Artur Saladiak
Beat a Burmese star in his Lethwei debut
- Born
- March 15, 1991, Mirosławiec, Poland
- Nationality
Poland- Height
- 182 cm (6′0″)
- Style
- Rangy Muay Thai striker
- Weight
- Light middleweight
- Active
- c. 2014–2023
The record
Lethwei, per Wikipedia. Muay Thai and kickboxing 22-10-2 (Wikipedia). record
The story
rtur Saladiak was born in Poland in 1991 and built his career in England, winning British titles in K-1 and Muay Thai and later fighting for Glory. He made his Lethwei debut in the main event of WLC 2 in Yangon in June 2017, using his height and reach to outpoint Burmese star Soe Lin Oo; their rematch in Mandalay two months later was a draw. In June 2018 he knocked out Saw Ba Oo in the fourth round in Naypyidaw to become the World Lethwei Championship's first light middleweight champion. He lost the belt to Ukraine's Sasha Moisa on points in 2019 after two first-round knockdowns. He later won on Poland's first Lethwei card, in 2021, and took a World Lethwei Federation title in Slovakia in 2023. He also appeared in Netflix's FightWorld.
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- WLC light middleweight champion (2018–2019, inaugural)
- World Lethwei Federation world title (2023)
Defining fights
- 2017WINvs Soe Lin Oo (unanimous decision, Lethwei debut)
- 2017DRAWvs Soe Lin Oo (5 rounds, rematch)
- 2018WINvs Saw Ba Oo (KO 4, won inaugural WLC light middleweight title)
- 2019LOSSvs Sasha Moisa (unanimous decision, lost WLC title)
- 2023WINvs Ivan Hatala (TKO 4, World Lethwei Federation title)
Use your reach: keep a shorter, aggressive opponent on the end of straight punches, feint to draw a reaction, and stay busy in the clinch so the judges see you working.
