Orono Por Muang Ubon
The 1994 Fighter of the Year who beat Dekkers twice
- Born
- January 14, 1973, Buriram, Thailand
- Nationality
Thailand- Height
- 174 cm (5′9″)
- Stance
- Southpaw
- Style
- Muay Bouk pressure fighter
- Weight
- Lightweight, Light Welterweight, Welterweight, Super Welterweight, Middleweight
- Active
- c. 1983–2017
- Status
- Retired · age 53
The record
Total not documentedNo reliable career total has been published; Wikipedia's fight table (1983–2017) is incomplete.
The story
rono Por Muang Ubon was born Somkid Deomprakon in Buriram to a Thai mother and an American father; a trainer named him after the Venezuelan boxer Rafael Orono, whom he resembled. He began training at ten and joined the Por Muang Ubon camp at fifteen. A southpaw who kept moving forward and could take punishment, he beat Ramon Dekkers on points in 1992 and again in 1995. He won the Lumpinee Stadium lightweight title in December 1994, defended it twice, and was named the 1994 Sports Writers Association of Thailand Fighter of the Year. He also stopped a young John Wayne Parr in 1997, and his bouts were voted Fight of the Year in 1995 and 1998. He kept fighting until 2017 and now trains fighters.
- Lumpinee Stadium lightweight (135 lb) champion (1994, 2 defenses)
- IWM light welterweight (140 lb) champion
- Sports Writers Association of Thailand Fighter of the Year (1994)
- Sports Writers Association of Thailand Fight of the Year (1995, 1998)
- Lumpinee Stadium Fight of the Year (1998)
Defining fights
- 1992WINvs Ramon Dekkers (decision)
- 1994WINvs Pairot Wor.Wolapon (decision, won Lumpinee 135 lb title)
- 1995WINvs Ramon Dekkers (decision, Bangkok)
- 1997WINvs John Wayne Parr (TKO 2)
- 1998DRAWvs Sakmongkol Sithchuchok (decision, Fight of the Year)
Walk forward the southpaw way: keep your lead foot outside the opponent's, stay behind a tight guard, and dig knees to the body once you are inside.
2016–now
