Born in Samut Songkhram, Thailand, Apidej started Muay Thai in his hometown at the age of 8.

After 3 months of training he had his first fight in Ratchaburi competing under the name Apidej Lukpornchai (ครูสุพร วงศาโรจน์), he earned 30 baht.

Apidej simultaneously held no less than seven muay Thai and boxing titles for a period during the 1960s.

[2] Thereafter, he was acclaimed as a national hero and Muay Thai Fighter of the Century by King Bhumibol Adulyadej.

Apidej died of lung cancer at the age of 72 on April 4, 2013, at Phramongkutklao Hospital, Bangkok.