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Thai junior flyweight Siriporn
Thaweesuk
(aka Samson Tor Buamas, aka Samson Sor Siriporn, aka the Black Rose)
was born on April 26,
1983 in Lop Buri, Thailand. Her entry into the world of boxing came at
age 16 in the Pathum Thani prison where she was serving a ten-year
sentence
for selling methamphetamines while trying to support her impoverished
family by operating a roadside clothes stand. Thailand's
crowded
prisons had instituted a variety of stress-relief programs
for female inmates, including meditation, laughing contests,
and
soccer as well as Muay Thai kickboxing and
boxing schools.
Siriporn took up boxing and weight training to help her protect herself
from other inmates.
On November 7, 2005 at the
Klong Luang Prison in Pathum Thani, Thailand, Siriporn
Thaweesuk
won a four-round unanimous decision over Maneeni Por Sirisuek in a bout
held in an outdoor arena next to where the inmates
were being held.
On the same card Nanako Kikuchi (105 lbs) of
Tokyo, Japan defeated her fellow inmate Wannee Chaisena (aka "Nongmai
Sor Siriporn", 104½ lbs) for the WBC World
Straw-weight title
by a seventh-round TKO. Chaisena was serving a
four-and-a-half year prison term for dealing methamphetamines, but had
also been in the prison boxing program and had been promised
consideration for parole if she won the world title. The WBC
had
agreed to stage some world title fights in the prisons as a
way to
contribute to the rehabilitation of the incarcerated Thais.
On December 5, 2005 at Ampher
Muang in Pathum Thani, Thailand, she lost a four-round unanimous
decision to Loopla Sakmontri.
On
January 14, 2006 at the Airforce Officer Monument in Bangkok, Thailand,
she won a four-round unanimous decision over Pornsanan Por Burabha.
On
January 30, 2006 at Taladthai Market in Pathum Thani, she TKO'd Rungfah
Sithpavan at 1:42 in the first round of a scheduled six.
On
March 10, 2006 at Rachabhak University in Petchaburi, Thailand, she won
a six-round unanimous decision over Maliwan Pathompothong.
On March 20, 2006 at Sukhothai
Thammatirat University in Nonthaburi, Thailand, she TKO'd Jinda Sor
Amomprakam in the second round of a scheduled six-rounder.
 On May 10, 2006 at the high
security Klong Prem Central Prison in Bangkok, Thailand, Nanako Kikuchi retained
the WBC straw-weight title with a ten-round unanimous
(97-93,96-94,96-94) decision over Siriporn. Referee Bruce
McTavish of New Zealand praised the unusual proceedings, saying "The
WBC title fight in prison is unique and I think it is great to give
people in jail a chance to have some career and job to do after they
are released." Kikuchi improved to 7-1-1 (1 KO)
with the win.
Thaweesuk had been told that
if she won the title she could be freed from the prison so that she
could travel to defend it. After the fight, Siriporn
Chutigulang, the chief of the Woman's Special Prison (who also
managed the prison's boxing camp) said they would consider
reducing her sentence anyway because she had been a good prisoner.
Kikuchi remarked that she was sorry for shattering Thaweesuk's
hopes for an earlier release from the prison but as a sportswoman she
had to fight to win.
On
August 31, 2006 at the University of Thurakit Bandtit, Bangkok,
Thailand, Siriporn won a four-round decision over Bang on
Kiatruenpetch.
On November 22, 2006 at
Bangprakong
Wittayayon School in Chachoengsao, Thailand, Siriporn (105 lbs) won a
six-round decision over Chirawadee Sisuk (aka Winyu Paradorn Gym) of
Pisanulok, Thailand who fell to 1-1.
 On April 3, 2007 in the yard
at Klong
Prem Prison in Bangkok, Thailand, Siriporn won a ten-round
unanimous (97-93,98-92,100-91) decision over Ayaka Miyao of Japan for
the vacant WBC Junior Flyweight title, Miyao was
knocked
down in the fifth and sixth rounds but she managed to recover and
go
the distance. Ayaka Miyao fell to 4-3-1 (0 KO's) with the
loss while
Siriporn entered history as the first Thai prison inmate to win a
WBC title.
General
Nathee Chitsawang, the director of the Thai Department of
Corrections, stated that a special committee would be
set up
to consider parole for Siriporn, who had then served about
eight
years of her 10-year sentence, to let her go out temporarily
to
defend her WBC title, and to consider reducing
the time still
to be served on her sentence. Her release was approved on June 13, 2007.
