Srisaket Sor Rungvisai will be back soon.
The former junior bantamweight titleholder from Thailand, No. 14 on Boxing Junkie’s pound-for-pound list, will face countryman and former flyweight titlist Amnat Ruenroeng on Aug. 1 in their home country. It will be streamed on DAZN.
The fight was scheduled and canceled twice, on April 4 and then again on May 2.
Sor Rungvisai (47-5-1, 41 KOs) is coming off a close, but unanimous-decision loss to Juan Francisco Estrada that cost him his 115-pound title in April of last year, his first setback since 2014.
The 33-year-old from Si Sa Ket had two stints as a 115-pound titleholder, 2013-14 and 2017-2019. He made his name worldwide by twice defeating Roman Gonzalez, the second time by knockout.
Ruenroeng (20-3, 6 KOs) was a 112-pound titleholder in 2014-16 but the 40-year-old has had limited success in recent years. He’s 3-3 in his last six fights, including a fourth-round knockout against Johnriel Casimero in 2016.
Sor Rungvisai hopes to use the Ruenroeng fight as a stepping stone to another title fight. Estrada is expected to face Gonzalez sometime in the fall, with Sor Rungvisai in line to face the winner.