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Changpuek Kiatsongrit (Somchai Ropkwaen) was born on 13 October, 1966 in Thailand, is a Muay Thai fighter (born 1966). Discover Changpuek Kiatsongrit's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 57 years old?

Popular As Somchai Ropkwaen
Occupation Muay Thai trainer
Age 57 years old
Zodiac Sign Libra
Born 13 October, 1966
Birthday 13 October
Birthplace Thailand
Nationality Thailan

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Changpuek Kiatsongrit Height, Weight & Measurements

At 57 years old, Changpuek Kiatsongrit height is 1.73 m and Weight 70 kg.

Physical Status
Height 1.73 m
Weight 70 kg
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Dating & Relationship status

He is currently single. He is not dating anyone. We don't have much information about He's past relationship and any previous engaged. According to our Database, He has no children.

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Changpuek Kiatsongrit Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Changpuek Kiatsongrit worth at the age of 57 years old? Changpuek Kiatsongrit’s income source is mostly from being a successful trainer. He is from Thailan. We have estimated Changpuek Kiatsongrit's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
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Net Worth in 2023 Pending
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1966

Changpuek Kiatsongrit (ช้างเผือก เกียรติทรงฤทธิ์; born October 13, 1966) is a Thai former Muay Thai fighter.

He is credited as being one of the first Muay Thai fighters to go abroad and fight other fighters of other martial arts styles, often stronger and heavier than himself, bringing to the world an understanding of the effectiveness of Muay Thai.

Changpuek is a seven time world champion who has fought some of the world's best fighters at middleweight to heavyweight and has wins against world class fighters such as Rob Kaman (x3), Rick Roufus, Peter Smit and Tosca Petridis.

After ending his career as a professional fighter while working for Sitpholek gym in Pattaya, Thailand, he continued his employment at that gym as a Muay Thai trainer.

Changpuek was born and raised in a small village some 30 km from the town of Prakhonchai, Buriram in northeastern Thailand, one of seven children.

A young Changpuek became attracted to Muay Thai from watching local fighters and started training at home alongside his brothers under the tutelage of their father.

He had his first fight at 14 and by 18 had left home to join the Kiatsongrit Gym in Bangkok, where he would remain for more than sixteen years.

Changpuek fought at the lower weights in his early years spent on the Bangkok circuit, weighing as little as 49 kg (108 lbs) on his Rajadamnern Stadium debut.

After fighting for a number of years in Thailand, Changpuek found it increasingly difficult to get fights domestically as his weight (70 kg) was not typical for a Thai where competitive bouts at tend to be at the lower weights.

1988

As a result, he started to fight abroad facing the K.I.C.K. world champion Rick Roufus in a non-title fight in Las Vegas in 1988.

Changpuek's leg kicks proved too much for Roufus, despite being knocked down in the first and suffering a broken jaw, won via knockout in the fifth round.

The knockout was due to a culmination of low kicks that the American fighter was unprepared for.

1989

In 1989 Changpuek faced another top class fighter in Rob Kaman.

Changpuek won the first match of four between the two by decision in Paris setting the way for a rematch in Amsterdam the following year this time with the added bonus of the I.M.T.F. light heavyweight world title.

Kaman gained his revenge in Amsterdam knocking out Changpuek in the last round of their match.

The third match between the pair followed two months later with Changpuek taking a decision victory and the belt which Kaman had only just won.

1990

After his trilogy of fights with Kaman, Changpuek would continue to fight some of the top light heavyweight fighters in the world between 1990 and 1992, losing one and winning one against Peter Smit, defeating Luc Verheye by knockout and decisioning Orlando Wiet.

In this period he would lose and regain his I.M.T.F. world title and claim the first ever W.M.K. world belt.

1993

In 1993 Changpuek was invited to compete against some of the world's top heavyweight kickboxers at the inaugural K-1 world grand prix, losing to eventual winner Branko Cikatić by knockout at the quarter-final stage.

He was invited back by the organization to take part in a world title fight - defeating Taiei Kin over five rounds to claim the vacant U.K.F. belt.

1993 would continue to be a busy year for Changpuek, he fought on cards throughout the year in Japan picking up several victories as well as losing to legendary karateka Andy Hug at the karate world cup.

At the end of the year he fought in the K-2 Grand Prix '93 a tournament held by K-1 for light heavyweight fighters.

As the smallest fighter at the event weighing only 75 kg, Changpuek faced Rob Kaman in the fourth (and final) match of their quartet of fights, winning a grueling match by decision.

A victory in the semi-finals against Tasis Petridis meant a final match against future four-time K-1 world champion Ernesto Hoost.

Changpuek managed to push the much larger Hoost into an extra round only to lose eventually via a head kick knockout.

Although Changpuek would never again quite hit the peak of his success of the early nineties, he fought a number more times with the K-1 organization, the highlight being a victory against Nobuaki Kakuda to claim the W.M.T.C. cruiserweight world title and wins against the likes of Kakuda were tempered by defeats against Michael Thompson, Ivan Hippolyte and Manson Gibson.

2001

Changpuek fought a number of fights in Europe around the turn of the millennium winning the W.K.U. world title in 2001 but found victories harder to come by as the toll of career of 300+ fights set in and he retired around 2006 at the age of 40.

He currently resides in Pattaya, Thailand where he is the father of two children and is a Muay Thai coach.

2011

His nephew, Kongsak Sithboonmee, was named Thailand's top Muay Thai boxer in April 2011.

! style=background:white colspan=9 |Fails to Qualifie for Kickboxing Superstar tournament.

! style=background:white colspan=9 |Fight was for Gibson's I.K.K.C. Muaythai light heavyweight world title.

! style=background:white colspan=9 |Wins the vacant W.K.U. Cruiserweight World title.

! style=background:white colspan=9 |Wins W.M.T.C. Cruiserweight World Title.

! style=background:white colspan=9 |Loses his U.K.F. World Lightheavyweight championship title.

! style=background:white colspan=9 |Fight was for K-2 Grand Prix '93 World Championship title -79 kg. ! style=background:white colspan=9 |Wins the vacant U.K.F. World Light heavyweight championship title -79 kg.

! style=background:white colspan=9 |Retains I.M.T.F. Light Heavyweight World title.

! style=background:white colspan=9 |Wins the vacant 1st W.M.K. World Heavyweight Championship title.

! style=background:white colspan=9 |Wins Smit's I.M.T.F. light heavyweight world title -79 kg. ! style=background:white colspan=9 |Loses I.M.T.F. light heavyweight world title -79 kg. ! style=background:white colspan=9 |Wins Kaman's I.M.T.F. light heavyweight world title -79 kg. ! style=background:white colspan=9 |Fight was for vacant I.M.T.F. Light Heavyweight World title -79 kg.

! style=background:white colspan=9 |Handicap match.

Payap was not allowed to kick.