Contemporary · 1961

Dieselnoi Chor Thanasukarn, "Sky Piercing Knee," is universally regarded as the greatest knee fighter in Muay Thai history. Standing six feet tall in an era when Thai fighters averaged much shorter, his devastating clinch-and-knee game was so dominant that opponents literally refused to face him, forcing his premature retirement. No fighter in the sport's history has ever been so good that the competition simply stopped.
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