Is Samart Payakaroon the Greatest Striker in Combat Sports History? | สามารถ พยัคฆ์อรุณ
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- Опубликовано: 5 апр 2019
- Boxing, kickboxing and Muay Thai highlight of possibly the greatest stand-up fighter in the history of combat sports - Samart Payakaroon สามารถ พยัคฆ์อรุณ.
Samart Payakaroon is widely considered the greatest Muay Thai fighter of all time. In addition to winning Lumpinee titles in four different weight classes in Thailand, Samart also obtained the WBC Junior Featherweight title in western boxing. His full list of honours is as follows;
105lbs Lumpinee champ (1980)
108lbs Lumpinee champ (1980)
115lbs Lumpinee champ (1981)
126lbs Lumpinee champ (1981)
Sports Writers of Thailand fighter of the year (1981)
Sports Writers of Thailand fighter of the year (1983)
122lbs WBC Boxing title (1986)
The Ring's Progress of the Year fighter (1986)
Sports Writers of Thailand fighter of the year (1988)
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people do not realize most of footage of Samart are at the end of his career. Most of his early & young days that is truly the matrix is not even on youtube.
I realise, and agree that sadly the best of Samart has never been seen on video. my head coach trained alongside him at Yodtong Payakaroon camp in the late 70's/early 80's and had first hand experience of his genius - apparently Samart 'danced and glided around the ring like ballroom dancer'.
@@ianf8554 the muay thai ali...
The katami samurai
No! Not the Muay Thai Ali.
He is the Muay Thai Cassius Clay.
@@amsb4dafunk406 my bad my bad ;)
@@amsb4dafunk406 Muay Thai Ali sounds good.
Boxing Champion + Muay Thai Champions in all class. He is the best of the ring stand fighter that the world ever had.
Amazing fighter! His head movement is something out this world!! The fact that he could excel in both boxing and muay thai proves that he's a legendary fighter!!!
Yes
The the best strikers of the human history are Muay Thai practitioner, that's so cool
He was like the Ali in Muay Thai,he's very skilled n trained,the passion n love for the sports makes him a legend to.
He is the brainiest Muay Thai Fighter. I saw him on TV when I was a kid with his very effective push side kick. I didn't even get his name, but I kept practicing that teep kick because of Samart. For years I had this childhood memory of that muay thai guy from TV. I only realized his name now that I'm already 32 😅
That push kick is indeed nasty. It was effective because Samart was able to throw that kick without telegraphing it.
I heard that Thai people have a proverb:
*"You need to be calm to fight a tiger"*
That guy is a living example of that statement!
I never saw a Thai fighter with such boxing skills... He is in another level.
Natural talent, flawless technique, Muay Thai IQ next to pre-cognition... The whole package. Everything in this video is amazing. Thank you so much.
I’ve heard stories about his young days.. how he used to be untouchable.. literally you just couldn’t touch the guy.. truly amazing 💪🦵 what a LEGEND
He's the greatest striker imo. The one and only fight who won four lumpinee titles in ONE YEAR. No one did that in a such short time, even they are champions with more belts (sagat, chamuekpet, kongtoranee, wangchannoi etc). His style is beautiful and he mastered all the weapons of muay thai, plus unorthodox techniques... Samart truly enbodies the essence of muay thai: balance, domination without agression and violent beauty.
1000% agree. This guy is beyond incredible.
Mybe he ever training the other martial art like a kungfu/sanda or pencak silat
I"m not sure that winning stadium belts in one year is a great standard. Sangmanee won 4 Rajadamnern titles and a Lumpinee title in 10 months, as a 15 year old.
@@8limbsUs Oh I didn't knew that. Of course my standard is not relevant at all.
I like what you have said but I would add one thing. Very elusive with his defense & therefore hard to hit. Complete fighter.
8:15 He is dodges a punch from behind without looking 😳😎
I think he could see a pattern there.
Boxing is very tactile (perceived through touch). He could no longer see his opponent but he felt him sliding to the right out of the clinch. So he knew his opponent didn't have the right space or momentum to land the left hook and it had to be right hand coming as he felt his opponent's gloves moving away from his waste.
