King Taksin was deposed and later executed following a coup, after which Chao Phraya Chakri took the throne[citation needed] .

When Choi was a young boy, he loved to practice Thai boxing and would always be running away without his parents knowing, to train in the art.

One day, Choi left home northernwards and met with a boxing instructor named Thiang (th: เที่ยง) at Wat Ban Kaeng (th: วัดบ้านแก่ง).

Now a young man of twenty years, Thong Di asked the ring master to find him a match.

A famous boxing master of Tak, Nai Hao, who nobody dared to challenge, gladly agreed to take the fight.

Seeing a resounding victory over Nai Hao after witnessing such a formidable display, Phraya Tak showed no hesitation in asking Thong Di to join his army.

Phraya Tak taking advantage of the situation, organized his men into an army and drove back the Burmese force.

Thong Di, under the guidance of Phraya Tak and using guerrilla tactics, won back many small towns and villages from the Burmese.

Thong Di led the Siamese army and fought him at Wat Aka and Chao Phraya Surasi helped him battle the Burmese.

Eventually after fifteen years of war the Siamese under king Taksin had forced the Burmese army back and Siam regained all of its original frontiers.

The bronze image of the great warrior stands proudly in front of the Parliament Building in Uttaradit and serves to remind each generation of the amazing man's courage and loyalty to his King and the Thai nation.