Chartchai Chionoi (right) poses with then-WBC president Jose Sulaiman in 2002. Surapote PhongjivanichFormer WBC and WBA flyweight champion Chartchai Chionoi died on Sunday at the age of 75 after a long battle with illnesses, his family said. Chartchai was Thailand's second world boxing champion after his idol Pone Kingpetch. He won the world flyweight title after stopping champion Walter McGowan of Britain in the ninth round at Hua Mark Indoor Stadium on Dec 30, 1966. Dubbed the Little Marciano after heavyweight great Rocky Marciano, Chartchai retired in 1975 after suffering a knockout loss to Rodolfo Francis.

Source: Bangkok Post January 22, 2018 21:11 UTC