Somluck Kamsing

Somluck Kamsing

Somluck Kamsing in 2006
Personal information
Full name สมรักษ์ คำสิงห์
Nationality  Thailand
Born January 16, 1973 (1973-01-16) (age 39)
Mueang Khon Kaen District, Khon Kaen
Weight 57 kilograms (130 lb)
Sport
Sport Boxing
Rated at Featherweight
Club Royal Thai Navy

Somluck Kamsing (Thai: สมรักษ์ คำสิงห์ ; born January 16, 1973) is a Thai boxer. His name is sometimes spelled as Somrak Khamsing. During the 1998 Asian Games in Bangkok, Thailand, Kamsing lit the torch during the Games' opening ceremony. Kamsing was born in Khon Kaen. His older brother Somrot Kamsing also competed on the highest level as a boxing amateur.

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Amateur Boxing Career

At the 1996 Summer Olympics he won a gold medal in the men's Featherweight category beating Ramaz Paliani and Serafim Todorov among others, becoming the first Thai athlete to win a gold medal at the Olympics.

He also competed at the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics without winning any medals. Kamsing qualified for the Athens Games by ending up in second place at the 1st AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Guangzhou, PR China. In the final he lost to North Korea's Kim Song-Guk.

Olympic Results

1992 (competing as a featherweight)

1996 (competing as a featherweight)

2000 (competing as a featherweight)

2004 (competing as a featherweight)

Asian Games Results

1998 (competing as featherweight) Defeated Jamgan Narantsogt (Mongolia) 20-3 Defeated Noribisa Tomimoto (Japan) 16-2 Defeated Tulkunbav Turgunov (Uzbekistan) 8-3

Record

Amateur Boxing record
? Wins, ? Loses
Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time
2004-08-16 Loss Benoit Gaudet 2004 Summer Olympics Featherweight Round of 32 Athens, Greece Points(17:32) 4 2:00
2002-04 Win Takashi Uchiyama 25th King's Cup International Amateur Boxing Tournament, Lightweight Semi-final Thailand Points 4 2:00
2000-08 Loss Rocky Juarez 2000 Summer Olympics Featherweight Quarterfinal Sydney, Australia RSC 4
2000-08 Win Tulkunbay Turgunov 2000 Summer Olympics Featherweight 2nd Round Sydney, Australia Points(7:2) 4 2:00
2000-08 Win Andres Ledesma 2000 Summer Olympics Featherweight 1t Round Sydney, Australia RSC 4
1996 Win Serafim Todorov 1996 Summer Olympics Featherweight Final Atlanta, USA Points(8:5) 4 2:00
Wins the Gold Medal of Boxing at Featherweight(-54kg) in 1996 Summer Olympics.
1996 Win Julio Pablo Chacón 1996 Summer Olympics Featherweight Semifinal Atlanta, USA Points(20:8) 4 2:00
1996 Win Ramaz Paliani 1996 Summer Olympics Featherweight Quarterfinal Atlanta, USA Points(13:4) 4 2:00
1996 Win Phillip Ndou 1996 Summer Olympics Featherweight Round of 16 Atlanta, USA Points(12:7) 4 2:00
1996 Win Luis Seda 1996 Summer Olympics Featherweight Round of 32 Atlanta, USA Points(13:2) 4 2:00
1994-10 Win Zaigham Maseel 1994 Asian Games, Boxing Featherweight Final Hiroshima, Japan Points(8:5) 4 2:00
Wins the Gold Medal of Boxing at Featherweight(-54kg) in 1994 Asian Games.
1992 Loss Faustino Reyes 1992 Summer Olympics Featherweight Second Round Barcelona, Spain Points(15:24) 4 2:00
1992 Win Michael Strange 1992 Summer Olympics Featherweight First Round Barcelona, Spain Points(11:9) 4 2:00
Professional Kickboxing record
2 wins, 0 losses, 1 draw
Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time
May or June 2012[1] Jean-Claude Van Damme[2] Dubai, Moscow[1] or Grozny[3]
2005-12-05 Win Jowan Stringer King's Birth Day Sanam Luang, Bangkok, Thailand KO (right elbow strike) 3
2004-11-06 Draw Hiroki Ishii Titans 1st Kitakyushu, Fukuoka, Japan Decision draw 3 3:00
2000-12-05 Win Kamel Jamel King's Birth Day Sanam Luang, Bangkok, Thailand Decision (unanimous) 5 3:00

Legend:       Win       Loss       Draw/No contest       Notes

Movie career

He has later played athletic roles in Thai movies, notably Kerd ma lui. He appeared in Fearless with Jet Li, although his scene was cut from the international release of the film. However, a special version was shown in cinemas in Thailand in March 2006, in which his scene was restored. He portrayed a boxer who challenges Jet Li's character.

Singing career

He also made his debut as a singer in 2006, performing at the Pattaya Music Festival and releasing an album and a music video (featuring fellow boxer Khaosai Galaxy as a shy man being approached by a young woman).

References

  1. ^ a b Jean-Claude Van Damme Talks about Kamsing Fight in May or June 2012
  2. ^ Van Damme vs. Khamsing - Fight Documentary
  3. ^ Жан-Клод Ван Дамм решил провести бой в Грозном

External links

1904: 115-125 lb (52.2-56.7 kg), 1908: 116-126 lb (52.6-57.2 kg), 1920-1928: 118-126 lb (53.5-57.2 kg), 1932+1936: 119-126 lb (54.0-57.2 kg), 1948: 54-58 kg 1952-2008: 54-57 kg

1904: Oliver Kirk (USA) • 1908: Richard Gunn (GBR) • 1920: Paul Fritsch (FRA) • 1924: Jackie Fields (USA) • 1928: Bep van Klaveren (NED) • 1932: Carmelo Robledo (ARG) • 1936: Oscar Casanovas (ARG) • 1948: Ernesto Formenti (ITA) • 1952: Ján Zachara (TCH) • 1956: Vladimir Safronov (URS) • 1960: Francesco Musso (ITA) • 1964: Stanislav Stepashkin (URS) • 1968: Antonio Roldán (MEX) • 1972: Boris Kuznetsov (URS) • 1976: Ángel Herrera (CUB) • 1980: Rudi Fink (GDR) • 1984: Meldrick Taylor (USA) • 1988: Giovanni Parisi (ITA) • 1992: Andreas Tews (GER) • 1996: Somluck Kamsing (THA) • 2000: Bekzat Sattarkhanov (KAZ) • 2004: Aleksei Tishchenko (RUS) • 2008: Vasyl Lomachenko (UKR)