JOMHOD KIATADISAK
INTERVIEW OF JOMHOD KIATADISAK
by Serge TREFEU (2014)
Serge TREFEU: Hello Jomhod, and thank you for grant me this interview, how are you?
JOMHOD KIATADISAK: Hello, well, I am good shape!
How old are you?
I am 43 years old
What is that you are married?
Yes I got married twice, the first time it was with a Finn and today I am married with a Thai…
You have children?
I have three children, two boys and a girl, my biggest boy who is 17 years old lives in Finland…
THE KIATADISAK FAMILY!
You come of what region of the Thailand?
I am of the region of Phang Nga in the South of the Thailand, it’s not far from Phuket…
What is what you have brothers and sisters?
Yes I arise from a big family of eight children, we were four boys and four girls and I am the youngest of the family!
Your brothers fought?
Yes only one of my older brothers fought…
You were a brawler when you were a child?
I just fought at the school with friends, was not it big fights…
You began the boxing at which age?
At about 7 years
In what age you have make your first fight?
I have make my first fight in 11 years in Phuket where I gained 200 bahts!
How you discovered the boxing?
It’s my older brother who introduced me to the boxing, it was a fighter…
You began Muay Thai in which camp?
In a camp which was called Kiatadisak in the South of the country
You fought a lot for camp?
I had to make approximately 70 fights in the region of Phuket
Towards what age you were in Bangkok?
Towards the age of 17 years I left to Bangkok to the camp Detrat where I stayed five years in camp, I have make other camps also, as Muaythai Plaza on 2004…
JOMHOD TRAINS FOR THE CAMP MUAYTHAI PLAZA 2004 WITH ANOTHER LEGEND, SAMKOR KIETMONTEP!
In what category you fought?
I began in 60 kg, then 63 kg and 67 kg, then I have make almost all my career in 70 kg
You fought a lot in the stadiums of Bangkok?
I have make approximately 50 fights in the stadiums of Bangkok!
What title you gained?
I won a lot, many titles, I won my first belt at the age of 15 in 1986, champion’s belt of the South – of 60 kg, then I gained the belt of the stadium Lumpinee of – 63 kg in 1989 against Pothai Chorvikun, in 1991 world champion WMTC’s belt of – 67 kg against French, in 1994 champion’s belt of the Radja – 63 kg against Sittisak Toranusron, in 1995 champion’s belt of the Radja – 67 kg against Vichan Chorrotchai, in 1996 world champion WMTA’s belt of – 69 kg against Ramon Dekkers, in 1998 world champion’s belt of Kickboxing WKA against Eval Denton, and the belt ISKA of – 67 kg against Caldera, in 2000 I gained three world champion’s belts – 70 kg the WMC, the WPKL and the WKN, in 2001 world champion WKN’s belt of – 72 kg against Jerry Morris, in 2002 the belt ISKA and WPKL – 70 KG, in 2003 the belt ISKA of – 70 kg and in 2004 world champion WMC’s belt of – 72 kg against Wanlop Sitpholek!
RADJA CHAMPION!
You beat a French champion in 1991 for a world belt?
Yes but I don’t remember any more his name, the fight was in Macao…
How much have you make of fights, how much have you of victory and defeat?
I have make 360 fights for 330 victories, 28 defeats and 2 draws!
You gained a lot of fight by KO?
I gained 76 victories by KO!
You had which style of boxing?
My style was complete, I was also strong with my elbows, my knees and my feet!
What was your technique preferred in fight?
Techniques with elbows, I loved!
What was your hardest fight?
My hardest fight was when I had 16 years old, I took KO and I stayed unconscious several hours…
Every time I gained a belt it’s a good memory, but I would say that to have gained the belts of two bigger stadiums of Thailand, the belt of the stadium Lumpinee and the belt of the stadium Radja it’s my biggest pride!
What are the known fighters that you faced?
Wanlop, Sittisak, Vichan, Pothai, Petmai, Sakmongkol, Buakaw, Somrak, Saimai, Nokweed, Dekkers, Hippolyte…
You fought a lot abroad?
Yes I have make more than 30 fights abroad, I fought in Holland, in France, in England, in the United States, in Germany, in Sweden, in Finland, in Italy, in Australia, almost everywhere!
I also lived several years in Finland…
You met many foreign fighters, against which one you had most difficulty?
It’s against the Dutch Ivan Hippolyte, he was very strong, he beat me by Technical Knock-out in third rounds in a fight in the USA in 1990 but I took my revenge two years later by beating him in points…
JOMHOD VS HIPPOLYTE!
You know French boxers?
