Nicknamed the "Flying Axe Elbow" a lot of his opponents finished fights with a bloody face.

In amateur boxing he participated for the first time in the Thailand Championships in Nakhon Sawan at Lightweight (-60 kg) class.

In the final, he lost to Somchai Nakbalee, since this experience, he has been competing in the Featherweight (-57 kg) division.

He continued to fight until he was selected for the national team, but he was only the substitute for the first Thai Summer Olympics gold medalist Somluck Kamsing.

After his fighting career Panyuthapum became a boxing instructor in the Royal Thai Army (RTA).