Sinbi Taewoong

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**Sinbi Taewoong**
Statistics

Realname	Somchai Binmad
Nickname	Sing, Thopadak
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Nationality	Thai
Birth date	September 24, 1979
Birth place	Natawee, Thailand
Style	Muay Thai
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Kickboxing Record
Total fights	239
Wins	223
Wins by KO	77
Losses	16

Sinbi Taewoong previously known as Thopadak Wanchalerm (Thai: ต.ปฏัก) (born September 24, 1979) is a Muay Thai and K-1 fighter from Thailand. He was KOMA champion in 2005 and a highly ranked fighter at Bangkoks Lumpinee and Rachadamnern stadiums.

[edit] Biography

Born in the Songkhla Province in southern Thailand, Sing grew up with two brothers. He started training Muay Thai, the national sport of Thailand at the age of 9. His father, a rice grower, trained him and his brothers at home. His mother worked as a fruit tree farmer. Sing had 30 fights in his home province Songkhra in the town of Natawee, his first fight already at the age of 9. At the time Sing weighted 25 kilograms. At the age of 13 Sing left his home and moved to Bangkok with a friend to live and train in a gym there (Loog-tap-agat gym). At the same time he went to school and finished high school at the age of 19. He went to University afterwards to study Sports Science and graduated with 24. During this entire time Sing trained at the same gym and fought over 100 fights in Bangkok. Sing fought in the famous and prestigious Lumpinee and Rajadamnern stadiums in Bangkok where only the best fighters compete. With 25 Sing went to live and work in Korea for 6 months as a Muay Thai trainer and he fought for Taewoong Muay Thai gym in Seol. The following year Sing moved to beautiful Phuket, Thailand to work at Rawai Muay Thai, the gym of his friend Tuk whom he met in the gym in Bangkok. They went to school together. While training a large number of foreign Muay Thai students and travellers, Sing started learning English in Phuket. In 2005 Sing went to England for 1 month to fight and to teach Muay Thai in Birmingham at Trojan Gym. In 2006 Sing had a fight in Sydney, Australia as well as fighting in a KOMA event in Korea where he had three fights in one day in Seol. He had fought the KOMA event previously in 2005 and won the event. The first time Sing was fighting in a K-1 MAX event was in Busan, Korea in February 2006. His second K-1 fight was in the K-1 KHAN Fighting Network in Seol, Korea in September 2006 where he won against the Mongolian fighter ByamBa by KO in the 2nd round. He will be opening his own Muay Thai Camp Sinbi Muay Thai in Phuket Thailand in January 2007.