Buakaw Banchamek

Buakaw Por. Pramuk (Thai บัวขาว ป. ประมุข, born May 8, 1982 - ) is a Thai kickboxer (Muay Thai).

Biography

Since he started his fighting career at the young age of 8, he has fought over 400 times, starting in his home province of Surin, in the northeast of Thailand and then in Bangkok after he moved to Por. Pramuk gym at the age of 15.

He has collected several belts to his name since fighting in Bangkok. First he won the Omnoi Stadium featherweight title, after that he took the featherweight champion of Thailand title. Buakaw won another Omnoi Stadium title belt, this time at lightweight. In December 2002, Buakaw won the Toyota Marathon 140 lb. tournament at Lumpini Stadium, beating the highly regarded Kobayashi of Japan in the final. This was a tournament similar to the K-1 set up with 3 round fights and no elbows allowed until the final. In July of 2004 Buakaw became the K-1 MAX World champion beating John Wayne Parr, Takayuki Kohiruimaki and previous champion Masato all on the same night. In 2005 he nearly repeated as tournament champion but lost a controversial extra rounds decision to Andy Souwer in the finals.

Titles

• Omnoi Stadium Featherweight Champion
• Muay Thai Authority of Thailand Featherweight Champion
• Omnoi Stadium Lightweight Champion
• Lumpinee Stadium Lightweight 2nd place
• Toyota Muay Thai marathon tournament 140 lb. class winner
• KOMA GP Lightweight Champion
• K-1 WORLD MAX 2004 Champion
• K-1 WORLD MAX 2005 Finalist
• S1 Superwelterweight World Champion
• WMC Midlleweight World Champion

Record

• Kickboxing and K-1:

Date	Outcome	Details	Opponent	Nationality	Notes
March 21, 2004	Win	Decision	Fuji Chalmsak	Thailand	NJKF
April 4, 2004	Win	Decision (3R 3-0)	Jordan Tai	New Zealand	K-1 MAX 2004 Opening
July 8, 2004	Win	Decision (Extended Round 2-1)	John Wayne Parr	Australia	K-1 MAX Quarter-Final
July 8, 2004	Win	KO (2R :42)	Takayuki Kohiruimaki	Japan	K-1 MAX Semi-Final
July 8, 2004	Win	Decision (Extended 2R 3-0)	Masato	Japan	K-1 MAX Final
October 13, 2004	Win	Decision {3-0)	Kozo Takeda	Japan	K-1 MAX
November 6, 2004	Win	TKO (2R 1:26)	Maita "Yoneda" Katsumori	Japan	NJKF Titans 1st
February 23, 2005	Loss	Decision (Extended Round 2-1)	Albert Kraus	Netherlands	K-1 MAX Japan
May 4, 2005	Win	Decision (3R 3-0)	Vasily Shish	Belarus	K-1 MAX
July 20, 2005	Win	Decision (3R 2-0)	Jadamba Narantungalag	Mongolia	K-1 MAX Quarter-Final
July 20, 2005	Win	Decision (3R 3-0)	Albert Kraus	Netherlands	K-1 MAX Semi-Final
July 20, 2005	Loss	Decision (Extended 2R 2-1)	Andy Souwer	Netherlands	K-1 MAX Final
February 4, 2006	Win	Decision (3R 3-0)	Mike Zambidis	Greece	K-1 MAX Japan
March 19, 2006	Win	Decision (5R 3-0)	Marco Pique	Holland	Holland vs. Thailand
February 18, 2006	Win	TKO Round 2	Jomhod Kiatadisak	Thailand	WBC Championship Sweden
April 5, 2006	Win	Decision (Ext. 4R 2-1)	Virgil Kalakoda	South Africa	K-1 MAX Elimination

See also

• List of male kickboxers
• K-1

External link

• K-1FANS.com/forum Buakaw ALL VIDEOS