 On August 15, 2007 at The
Mall Shopping Center in Bang Khae, Bangkok, Siriporn (108 lbs)
defended the WBC title with a ten-round unanimous (98-91,98-91,99-91)
decision over Anri Nakagawa (5′ 2½″,108 lbs) of Tokyo who fell
to
5-2-1 (1 KO). Siriporn pressed the action against a cautious
Nakagawa and soon showed that the had added body punching to her
arsenal, as she bullied the Japanese challenger into the ropes and
targeted her midsection. Nakagawa showed skills at keeping
herself
out of range in the later rounds, but Siriporn had clearly improved all
of her skills since winning the title. The Japanese boxer
wilted
under pressure in the sixth round and was knocked down in the seventh
but beat the count and was able to hang on until the bell.
The
late rounds were messy as both fighters tired and tied each other up in
clinches.
At this point in her career, Siriporn was returning to
the Women's Correctional Institute almost daily to train other inmates
in boxing.
 On November 19, 2007 at The
Mall Shopping Center Ngamwongwan in Bangkok, Thailand,
Siriporn defended
the WBC Junior Flyweight title with a ten-round unanimous (96-94,96-94,97-94) decision
over challenger Momo Koseki of Tokyo, who fell to 3-2 (0 KO's).
On April 25, 2008 in Phnom
Penh, Cambodia, Siriporn defended the WBC Junior Flyweight title with a ten-round
majority (97-95,95-95,97-95) decision over 32-yr-old Kayoko Ebata of
Tokyo who fell to 1-1. Siriporn looked passive in the early
rounds but then began to fight harder and landed many blows
on a tiring Ebata's face in the middle of the tenth round to
secure the win. "I
am very happy with the success," Siriporn told
reporters after her third successful title defense, but
she would not defend the WBC title again.
On December 28 2008 at Fonjang
Temporary Stadium in Chonburi, Thailand, she won a six-round decision
over debuter Nuria Corvierina Merino of Spain (who has not fought
again).
On April 10, 2009 in Bangkok,
Siriporn (110
lbs) TKO'd debuter Klara Leiva (112 lbs) of Sweden at 1:28 in the
eighth round of a scheduled ten-rounder. Leiva has also not
fought again.
 On
June 17, 2009 at Sri Satchanalai in
Sukhothai Province, Thailand, Siriporn won the WIBA International
Flyweight title with a ten-round unanimous (99-91,100-91,98-93)
decision over Yu-Jie Luo of China, who fell to 1-2 (0 KO's).
Siriporn who was taller and more
experienced than her
Chinese opponent used her aggressive style to dominate the
action
from the opening round. After midway through the fight Yu Jie
lost
her power after taking many hard shots to her body
allowing Siriporn to coast to the win.
On February 27, 2010 in
Bangkok, Siriporn won a six-round decision over debuter Letisia Campana
of France.
On May 18 2010 at Tapong
Central Market in Rayong, Thailand, Siriporn won the vacant WIBA
Minimumweight title with a TKO of Jujeath Nagaowa of La
Trinidad, Philippines in the fourth round of the scheduled
ten-rounder. Nagaowa fell to 8-7-1 (5 KO's).
On July 28, 2010 at Khon
Kaen Shoes Warehouse in Khon Kaen, Thailand, Siriporn defended
the
WIBA Minimumweight title with a ten-round unanimous
(100-92,100-94,99-92) decision over 19-year-old Da-Lin Liu of China,
who fell to 1-2 (0 KO's).
On October 22, 2010 at Central
Sports Stadium in Pisanulok, Thailand, Siriporn TKO's debut fighter San
Kim of South Korea at 1:20 in the fifth round of a scheduled
six-rounder.
On December 3, 2010 at
Klongchan Housing Complex Sport Stadium, in Bangkok, Siriporn
TKO'd Saithong Kwanjaisrikord of Vientiane, Laos at 1:25 in the second
round of a scheduled six-rounder. Kwanjaisrikord fell to 0-2 with the
loss.
On
February 19 2011, at Sukothai, Thailand, Siriporn defended the WIBA
Minimumweight title and won the vacant WBC Asian Boxing Council
Minimumweight title with a ten-round unanimous decision over 2005 AIBA
bronze medalist Gretchen Abaniel of Puerto Princesa City, Philippines.
Abaniel fell to 10-2-0 while Thaweesuk improved to 20-2 (6 KO's).
Her
life story has been documented on Singaporean television and is being
made into a movie and a Discovery Channel documentary by a Thai film
company.
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last updated: Saturday, April 16, 2011
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