When he arrived in Bangkok, he had to walk more than 60 miles to apply for a job as a refuse collector at a department store.
Two years later, Sor Rungvisai won the WBC-ABC super-flyweight title and went on to defend it 4 times between June 2011 and December 2012.
[8] In an intense fight, Sor Rungvisai became the new WBC super-flyweight champion by knocking out Yota Sato in May 2013 in his native Sisaket.
Each round was toe-to-toe action until Sor Rungvisai overpowered Sato in the eighth" commented promoter Pisitwuttinan Thainchai.
Mukai was overpowered from the early stages and his corner threw in the towel in the ninth round of the bout.
Referee Jay Nady stopped the fight after Cuadras was cut over his left eye due to an accidental clash of heads in round eight.
Cuadras won a unanimous technical decision (TD) (78–73, 77–74, 77–75) to dethrone Sor Rungvisai.
Sor Rungvisai scored a fourth-round knockout (KO) of prospect José Salgado Fernández in May 2015.
[13][14] Sor Rungvisai kept busy fighting in Thailand, scoring eight knockouts in 18 months following his win over Salgado.
[18] Following his upset win over González, Sor Rungvisai was appointed a police officer in Sisaket Province, and enrolled in the Faculty of Political Science, Chalermkarnchana University.
[19] On 4 April 2017 the WBC ordered a direct rematch to take place between González and Sor Rungvisai.
[20] On 6 June promoter Tom Loeffler said the rematch would take place on 9 September on HBO at a location in California, US.
WBO super-flyweight champion Naoya Inoue was in line to make his US TV debut on the same card and was going to face González next, if he were to be victorious against Rungvisai.
[21] Mexican promoter Osvaldo Küchle revealed that Cuadras and Estrada would fight on the undercard for the WBC interim title.
[27] On fight night, in front of a pro-González sell-out crowd of 7,418, González suffered his second consecutive defeat and failed to regain the WBC title, after being knocked out by Sor Rungvisai in the fourth round of their rematch.
I was very hurt the second time when I was knocked down, but I think I'll be OK."[29] Loeffler also spoke to HBO about González' future, "I don't think he's done.
[34] Sor Rungvisai outpointed the Mexican challenger over twelve rounds via Majority Decision (114-114, 115-113, 117-111) to retain his title.
[36] On the 6th of October 2018, Sor Rungvisai defended his title against game Super Flyweight contender Hiram Irak Diaz, Diaz was coming off of a 3-round technical draw against Adolfo Castillo as well as wins against former champions Hernán Márquez and Luis Concepción.
Rungvisai came out in an orthodox stance at the start of the fight which helped Estrada get the upper hand in the early rounds.
Kwanthai's corner decided to retire at the end of the third round, awarding Srisaket the TKO victory.
The title bout was booked as the main event of a DAZN broadcast card, which took place at the Tech Port Arena in San Antonio, Texas.
[42] He lost the fight by an eight-round technical knockout, stopping with a flurry of punches at the 1:50 minute mark.
He knocked his opponent down once prior to the stoppage, dropping Sor Rungvisai with a left hook a minute into the seventh round.