Yeah? He didn't dodge many more. That was against Jeff Fenech who annihilated him in 4 rounds.
after that moment I realized, I could not puch him
Respect and love from India and feel proud of our ancient martial art of our Asian heritage
One of the most confident fighters ever for sure. He's got that killer face, but not angry or nothing, just calm, focused, very confident, a true tiger, that's way more scary than the usual young angry fighters going for a war✌️ legend
i've seeked pretty far and wide, watching so much kickboxing mma and muay thai --samart is the best I've ever seen overall. His lead leg, his relaxation, his vision, speed, power, ambidextrous, never tires, barely gets hit, has every strike, can fight moving forwards or backwards... no weaknesses. I'm surprised he ever lost. I haven't seen better yet, too bad there's not tons of clear footage of him. His prime would be late 70s i guess, it's a long time ago. Just like nothing much to see of sugar ray robinson. At least a bit with samart. But seeing what I've seen, he can control range like no other. No one has a lead leg that effective, and that's the longest straightest weapon, and the true jab of a striker. And the jab's the most important punch in boxing. So samart had a weapon head and shoulders above everyone else, and it's the most important weapon, and most people barely have a lead leg roundhouse kick, let alone a great hard fast teep.
but you cannot say it's any one thing with samart, he has everything. He can play elbows with you, he can play front fight, he can know clinch knees, he's obviously spent countless countless hours playing at everything, there's no other explanation for what he does except he spent more time practicing than others. He's figured his body out and can throw it in any direction with any limb from any stance or position. So he's the best overall coordinated striker I've ever seen.
his balance is otherworldly, i've seen an opponent catch and lift samart's teep kick, and raise it over samart's head, but samart not only kept his balance, he lined his leg up again, while it was being held, and blasted the guy with almost zero space in the face, and knocked him down. So the only counter to a teep is to catch it -- because it's the longest straightest weapon, you cannot round kick counter it -- you have to absorb and then catch it, but almost no one could hold his lead teep, he's rip it out of their grasp with ease -- if someone actually managed to somehow cling to it and try to trip samart -- doesn't work, his balance is next level, and he'll keep blasting you while you're holding him, no issues.
I would pay thousands of dollars to have a collection of clear video of this guy in his prime -- if such a thing exists, msg me.
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His head movement at 5:35 looked super choreographed but its amazingly real. Respect to this warrior. The Ali of Thailand!
Looks like he’s having fun with him
Arguably yes, and his vision is probably the best of any fighter ever. It's like he sees everything in slow motion. He's able to see the space and execute strikes in nanoseconds. It's inhuman.
Eric Hedden best striker
I take Somrak over Samart
Only a person who doesn’t watch boxing could argue that his vision is the best ever. That said, he definitely has a strong claim to being the greatest striker overall due to being world class in both Muay Thai and boxing.
@@marcoslopez127 Only a dumbass would assume that. I follow boxing closely and I can't disagree with his statements about Samart.
@@mementomori8991 You don't follow a damned thing. Samart doesn't have half the vision that the top 20 boxers of all time have had. Compare Samart to people like Wilfredo Benitez, Nicolino Locche or Pernell Whittaker. Your statement is a joke.
Samart Payakaroon .. meaning in THAI ( Samart = capable/can/proficient) ( Payakaroon = rising sun tiger)
Buakaw Banchamek = ( Buakaw = White Lotus ) (Banchamek = Cloud commander)
Saenchai = ( 100000 vitory)
They all are upto their name
I love all 3
That cool what does phanuphong mean?
Tao Danjanis = sissy boy
"Nomen Omen" (a name is a destiny) ^^
He was my inspiration growing up in Southeast Asia in the 70s. I got into Muay Thai at the time when boxing is beginning to influence martial arts.
It's a thing of beauty to watch his fight. This boxing stance with incredible head movement added with quickening kicks, jabs and front push kicks, distance controlling, fight IQ completely off the charts. Sad how he's so underrated in the combat world.
In Muay Thai he use Muay Thai stances
How could anyone not appreciate such finesse and impeccable, crisp striking from a wizard striker? He's the GOAT
I don’t think there’s any doubt that Muay Thai fighters are the most highly trained, highly skilled, most efficient strikers in the world.
Completely agree in that.
Facts
Doesn't matter about style. You can be world class no matter what the combat art is
@Kalvakuntla Akhilrao are you talking about Muay Thai?
@Kalvakuntla Akhilrao 1st. there are more than one style that uses elbows and knees. In Kyokushin we practice them as well.
