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 a 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.