Yes I know many French boxers but I could not tell you names…
What is according to you the best foreign fighter in Muay Thai, before and today?
I think that the French fighters are among the best foreign fighters, they are very hardly!
And the best Thai fighter today, it’s who for you?
Both better current for me are Petchboonchu and Yodvicha!
You made well your living thanks to Muay Thai?
Yes I gained good purses which allowed me to have a life much better…
What was your promoter when you fought?
My promoter in Thailand was Tunkeapet but I had several promoters…
You gained good purses in the time?
My biggest purses in Thailand in the time were 200 000 bahts!
After your boxer’s career what you have make?
I was a trainer in several camps then I opened my own camp which is to Phuket, Jomhod Muaythai Gym, there are moreover French boxers who come to train for it!
JOMHOD HAS 43 YEARS IN ALWAYS THE SHAPE!
HIS FRENCH BOXERS OF THE CITY OF TOULOUSE HAVE TO BENEFIT FROM INVALUABLE ADVICE OF MASTER’S JOMHOD!
You put back gloves in more than 40 years, it was in 2012?
Yes I have make a fight against Somrak for Lumpinee which I gained, then we made the revenge in 2013 for Radja and I lost in points but I never have really to stop the boxing, I often fought to Phuket, even now…
Thank you for the interview and chookdee!
Thank you
THE DUMPAN FOR THE FIRST FIGHT BETWEEN JOMHOD AND SOMRAK WAS 3 MILLION BAHTS, AND THE DUMPAN IN GAME FOR THEIR SECOND CONFRONTATIONS WAS 6 MILLION BAHTS!
JOMHOD VS SOMRAK IN LUMPINEE STADIUM !
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Jomhod was nicknamed « The King of the Ring », this great champion had a power of devastating strike, he has to bring down many of his opponents thanks to his lumberjack’s low kicks and his magnificent techniques of pokes!
THE KING OF THE RING !
Jomhod makes his first fight important to Bangkok in the stadium TV7 where he beats formidable Petmai Jocky Gym. At the age of only 18 years he takes away the belt of Lumpinee – 63 kg in front of Pothai Chorvikun. At the age of 23, he faces Sittisak Toranusron in the stadium TV7 for the belt of the stadium of Radja – 63 kg. In 1995, at the age of 24, he beats for the belt of Radja of – 67 kg, the big champion Vichan Chorrotchai who was a champion of the Radja and the Lumpinee, next year in the King’s Birthday, he beats terrible Ramon Dekkers for the title of champion of the World WMTA. Then, Jomhod is going to plunder the boxing rings of the whole world and to make a clean sweep, 12 titles of champion of the World, a record!
THE KING OF BOXING RINGS COLLECTS WORLD CHAMPION’S BELTS!
Jomhod beat great Thai champions such as Wanlop Sitpholek, Sakmongkol Sitchutchok (KO), Nokweed Dawy, Vichan Chorrotchai, and the best foreign fighters of the planet in 70 kg were all defeated before “King” of the boxing rings which defeated the cream of the Dutch champions that are Ramon Dekkers (RIP), Hassan Kassrioui, Jerry Morris, Ivan Hippolyte, Rayen Simson, Orlando Wiet, Najim Ethoullali, the French champion Mourad Djebli (KO), the Russian champion Arslan Magomedov (KO), the Danish champion Olé Laursen, the English champion Kash Gill, the Belgian champion Chris Van Venroy, the Australian champion Paul Briggs (KO)!
JOMHOD IS KNOWN IN ALL THE MAGAZINES SPECIALIZED OF THE PLANET!
Real name: Jamlong Thotting
Nickname: The King of the ring
Date of birth: in July 5th, 1970
Weight: 70 kg
Height: 1m77
Number of fight: 360. 330 Wins. 28 Losses. 2 Draws
Titre : Lumpinee Champion – 63 Kg (1989), World Champion WMTC – 67 Kg (1991), Radja Champion – 63 Kg (1994), Radja Champion – 67 Kg (1995), World Champion WMTA – 69 Kg (1996), World Champion Kick Boxing – 67 Kg (1998), World Champion ISKA – 67 Kg (1998), World Champion WMC – 70 Kg (2000), World Champion WPKL – 70 Kg (2000), World Champion WKN – 70 Kg (2000), World Champion WKN – 72 Kg (2001), World Champion ISKA – 70 Kg (2002), World Champion WPKL – 70 Kg (2002), World Champion ISKA – 70 Kg (2003), World Champion WMC – 72 Kg (2004)
JOMHOD KIATADISAK « THE KING OF THE RING »