Karuhat Sor Supawan
The Top Master of switching stance and timing
- Born
- May 22, 1968, Phon, Khon Kaen, Thailand
- Nationality
Thailand- Height
- 161 cm (5′3″)
- Stance
- Switch
- Style
- Muay Femur switch-hitter
- Weight
- Mini Flyweight, Light Flyweight, Flyweight, Super Flyweight, Bantamweight, Super Bantamweight
- Active
- c. 1981–1995, 1999–2002
- Status
- Retired · age 58
The record
Per Wikipedia; Sylvie von Duuglas-Ittu's 8 Limbs profile gives 165-23-2 from 190 fights. Records are incomplete.
The story
aruhat Sor Supawan stood 161 cm and was usually the smaller man, yet Thai fans still call him the Top Master. He moved to Bangkok at 17 and became a Muay Femur stylist of rare subtlety, switching between orthodox and southpaw during exchanges to create new angles and disguise his attacks. Low kicks and elbows were his favourite weapons. He won the Lumpinee flyweight title in 1990 and, despite fighting above his ideal weight, the 122-pound title in 1993 and again in 1995, the second time by elbow knockout. He beat Kaensak Sor Ploenjit in three of their four fights and twice outpointed Veeraphol Sahaprom. After retiring he opened the Sitkaruhat gym in Bangkok and has coached in Thailand and abroad.
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- Lumpinee Stadium flyweight (112 lb) champion (1990)
- International Lumpinee Stadium flyweight champion (1991)
- Lumpinee Stadium super bantamweight (122 lb) champion (1993, 1995)
Defining fights
- 1988WINvs Veeraphol Sahaprom (decision, Lumpinee Stadium)
- 1990WINvs Pairojnoi Sor.Siamchai (decision, won vacant Lumpinee 112 lb title)
- 1993WINvs Kaensak Sor.Ploenjit (decision, Lumpinee Stadium)
- 1993WINvs Chatchai Paiseetong (decision, won Lumpinee 122 lb title)
- 1995WINvs Meechok Sor.Ploenchit (KO 4, elbow, won Lumpinee 122 lb title)
Practise switching stance on the move without losing balance, then attack the side that just opened with a low kick or an elbow before the opponent adjusts.
