Chaloemporn Sawatsuk (Thai: เฉลิมพร สวัสดิ์สุข; born 30 August 1981) is a Thai professional boxer and Muay Thai kickboxer who has held the Asian Boxing Federation (ABF) welterweight and World Boxing Council (WBC) Asia Silver light heavyweight titles.https://boxrec.com/en/box-pro/658214 BoxRec He has fought across five different weight classes in boxing: welterweight, middleweight, super middleweight, light heavyweight, and cruiserweight. In kickboxing, he also competed for the Japanese promotion RISE. He is also known by the ring names Chaloemporn Singwancha and Kontualai JM Boxinggym.

Background Before becoming a professional fighter, Sawatsuk worked as an enforcer and debt collector, in addition to selling narcotics. At 19 years old, he was sentenced to life in prison on drug trafficking charges. In 2009, Sawatsuk began boxing in prison at the behest of a prison guard. Eventually, his prison sentence was commuted to 10 years when he experienced success competing as a boxer in prison. Sawatsuk went on to win national prison boxing championships. Upon his release from prison on parole, Sawatsuk began his professional boxing career in 2013. He competed in Muay Thai rules under the ring name Kontualai JMBoxingGym (คนตัวลาย เจ.เอ็ม.บ็อกซิ่งยิม).

Bare-knuckle boxing

Bare Knuckle Fighting Championship With his boxing background, Sawatsuk was invited to fight on BKFC Thailand 3: Moment of Truth on 3 September 2022. He faced Dominic Ahnee, whom he beat by third-round technical knockout via doctor stoppage.

He is scheduled to face Keivan Soleimani at BKFC Thailand 5: Legends of Siam on 4 November 2023. Following Keivan Soleimani's withdrawal from the bout, Sawatsuk was slated to face Jonny Tello. Sawatsuk maintained a lead on the scorecards through the first four rounds and even secured a knockdown in the fourth. However, Sawatsuk lost by knockout in the final round.

Championships and accomplishments

Boxing World Boxing Council WBC Asia Silver Light Heavyweight Champion Asian Boxing Federation ABF Welterweight Champion Eight title defenses

Muay Thai MX Muay Xtreme MX Muay Xtreme −94 kg Champion International MuayThai Sport Association 2022 IMSA World Heavyweight Champion

Professional boxing record

ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes30 Loss21–9Rolly Lambert FogoumUD 10 26 Oct 202229Loss21–8David Gladun TKO 3 (10), 19 Dec 202128Loss21–7Teerachai Sithmorseng UD 1019 Dec 202027Win21–6John Korake UD10 1 Dec 2019 26Win20–6Rafi Majid UD6 20 Apr 201925Win19–6Rafi Majid UD6 26 Jan 201924Loss18–6Ahatelike Muerzhabieke TKO 6 (8) 24 Aug 201823Win18–5Talifeng Haoken TKO 3 (6), 10 Dec 201722Loss17–5Pui Yu Lim KO 2 (6) 26 May 201721Loss17–4Ainiwaer Yilixiati KO 2 (6), 25 Feb 201720Loss17–3Andrey Kalyuzhnyy TKO 3 (10), 17 Dec 201619Loss17–2Jay Solmiano KO 1 (8), 8 Oct 201618Loss17–1Azizbek Abdugofurov KO 1 (12), 23 Jul 201617Win17–0Supachai Sungpasert TKO 4 (6) 9 Feb 201616Win16–0Sayid Jafarien Jasi TKO 5 (12) 12 Nov 201515Win15–0Felipe Nascimento UD615 Sep 201514Win14–0Mohamed Larabi UD1222 July 201513Win13–0Simone Cecchini KO9 (12)29 May 201512Win12–0Wellem Reyk TKO5 (12), 28 May 201511Win11–0Nelson Gulpe KO4 (12)28 Dec 201410Win10–0Didi PanzerKO6 (12), 18 Sep 2014 9Win9–0Valentin Thibaut KO3 (6) 29 Jul 2014 8Win8–0Amor TinoUD1217 Jun 2014 7Win7–0Dan Nazareno Jr. 129 Apr 20146Win6–0Ronnel EsparasKO4 (12) 28 Dec 20135Win5–0Cao YangKO1 (6) 19 Nov 2013 4Win4–0Mohamadreza Hamze TKO 7 (8) 15 Oct 2013 3Win3–0Somsak Raksapon 3 (6), 17 Sep 20132Win2–0Yannis Belacel 1 (6) 13 Aug 20131Win1–0Suwicha Ratidet1 (6)9 July 2013

Muay Thai and Kickboxing record

|- style="text-align:center; background:#fbb" | 2024-10-05 || Loss|| align=left| Daichi Abe || RISE Fight Club 2|| Tokyo, Japan || Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 3:00 |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2024-04-20 || Win ||align=left| Joseph Thomas || Rajadamnern World Series || Bangkok, Thailand|| TKO (Doctor stoppage) || 2 ||

|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2024-01-06 || Win ||align=left| Farhad Cyrus Gym || Rajadamnern World Series || Bangkok, Thailand|| Decision (unanimous) || 3 || 3:00 |- |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 2023-08-18 || Loss ||align=left| Kenta Nanbara || RISE 171 || Tokyo, Japan || KO (Right hook) || 2 || 1:32 |- ! colspan="8" style="background:white" | |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2023-06-23 || Win ||align=left| Fernando Almeida || RISE 169 || Tokyo, Japan || Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 3:00 |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2023-04-22 || Win ||align=left| Kosuke Jitsukata || Wanchai MuayThai Super Fight vol.8 || Nagoya, Japan || KO (Low kick)|| 2 || |- ! colspan="8" style="background:white" |

|- bgcolor="#fbb" | 2022-07-29|| Loss ||align=left| Paul Powerhouse Phuket|| Fighter X || Hua Hin, Thailand || KO (High kick) || 1 ||

|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2022-05-22 || Win ||align=left| Justin Burapha Muaythaigym || MX Muay Xtreme || Phuket, Thailand || Decision || 3 || 3:00

|- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2022-04-30 || Win ||align=left| Charles Tiger Muaythai || MX Muay Xtreme || Phuket, Thailand || Decision || 3 || 3:00 |- ! colspan="8" style="background:white" | |- style="background:#fbb;" |- bgcolor="#fbb" | 2022-03-26 || Loss ||align=left| Arash Mardani || Fighter X || Hua Hin, Thailand || TKO (Elbow injury) || 4 || |- bgcolor="#c5d2ea | 2019-12-22 || Draw ||align=left| Bruno Miranda || MX Muay Xtreme || Bangkok, Thailand || Decision || 3 ||3:00 |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2019-10-20 || Win ||align=left| Pascal Jaskiewiez || MX Muay Xtreme || Bangkok, Thailand || Decision || 3 ||3:00 |- bgcolor="#CCFFCC" | 2019-08-18 || Win ||align=left| Hosein Nasiri || MX Muay Xtreme || Bangkok, Thailand || KO || 2 || 1:50 |- bgcolor="#c5d2ea | 2019-06-30 || Draw ||align=left| Eddie Farrell || MX Muay Xtreme || Bangkok, Thailand || Decision || 3 || 3:00 |- | colspan=9 | Legend:

Bare-knuckle boxing record

|Loss |align=center|1–1 |Jonny Tello |KO (punches) |BKFC Thailand 5 | |align=center|5 |align=center|0:50 |Pattaya, Thailand

|Win |align=center|1–0 |Dominic Ahnee |TKO (doctor stoppage) |BKFC Thailand 3 | |align=center|3 |align=center|0:41 |Bangkok, Thailand

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