How would Pongsaklek Wonjongkam do, if say he fought at Heavyweight?
Pongsaklek Wonjongkam in my opinion is one of the most underrated fighter together with guys like Sergio Martinez, and Hozumi Hasegawa. I dont understand how all of a sudden Koki Kameda becomes no. ranked Flyweight when he seems to be as of now a one hit wonder with his upset victory of Daisuke Naito. Naito has a 1-1-1 record vs Pongsaklek Wonjongkam, which I though deserved a fourth time battle, and I easily pick Wonjongkam to winl. Naito seems to have struggled against Xiong Zhao Zhong, who lack the resume to even be in a title fight.
Wonjongkam is 74-3, and he only lost against two boxers, twice with Filipino boxer Jerry Pahayahay whom he defeated in a trilogy and once by a close UD against Naito. Wonjongkam was once in the top 10 p4p rankings before his close UD loss to Naito. Today, there are no heavyweight boxer in the p4p rankings. I am wondering had Wonjongkam be a heavyweight, how would he rule the heavyweight division as a quick southpaw boxer. :-)
Mark W and Jose are very good at the lighter division boxing so I expect an answer from both of you. But I know there are many great contributors here as well whom I'd like to know their opinions. :-)
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Anonymous2009-12-19T19:49:04Z
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Wongjongkam was a classic Thai boxer-puncher, it wouldn't be fair honestly to have a flyweights talents and skills transfered onto a heavyweight's body because TBH the smaller guys are just better than the bigger guys out of neccesity, lower weight division fighters have to deal with guys who are faster and more skilled than the heavyweights have ever dealt with. There is no one out there today who would be able to deal with a heavyweight with flyweight attributes.
As far as him being underrated I honestly don't think he is, in his prime he was very talented but he fought soft competition, mostly imported Mexicans and Filipinos who were very green or had losing records. Jorge Arce was also the #1 contender for his title for a very long time and he never granted him a title shot and he never tried to unify the title. Today he is pretty past it and it showed in his last fight with Naito (who was considered a safe fight for him) and in truth all he had to do to win that fight was throw more punches. The reason why Kameda is trying to line up a fight with Pongsaklek is really a lesson in history, many times in the past the Japanese have imported great but past prime fighters from the Pacific Rim for their guys to beat. The thing with the Japanese is that they want their guys to win and they don't care how they do it. Naito on the other hand is on the slide as well and I think it would be an interesting match-up if it happens.
IMO, to be successful at Heavyweight division, the boxer must be at least 5'11 or taller/bigger else those 6'7'' behemoths like Vitali or Lennox Lewis will toy and KO the boxer without breaking a sweat.
Thailanders barely make it at 5'11 and their physique are not suitable to be a Heavyweight, most Asians do. The only successful heavyweight nations comes outside of Asia (ie. US, Europe etc).
So to make the story short, Wonjongkam would be a sorry story at Heavyweight. That's just my humble opinion bro. No offense =)
The heavies would be way too far a jump in weight to measure the fitness or greatness of Wonjongkam. For someone as strong for his division as he is he has stayed in the flyweights for far too long and avoided meeting the likes of Jorge Arce and Vic Darchinyan, both of whom I believe would be capable of not only beating him convincingly but forcing him to quit boxing. Forget a Heavyweight Pongsaklek when he could not even dare compete in the next weight division or face guys like Vic and Jorge in the flyweights. HIs record has been padded with Asian and Latino patsies!
i think of he can extremely attain the one hundred-win mark. he's been in particularly some fights for being in simple terms 32, yet as he confirmed this morning (Or final evening, in case you reside in Japan. I set my alarm clock to 3 AM and observed the combat stay. great tournament). he nonetheless has a lot left. I picked Wonjongkam to conquer Kameda, through fact jointly as Kameda is youthful, Wonjongkam is very experienced and he confirmed it. I do sense that he's a corridor-Of-Famer besides, he won the lineal flyweight identify this morning and has 17 defenses of the WBC identify on right of that. Very amazing resume. And particular, one hundred-plus wins could make his slightly greater recognizable to the casual boxing fan. He consistently maintains to be busy; his sparring is composed of professional fights, from what I see on his checklist. He has a lot left interior the tank. And he has what it takes to conquer the different massive names at Flyweight (Koki and Daiki Kameda, Omar Narvaez, Denkaosan Kaochivit, Takefumi Sakata, Moruti Mthalane, Luis Concepcion, Zolani Tete). regardless of the indisputable fact that, i ask your self what a 5th combat between Wonjongkam and his rival, former WBC Flyweight identify holder Daisuke Naito, could appear like.
Pong should fight Mexicans & Filipinos & just ignore the Japs who only fight in Japan against other Japs so Japan can claim they have world titlists. It is impossible to theoretically add a hundred pounds to someone & wonder how they would do as a heavyweight. Pacman would destroy every heavyweight who ever lived if he was 240 lbs & as fast & strong as he is now.