Muay Thai legend Buakaw Banchamek gained revenge by knocking out Japan’s Yoshihiro Sato in the first round at Rajadamnern Muay Thai Stadium in Bangkok on Friday night.
The 40-year-old Buakaw Banchamek was facing Sato, 41, a two-time K-1 Max Japan tournament winner and the only man ever to knock out the Thai fighter.
Their exhibition bout topped October’s bill of the Rajadamnern World Series “KAT Presents Legends of Rajadamnern”.
Buakaw had won three of their four previous encounters but suffered the only knockout of his career against Sato in 2008.
With a minute remaining in the first round, Sato went down for the first time but it was more of a slip. Sensing his Japanese rival was tiring, Buakaw unleashed a vicious one-two combination to the head, connecting with an overhand right that sent Sato to the canvas. The Japanese managed to get up but his wobbly legs showed he was in no state to continue. The referee called off the match 2 minutes and 15 seconds into the first round.
Source: The Nation