2nd. I think it depends on the Muay Thai gym you are at. I've been to different ones around my city and the US. Taught by both Thai's and non Thai's and it was always different. Some focused more on the higher scoring techniques (kicks, teeps and sweeps from clinch) others focused more on punch to kick combinations. It all depends imo
Arguably the greatest fighter in any combat sports ever.
He is basically the Ali of Muay Thai, he has a high level striking, beautiful to watch, and when he moves he flows in his movements and is complete, simply impressive.
His timing is impeccable one heck of a puncher.
KING OF THE KING MUAY THAI
Finally a video with more of his footage when he was young.
Thank You!
He’s probably the most complete fighter
This guy is UNREAL!!! Why do we find about him in 2020. He should have had an epic career and made millions off of it. He moves like Lomachenko and kicks like Saenchai! Unfair.
He was born too early lol.
With his talent of the classic fighting style plus his quick brain he has become one of the greatest Thai boxers of all time. Just ask any Thai fighter, nobody never knows him for his unforgettable role model in the flighting career.
Absolutely! This is your best video yet. Great stuff👍
Definitely my favourite MTS highlight ever
Thx again. Probably watching it 10 times a week
Samart Payakaroon really great shot punches. Great video
He is a genuis of all time in muay thai..
His split second, last minute teeps are insane. It's like "Samart look out he's too clo ... oh shit nevermind!"
Clearly a master/legend /best/ of combat sports!!!
Yes he is. IMO the greatest martial artist ever. Got to train with him and it was unreal. Matee, Saekson and Samart in the same room together.
Bravo! A++, amongst my favorite and best fighter highlight vids I've seen, and I've seen too many
Champion at the highest levels of both muay thai and boxing. One would be hard pressed to argue against him being the best striker. Seemingly perfect with all of his 8 weapons, offensively and defensively. That footwork is something to behold. Most of the highlight was him as a southpaw, which I love to see, but he's got heat in both hands. Excellent video. Glad I subscribed. Keep up the great work! 👊 👏👏🔥🔥🔥
This guy is the best of MuayThai fighting forever.
The man! You’ve got to put out a Muay Thai Scholar playlist of the music you use so we can run and exercise to the sounds of greatness. Love the work man I believe he is one of the greatest of all time as well
Samuel Alexander agreed
Not one of the greatest he is the greatest
Without a doubt awesome music and videos
Agree
He is indeed an artist. You can only make this content out of pure love
So smooth and technical.
The Best sound vdo clip
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Without a doubt the greatest. How many Muay Thai or MMA champions could go become a world champion boxer as well??
A few Golden Age Muay Thai champions did. Muay Thai Fighter of the Year Samson Isaan did (43-0 as a professional boxer, WBF champion). And Weerapol went onto become a very long reigning WBC world champion, defending his title 14 times.
Holly Holm
It's like, I'm going to take away more than half my weapons that you don't even know about and still beat you
@@8limbsUs wbf is considered a major world title
Quite a few...in fact boxing is how many enter mma in the first place
Wow, what a champ!! Have seen a lot of good fighters in Lumpeene Stadion but he is extraordinary.
The greatest fighter ever in muay thai
What an awesome athlete.
In a word , 'Yes'
I love his style cleaver and fast I miss the old day when I was young love to watch Muay every weekend with my grandpa
1:47 - he slips a punch, steps in close, leans most of his weight on his crouching opponent's shoulder, and cuts an extremely tight angle to appear behind his opponent and score a solid, precise hit.
Lomachenko anyone?
Lorendrawn way before lomachenko
Truth r/woosh
Was thinking lomo abit then
Oley Kiatoneway had similar slips to that, too. Oley's was more slick imo and in Muay Thai, not boxing
Yes - with no question. Reached the top and atg status in muay thai - the best overall striking in the world by far.
And a world champ in boxing - the ither most competitive striking sport. Insane. Plus - didn’t he train basically just muay thai ? Just freaking nuts to be a world champ in boxing
This is the Muhammad Ali of MuayThai. Too bad it wasn’t as popular before,not even with great names as saenchai,Sagat or kiatsongrit. The most decorated MuayThai champ, Buakaw is the one that made Muay Thai recognized globally. Hard to pick one with those monsters I just mentioned.
