Master Pol Prapradang Teacher to Master Bob

Pol Prapradang "The Wild Boar"

BOXING RECORD: All together 350 bouts both international style boxing and Muay Thai. No KO or TKO defeats with any opponents. Not even once counted down during the fights. Making his record more spectacular is the fact that Pol often fought with much heavier boxers than himself. He belonged to the Bantam­weight division but he fought and defeated boxers in the Welterweight division without much difficulty.

Pol Prapradang was a speedy boxer with colorful tactics and spectacular movements, especially in Muay Thai of which he possessed a most dangerous reverse elbow strike. His Muay Thai ceremonial prayer dance before the fight was also a legend. His "Hanuman Tob Yoong" boxing dance has had no equal.

Pol won innumerable prizes while he was boxing at the Suan Sanuk Stadium. They included commendation jackets, belts, and countless honorary medals. His skills shone equally both in Muay Thai and in. international boxing. He also made for himself by knocking out Suwan Janmee on with a reverse elbow strike, the first time in the Thai boxing record during the Rattanakosin period a Thai boxer was able to defeat an opponent with such a strike.

The well known boxers of his time which he beat included Suwan Vechasit whom he out pointed in a commendation jacket match. He also outscored Indonesian boxer Kid Ahmad, and famous Phillipino boxer Terry Ocampo. During the time of the Lak Muang Boxing Stadium, Pol won an honour jacket again by outscoring Kamol Singhapallop. Ok fighter, the much smaller Pol also managed to outpoint Jia Jengliam, the gigantic boxer from a Chinese town called A mueng. His record was as spectacular when he boxed at the Suan Jao Chet Boxing Stadium. Apart from a point victory with Hem Chitpreecha, Pol outdid himself by fighting twice with Tawal Wongtevet  The Great Wall of China " who was 20 pounds heavier than himself. The result was one point victory and one draw.

His most persistent opponent, however, was Prasert Sor Sor whom Pol had fought for as many as 18 times. And each time was a close and extremely exciting fight, each calling upon his best strikes with only one thing in mind, to beat the other. The results were also close. Pol won six times and lost five with seven draws. This fighter/boxer from Thailand boxed abroad several times. During one his fights abroad, Pol was stranded in Singapore when the Second World War broke out in this part of the world. He was detained for about a month before he could return to Thailand.

Pol was also the first Thai boxer ever to be interna­tionally ranked in the Bantamweight division as no.8 contender after defeating David Kuigongyoung. But that lasted for three months only. He lost his rank when he was outscored by Larry Bataan in Manila. An extraordinary fighter, Pol boxed until he was 41. His last fight, with Damrongdej Samarnchand, ended with a point defeat. Defeated by his own age, Pol hung up his gloves after that and continued. his career as junior police officer, his last rank being Pol Master