Netrnoi Sor Vorasingh
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Netrnoi Sor Vorasingh was a Thai
Thai people
The Thai people, or Siamese, are the main ethnic group of Thailand and are part of the larger Tai ethnolinguistic peoples found in Thailand and adjacent countries in Southeast Asia as well as southern China. Their language is the Thai language, which is classified as part of the Kradai family of...

 world boxing
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

 champion. His realname was Net Ladnork.

Sor Vorasingh turned pro in 1975 at the age of fifteen, and in 1977 won the WBC light flyweight title with a decision win over Luis Estaba
Luis Estaba
Luis Alberto Estaba is a former boxer from Venezuela, who was born in Macuro, South American point of entry for Cristopher Columbus. He was nicknamed Lumumba, because of his resemblance to Congolese leader Patrice Lumumba....

. On September 30, 1978, Sung-Jun Kim
Kim Sung-Jun
Kim Sung-Jun was a boxer from South Korea.In January, 1978, he won the Orient and Pacific Boxing Federation light flyweight title....

 of Korea knocked out Sor Vorasingh in three rounds. At nineteen years and 5 months old, the 4’10” southpaw Sor Vorasingh was the youngest fighter to ever lose a world title.
In 1981 Sor Vorasingh challenged WBC light flyweight title holder Hilario Zapata but lost via TKO.

Death

Vorasingh died on December 3, 1982 in a motorcycle accident.
He had a record of 29 wins and 7 losses, with 15 wins by knockout
Knockout
A knockout is a fight-ending, winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts, Karate and others sports involving striking...

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