For over a decade Songchai Ratanasuban (Promoter Songchai) has been Thailand 's #1 boxing promoter/manager and the world's premiere boxing and Muay Thai promoter. His son, Siraphop, and daughter, Pariyakorn, have slowly begun the transition of taking over the reigns of One Songchai Promotions; their stable of boxers includes former champion Yodsanan Sor Nanthachai and Pichitnoi Sitbangprachan, along with up and coming, undefeated prospect Chonlatarn Piriyapinyo.

A Tip Of The Hat To Showtime Boxing

In the New York Daily News Tim Smith writes that 2005 will go down as the year of the rematch and asks: Is the sport better off now than it was a year ago? And will 2006 be a better year than 2005? Smith also lists boxing's winners and losers for 2005. Showtime gets his vote as the big winner for 2005: The cable network broke out of the shadow of HBO with some fantastic shows on a shoestring budget. Hard to argue with that.