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Top-Earning Thai Boxer! Foreign Media Reveals Amount Sri Saket, Former World Champion, Earned From 5 Fights in the US

Fightsport22 Feb 2026 21:37 GMT+7

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Top-Earning Thai Boxer! Foreign Media Reveals Amount Sri Saket, Former World Champion, Earned From 5 Fights in the US

Sri Saket Nakornluang Promotion earned approximately 40 million baht from five fights in the United States, according to foreign media reports.

On 22 February 2026, Sri Saket Nakornluang Promotion was one of the Thai professional boxers who brought great joy to Thai boxing fans for a time by winning the WBC super flyweight world title twice and fighting five times in the United States.

Currently 39 years old, Sri Saket has been absent from the ring for nearly a year. His last fight was a unanimous decision loss to 26-year-old Japanese rising star Kaito Yamasaki, with scores of 77-74, 78-73, and 78-73 in the 122-pound 8-round bout in Osaka, Japan.

Looking back to when "Jao Laem" earned the most money, it was undoubtedly from fighting in the United States. Surprisesports, a foreign media outlet, revealed Sri Saket’s earnings across five US fights totaled about 44 million baht.

First fight: Championship bout against Roman Gonzalez

Sri Saket received 75,000 US dollars (approximately 2.4 million baht).

Second fight: Title defense against Roman Gonzalez

Sri Saket received 170,000 US dollars (around 5.4 million baht).

Third fight: Title defense against Juan Francisco Estrada

Sri Saket received 250,000 US dollars (approximately 8 million baht).

Fourth fight: Title defense against Juan Francisco Estrada

Sri Saket received 500,000 US dollars (approximately 16 million baht).

Fifth fight: Championship bout against Jesse Rodriguez

Sri Saket received 400,000 US dollars (approximately 12.8 million baht).