Siriporn Thaweesuk of Thailand, celebrates after her winning over Kayoko Ebata, right, from Japan, during their WBC light flyweight title in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, Saturday, April 26, 2008. Thailand's Siriporn Thaweesuk, the former female drug dealer from Thailand retained her World Boxing Council crown Saturday in a 10-round bout against the Japanese challenger. In a 2-1 decision, Thailand's Siriporn Thaweesuk beated Ebata in the third defense of her light-flyweight belt, which she won while serving a prison term for selling amphetamines.(AP Photo/Heng Sinith) PHNOM PENH, CAMBODIA: Thailand's Siriporn Thaweesuk, who won her WBC light flyweight title in prison while serving time for drug offenses, made her third successful defense by beating Japan's Kayoko Ebata on Saturday (26 Apr).
On the day of her 25th birthday, Siriporn won by split decision in the 10-round bout on neutral ground in Cambodia. Two judges gave her the decision and another scored it a tie.
In an evenly contested bout, Ebata fought through swelling around both eyes from early in the fight, with both boxers noticeably fatigued in the later rounds fought in the tropical heat.
Siriporn, also known as Samson Sor, first took the vacant WBC light flyweight title when she outpointed Japan's Ayaka Miyano in a bout at Klong Prem Prison in April last year. She was serving a sentence for selling amphetamines.
She received a pardon after winning the title and was freed from the women's prison in Pathum Thani province, 32 kilometers (20 miles) north of Bangkok, three years before the end of her 10-year sentence.
Saturday's bout was the third time Siriporn had defended her title with decisions over Japanese opponents, having oupointed Anri Nakagawa in August and Momo Koseki in November last year.
Last month she signed a contract selling rights to her story to an independent producer from Los Angeles, who said he would turn her story into a movie.
Siriporn grew up in a poor family in Bangkok, where her family made a living by selling clothes on the roadside. (AP)
On the day of her 25th birthday, Siriporn won by split decision in the 10-round bout on neutral ground in Cambodia. Two judges gave her the decision and another scored it a tie.
In an evenly contested bout, Ebata fought through swelling around both eyes from early in the fight, with both boxers noticeably fatigued in the later rounds fought in the tropical heat.
Siriporn, also known as Samson Sor, first took the vacant WBC light flyweight title when she outpointed Japan's Ayaka Miyano in a bout at Klong Prem Prison in April last year. She was serving a sentence for selling amphetamines.
She received a pardon after winning the title and was freed from the women's prison in Pathum Thani province, 32 kilometers (20 miles) north of Bangkok, three years before the end of her 10-year sentence.
Saturday's bout was the third time Siriporn had defended her title with decisions over Japanese opponents, having oupointed Anri Nakagawa in August and Momo Koseki in November last year.
Last month she signed a contract selling rights to her story to an independent producer from Los Angeles, who said he would turn her story into a movie.
Siriporn grew up in a poor family in Bangkok, where her family made a living by selling clothes on the roadside. (AP)
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