Full name สุริยา ปราสาทหินพิมาย Role Boxer Nationality Thailand Weight 75 kg | Martial art Boxing Name Suriya Prasathinphimai | |
Born April 2, 1980 (age 44) ( 1980-04-02 ) Nakhon Ratchasima Rated at MiddleweightLight Middleweight Similar People Gaydarbek Gaydarbekov, Andre Dirrell, Gennady Golovkin | ||
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Suriya Prasathinphimai (Thai: สุริยา ปราสาทหินพิมาย; born April 2, 1980) is a Thai boxer who competed in the Middleweight (75 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics and won the bronze medal. He qualified for the 2004 Athens Games by ending up in second place in the 2nd AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Karachi, Pakistan. In the final he lost to Pakistan's Ahmed Ali Khan.
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- 75 kg yordanis despaigne cub vs suriya prasathinphimai tai
- Gaydarbek gaydarbekov vs suriya prasathinphimai
- Professional career
- Winning Bronze medal at Olympic Games
- Olympic results
- Titles
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He is the grandson of Sook Prasathinphimai, a legendary Muay Thai kickboxer in the 50s.
He also has a career in professional Muay Thai, under the name as "Suriya Sor Ploenchit" (สุริยา ส.เพลินจิต).
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Professional career
On December 2, 2000, he fought against Masato from Japan in the memorial event of Thai King's Birthday. He won by the unanimous decision after 5th round and he also won the world title of IWM(International World Muaythai) at super welterweight.
On May 20, 2001, he fought against Hiroyuki Doi in Japan, and he won by the unanimous decision after 5th round. He knocked down Doi during 4th round with left cross, and Doi was docked one point when he threw Suriya during 5th round because Doi had been in the habit of throwing his opponents as he was a shoot boxer.
Winning Bronze medal at Olympic Games
On August 28, 2004, he won the bronze medal in middleweight (75 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
On March 4, 2004, Suriya participated "S-1 World Championship", the tournament of Muay Thai, at the Rajadamnern Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. He fought against Jean Charles Skabowsky from France in the quarter final, but he was beaten by the unanimous decision after 3rd round.
In 2005 he competed for Thailand at the Boxing World Cup in Moscow, Russia, losing both his matches in the preliminary round. Prasathinphimai is also a professional kickboxer, the winner of World S-1 Kings Cup 2003 Tournament.
Replacing Kaoklai Kaennorsing, he challenged Simon Marcus for his WPMF World Light Heavyweight (-79 kg/175 lb) Championship at Muaythai Superfight in Pattaya, Thailand on June 14, 2013 and losing by unanimous decision.