Olympic Thai Boxer, Worapoj Petchkoom, On The Ropes Over Gay Mag Undie Pic

We love boxers, especially when they wear briefs. But former Olympics Thai boxing star silver-medalist, Worapoj Petchkoom, has found himself on the ropes after appearing in a gay men’s magazine in purple mesh undies (among others). Bangkok of the Mind reports that the Amateur Boxing Association of Thailand “is upset, and has set up a panel to investigate Worapoj’s conduct. It believes his cover shoot for this month’s Stage magazine may have brought the association into disrepute.”
You may remember when we ran a story about Sirimongkol Singwancha, another Thai boxer who got himself into some legal trouble for posing nude and “helping distribute pornography.” Worapoj’s not in legal trouble like him, but Bangkok of the Mind has the blow-by-blow account of how he got involved in the first place:

‘I did not know the magazine would turn out this way…I thought it would be an ordinary fashion shoot. I am straight, with a girlfriend, but the news has upset my family,” says Worapoj.

Worapoj, who has gone to the media with his complaints, says he agreed to the shoot after a dentist friend who knows people at the magazine invited him to do the cover, to mark the magazine’s third anniversary.

‘I thought they were doing me an honour by asking me to pose for their birthday issue,’ he said, insisting he did not know at the time that the magazine was aimed at the gay market.

‘I posed for the shoot last month. On the first day I started to have my doubts, when they brought out a pair of underwear for me to wear.

‘I thought I would just be wearing a swimming costume. I refused, but they coaxed me into it, saying they wanted to see my six-pack.

‘That night I called my girlfriend, who told me it was probably a gay magazine, and the shoot would probably have repercussions for the boxing society if I carried on.

‘The next day my girlfriend accompanied me to the shoot. She asked the organisers if I could pull out, but they said I had signed a contract. If I cancelled, I would have to pay compensation,’ he told the Joh Jai show on Channel 5, in an interview taped yesterday for air on Aug 6.

‘Since the magazine appeared, another two gay titles have offered me work, but I turned them down. I meant to show my six pack—not my private parts.’

Any of those inclined to think that Worapoj is just like those other poor Olympic stars forced into a life of gay pordomn after hawking his silver medal can eat those thoughts like pad thai noodles. According to him, he has no issue with money as he’s opening a private gym very soon. He also only got a measly B15,000 for the shoot (about $441) and has denied being gay, using his girlfriend as proof. Honey please, Reese Rideout’s got a girlfriend too, but he’s as straight as Liberace.
Actually, we don’t think you’re gay, Worapoj. Hot straight models appear in gay mags and vice-versa all the time. But if the boxing and gym thing don’t work out for you, you’ll always have a home in the open mouths butts arms of the gay porn universe.
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