Muay Thai Career
At age 7, Somluck began training and fighting in Muay Thai. At 11, he moved to Bangkok to fight in the bigger stadiums. Despite never winning a major title in Muay Thai, he is considered to be one of the greatest Muay Thai fighters of all time. He was ranked #1 at both Lumpinee Boxing Stadium and Rajadamnern Boxing Stadium, but Promoters of the champions at his weight would not let Somrak fight them because they knew he was too good. Because of this he switched to amateur boxing.
He won fellow legend Jomhod Kiatadisak on October 4, 2012 at Rajadamnern Stadium in a fight with the largest ever side bet in Muay Thai, 5.27 million baht on the line.
They fought again in December 7, 2012 on the Lumpinee stadium birthday show. This time Jomhod Kiatadisak won by points.
They fought third match with a 6 million baht side bet on February 7, 2013 and Somluck won again by decision.
However, he lost to American Nak Muay Chike Lindsay by unanimous decision in a modified Thai boxing Push Kick: World Stand Off in Pomona, California, on March 2, 2013.
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