

[@LawrenceKenshin]

🙏🙏

[@seleg7057]

Thanks for this video ! And thanks to those legends who still make us dreamin !!!

[@lewkrittaya8723]

He’s never has stitches on his face. When he was “unemployed” as no Thai fighters wanted to fight him. There was a National boxing game. Big provinces with big money got all good boxers so he offered himself to fight for a small province. Despite no training and drinking all night 😂 he won the fight and all the way to the gold medal. Unfortunately after his gold Olympic medal, he lost motivation, lack of training, partied hard😅 He just made it for his 2nd Olympic but lost… He’s alway cocky and funny. Motto of the story hard work beat genius.

[@svensvensson627]

I love these videos! Thanks for the knowledge and work!

[@splinter2804]

Thanks for this info...never knew about him before

[@GuysVille]

Love this story as it’s one of the few examples of the universe making things right seeing as they ripped him off in Muay Thai so he went onto Win the Olympics. Any videos on him in your archives fighting or his documentary?

[@LIONTAMER3D]

Thai fighters are on different levels of physical discipline, intellectual understanding, and spiritual dedication; tough to beat all that.

[@MrKhankab]

Great video. Thank you for doing these forgotten warriors justice

[@LawrenceKenshin]

🙏🙏

[@rustywrench500]

Wow i only came to know of him after this video, what a technician.

[@LawrenceKenshin]

🙏🙏

[@carlossotelo5545]

Wow. A true legend ....

[@LawrenceKenshin]

🙏🙏

[@MelodyFromTheHeart]

2 legends of Muaythai (Somrak and Samart) teaching Muaythai technique here. kzbin.info/www/bejne/hH20f5eAd5eDbdU

[@ΠαντελήςΜορφόπουλος]

I could be mistaken, but I believe that his very last fight was an exhibition fight against a Muay Thai fighter in which his opponent fought under regular MT rules but Somrak was restricted to using only punches and elbows...... and he still won.

[@ΠαντελήςΜορφόπουλος]

Posting a correction, as he didn't win that last fight but it was a draw. Against Yodwanpadet Sor Junlasen.

[@LawrenceKenshin]

A great fight

[@แรงมาแรงกลับ-ไม่โกง]

It was a bet match and Somrak also cant use the legs to block the opponent kicks. If he block the kick he will lose. Anyway Yodwanpadet still scare to kick him much, it look like he afraid of his counter.

[@gskdigz9860]

Please Lawrence make another samrak video!!

[@KhabirBey]

We Were Robbed Of Somrak vs Mayweather

[@LawrenceKenshin]

haha yes

[@SekRanger]

Juan Fontaniel is the greatest treasure for Thailand boxing we've ever had. And the greatest treasure we've ever lost.

[@LawrenceKenshin]

True

[@wigglywrigglydoo]

These great fighters with humility, kindness and humbleness. Great human beings.

[@damejelyas]

it would be better to put his name in the title to give him more exposure

[@Parkersneighboursneighbour]

its like watching the characters in the game doing those flashy combos. The most complete standup fighter of all time no doubt.

[@zeaferoz]

One of the best defensive muaythai. Nobody wanna challenge him, cause they will lose their bet(because of his defensive and counter skill and gym reputation he represent)​. Unfortunatey, we don't have more video in his prime. ไม่ได้โม้ (No bullshit)​that what he said.

[@LawrenceKenshin]

its true bro

[@williamh.gatesiii8183]

3:07 we almost had a boxing match between this legend and Floyd Mayweather, .... wow . Would have been crazy looking baco

[@chetth]

Somrak had a chit-chat with Samart about the day when he was a rookie. That's really funny. He said the gambler offered him one million baht to surrender in that match. He returned the money to the gambler and said you bet this on me. You will never lose it. This video is on Samart's channel kzbin.info/www/bejne/iWK2l6molpufh9E

[@imawarrior313]

Not only him, this whole video is on another level .. amazing video Lawrence .. u made me feel so good and its 5am here .. after god i owe u this morning 👊🏼✨♥️

[@LawrenceKenshin]

Thank you so much for watching 🙏🙏

[@vortex3013]

Could you try and find the Samaart vs Somrack exibition match? I keep trying to look for it but am having difficulties

[@neilnorth8962]

Absolutely amazing fighter. I love his style 👍👊💪

[@LawrenceKenshin]

same

[@DMiddle]

awesome bro, love Somrak.

[@LawrenceKenshin]

cheers bro

[@countysheepdog55]

_His protege _*_(saenchai)_*_ fights & taunts exactly like him_

[@Bigbean2999]

What a handsome lad

[@chenzenzo]

Amazing analysis!

[@nicolemorais2267]

An artist of hitting and not getting hit show more technical fighters plz

[@LawrenceKenshin]

Can do

[@Kalpanikbhagwan]

May he lives long !

[@rowlinzonvaldeavilla3964]

Some people are just beyond gifted at kicking people’s ass.

[@braulioferreira2273]

Start putting their names in the title

[@onalonan]

The last match the rule is : Somrak cannot use his leg to kick or to check kick. He can use only punch and elbow. If not he lose.

[@fktygglbtchbtch1384]

dang, senchai was so young.....

[@BrunoHenrique-nv6ur]

Vc esqueceu de citar sua rivalidade com Ramon Dekkers, as lutas q eles tiveram foram lendárias e na minha opinião foram os dois maiores nakmuay da era de ouro.

[@brucehillbillybarthalow3786]

Great video

[@LawrenceKenshin]

🙏🙏

[@Unnofri]

Un artista. Destaca su Style...

[@FawknHayn2986]

So good had to watch it again

[@LawrenceKenshin]

Thank you

[@FawknHayn2986]

@les sounds like someone doesn’t know how to fight that’s for sure

[@FawknHayn2986]

@les aww sorry baby boy did i hurt you're feelings. 144 north st kelso Washington step up and ill leave it at that

[@omegasquad868]

good stuff Mr Kenshin

[@LawrenceKenshin]

thanks so much

[@liamlive2972]

I always said Saenchai had the best boxing, now I see why

[@effortless4588]

W amazing figure amazing video