On January 20, 2006, 30-year-old Prayat Sawaingam (51-3, 33 KOs) and Valdemir Pereira fought for the vacant IBF featherweight title.
Sawaingam came in to the fight on a 14-fight win streak with a 61% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 29 days.
Prayat Sawaingam was defending his featherweight titles and, fighting for the featherweight IBF titles against Valdemir Pereira and lost via unanimous decision in the 12-round featherweight fight, and adds an loss to his record at 51-4.
On October 26, 2002, a 27-year-old Prayat Sawaingam (37-2, 23 KOs) got a shot at the super-bantamweight IBF title held by 23-year-old Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao (34-2-1, 25 KOs).
Sawaingam came in to the fight on a 32-fight win streak with a 59% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 27 days. Pacquiao was on a 1-fight win streak with a 67% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 18 days.
Manny Pacquiao made quick work of Prayat Sawaingam, stopping the challenger via KO in the 1st. Pacquiao improves his record to 35-2-1 (26 KOs), while Sawaingam adds a loss to his record at 37-3.
On April 28, 1993, a 17-year-old Prayat Sawaingam (5-1, 2 KOs) and Kaaj Chartbandit met in the ring.
Sawaingam came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 33% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months.
Prayat Sawaingam lost to Kaaj Chartbandit via points decision in the 6-round fight, and adds an loss to his record at 5-2.
On February 1, 1993, a 17-year-old Prayat Sawaingam (4-0, 2 KOs) and Anupong Saohin Srisuk met in the ring.
Sawaingam came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 30 days.
Prayat Sawaingam lost to Anupong Saohin Srisuk via KO in the 4th round, and adds an loss to his record at 4-1.