Pichai Sayotha

Pichai Sayotha
Personal information
Full name พิชัย สายโยธา
Nationality  Thailand
Born (1979-12-24) December 24, 1979
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in)
Weight 60 kg (130 lb)
Sport
Sport Boxing
Rated at Lightweight

Pichai Sayotha (Thai: พิชัย สายโยธา; born December 24, 1979) is a Thai amateur boxer best known to win a lightweight silver medal at the 2003 World Championships.

Career

In 2003 he had his biggest success at the World Championships in his home country only losing to Mario Kindelán. He did not participate in 2005 and reached the quarterfinal in 2007 where he lost to Russian favorite Aleksei Tishchenko but qualified for Beijing (2008).

In 2005 he also competed for Thailand at the Boxing World Cup in Moscow, Russia, with one loss and one win in the preliminary round. In 2008 he beat Tishchenko at the Kings Cup. At the 2008 Summer Olympics he lost his only bout 4:10 to South Korean Baik Jong-Sub.

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