The Thai TYSON
“IT WAS AS IF I HAD A DUTY TO WIN EVERY FIGHT… FOR MY AUDIENCE, FOR THE THAI PEOPLE”
WREATHED in a fog of cigarette smoke and boisterous agitation stood a 25-year-old Thai fighter on the brink, left fist cocked as he stalked his prey. The previous round had seen him drop his Dominican opponent, Eusebio Espinal, with a trademark uppercut to the body, and now the assembled throng in deepest Bangkok were becoming apoplectic, willing their beloved countryman on to finish the job. When the moment arrived it was delivered with aplomb, the air crackling as punches whipped in to the liver and solar plexus. He had delivered on his promise. Khaosai Galaxy had become a world champion.
“It was the best ever feeling, overwhelming,” he tells Boxing News. “I was so proud of myself. I thought