Muhammad Ali "Kenpo"
Samart is famous name to any die hard muay thai fans/enthusias...he is considered by many the greatest muay thai fighter in history...greater than saenchai, buakaw, sagat etc..
Buakaw and saenchai not even close and both gets away with amateur mistakes that samart would expose and neither come close to samart
I think the golden age of Muay Thai was around 80s there were many gifted fighters, even before Muay Thai got recognized globally.
It’s a good day when Muay Thai Scholar posts a vid 🙏🏼
The most beautiful, the most eloquent.
His opponents suffer from distorted spacial sense when fighting him, like he's going at a speed they cannot comprehend or compute physically.
An uppercut with a six inch trajectory that moves undetected and carries a wallop? Absolutely awesome!!!
19 consecutive slipped punches @ 9:00 then one in return to END it.
Less Sizemore lol. That dude thinks he is fighting with elastic man when he realised he is fighting with Samart
I think that's the single best play ever completed in striking
Rides Over Games where are the slips?
His opponent exhausted himself. I think it was the exhaustion as much as the hit.
He blends his tactics so smooth so opponent always gets surprised and ofcourse, being hit.
Genius footwork, fought on the retreat so well, was truly ambidextrous, had impeccable timing and reflexes, super versatile teep and could kick so high.
Considering he was a notoriously lazy trainer he was incredible, a true savant!
Could pull of shit like double pull feints and not even land a strike afterwards just to flex and demoralise. Often the opponent would stumble. No one intercepted strikes better than Samart.
Maybe the best combat sports athlete of all time?
One of your best vids 👍🏼
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The ring announcer at the end was epic
8:54 he pretended to have a leg injury for an opponent to follow and he closed the game. It's a science in Muay Thai. I can't remember the name of its move.
Samart Payakaroon King of Muay Thai the Best
Dude Samart is the man
What really impressed me that roll off the shoulder
Samart the best of Muay Thai Legend.
Greatest for sure !
Insane skills! 😲
Great man!
He’s so beautiful 😍 amazing fighter
5:40 What the helll
Amazing! Truly the Muhammed Ali of Muay Thai
He was the man in Thailand as far back as the 80s,bit of a movie star also,had the skills,looks etc.I was in Pattaya around the mid 80s when he was due to fight Aussie Jeff Fenech,Thai's thought he would win easy but Fenech ended up knocking him out,they couldn't believe their eyes,today Fenech is very sickmin A Bangkok Hospital,wouldn't mind Betting Samart visits offering to help.Samart was so skillful and silky smoothe and my thai friends back in the day said he would party as hard as he fought,what a Legend.
He lose to Jeff Feneck because he had to loss 20 pound in 1 month before the fight and was fatigued. His height is 172 cm but was fight at 122 lb.
Muay Thai legend
Legend...
King of muay thai
What a legend 👏🙏🔥☝️
OOS!
Him and Somrak are the two best in my eyes. Conquered Muay Thai and boxing.
dozens of Muay Thai fighters had made the transition to boxing and were extremely successful ( more than 60 ) becoming world champions or Olympic medalist with only the 20 percent of their Muay Thai. But a boxer never won and never will win a title in Muay Thai.
Ali-ish defense. He mastered traditional Muay Thai, then added great boxing and may be even taekwondo kicks. What an amazing fighter he was!!
taekwondo kicks? Hahahaha. Stop the cap, dude all his kicks are Muay Thai kicks.
You don't even know what traditional Muay Thai really is. All his defensive moves are from traditional Muay Thai.
One of the most natural fighter ever, P4P. I heard the dude don't even train hard, just pure gift for combat.
Legend of muaythai
Amazing
Too bad you did not include the footage against soudareth but this a great vid that reminds who IS Samart
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Definitely ... He is ... He is both champion in Muay Thai and Boxing ...
The kicking arrow of Samart's is the defensive position of the cool, capable.
Awesome background music.
Great music in this cut
I love him style
Великий мастер!!!
Great music selection
The GOAT
Very amazing
yes ...great striking power ....but also incredible defense ...
Yes. Yes, Samart Payakaroon was the greatest striker in combat sports history
Yess no doubt my man did it and did it in boxing hes crazyyy
well, he's on the top of my list. Sharing the spot with Roberto Duran
He is the best...
Without a shadow of a doubt