Career
He changed to boxing when a promoter needed a short-term replacement on one of his cards. The relentless pressure fighter Kittikasem started to fight professionally in 1988. After a gutsy performance he was knocked down four times and stopped round 7.
His chin was always his major weakness.
Kittikasem KOd Jung Koo Chang and stopped Chitalada once again in the rematch. He lost the titles against another amateur star in the Russian amateur world champ Yuri Arbachakov, still in 1992.
The fight took place in the Russian"s adopted country Japan, it was an explosive KO when Kittikasem ran right in a counter. 1993 he was KOd one more time by Arbachakov, this time in Thailand.
He had a couple more fights but never contended again.