On September 11, 1994, a 31-year-old Samart Payakaroon (21-1, 12 KOs) got a shot at the featherweight WBA title held by Eloy Rojas.
Payakaroon came in to the fight on a 7-fight win streak with a 54% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 1 day.
Samart Payakaroon was defending his featherweight titles and, fighting for the featherweight WBA titles against Eloy Rojas and lost via TKO in the 8th round, and adds an loss to his record at 21-2.
On June 8, 1987, the 24-year-old WBC super-bantamweight world champion, Samart Payakaroon (14-0, 8 KOs), faced a 23-year-old Australian boxer Jeff Fenech (15-0, 12 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Payakaroon came in to the fight on a 14-fight win streak with a 57% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 29 days. Fenech was on a 15-fight win streak with a 80% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 5 days.
Jeff Fenech stopped the champion via KO in the 4th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and is crowned the new WBC super-bantamweight champion. Fenech improves his record to 16-0 (13 KOs), while Payakaroon adds a loss to his record at 14-1.