I'm about to get old school on all ya...here is a legend in the sport
Born: December 26, 1961, Tambon Huakoon, Thailand
Other names: The Sky Piercing Knee Kicker
Height: 1.88 m (6 ft 2 in)
Weight: 62 kg (140 lb; 9.8 st)
Years active: 1968–1985
Record: 54 fights, 50 wins -4 losses- 1 KO
As you can see, Dieselnoi was a particular tall Thai fighter at 140 lbs (especially for a Thai). His nickname, The Sky Piercing Knee Kicker, should not surprise you. Being so tall, Deiselnoi worked a lot of the plumb clinch and some incredibly devastating knees.
He was lightweight champ (after beating Kaopong, pictured above, who I believe is one of the 4 men to have ever beaten Dieselnoi) at Lumpini for some few years straight, and had to stop competing after having no one left to challenge him.
Other highlights of his career include beating Samart Payakaroon (who is arguably the best pound for pound Muay Thai fighter in history). To be fair, no one was left to fight Dieselnoi, so Samart gave up a sizeable height and weight advantage to give him a fight. He lacked fights for a couple years after and then, in matchup similar to the one with Samart, was pitted against Sakad Petchyindee (another incredible legend) who he also beat.
Towards the end of his career, he fought Peter Cunningham, a karate champion, at the Olympic Stadium, Los Angeles, USA. Needless to say he kneed the crap out of Peter, who showed tremendous heart against this unstoppable man.
By the way, I'm a short dude. I know how much harder it is to fight guys with massive height advantages over you...but Dieselnoi made history with his career.
Check out some of his videos:
On pads: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F8dIsPTWyic
vs Shogo Shimazu: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pARhS01zlWw
vs unknown Kickboxer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAxcPE_0eXw
vs Nongkhai Sor Prapartsorn: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWdmN_zakk8
DEMO with Samart Payakaroon (not the fight): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aQZBDKDx8bY
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