Rahu Fight IV: Cambodian victories in Bussy-Saint-Georges Rahu Fight IV៖ ជ័យជម្នះកម្ពុជានៅ Bussy-Saint-Georges

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Placing Rahu Fight IV on the right local date

Rahu Fight IV was scheduled by organiser Prodal Boran for 28 February 2026 at Gymnase Michel Jazy in Bussy-Saint-Georges, France. The official ticket page gave an evening window of 19:00 to 23:30, and the AFMT calendar listed the same local date. Cambodian coverage sometimes referred to 1 March. The event record therefore uses the French promoter’s date while preserving the discrepancy instead of creating two separate galas.

The setting matters. Bussy-Saint-Georges is the host municipality, even when Cambodian reports use Paris as a broader international reference. Identifying the actual gymnasium and organiser gives the sporting exchange a concrete home. It also prevents a visitor from confusing this meeting with another Paris-area show or assuming that all French appearances by Cambodian fighters belonged to the same promoter.

Six visiting athletes, but not six invented results

A ThmeyThmey preview published on 25 February reported a federation press conference held two days earlier. It named a six-person Cambodian delegation including Pich Sambath, Beut Sangkhum, Chhut Serey Vannthong, Theam Seanghai, Touch Chanvortey and Pich Athitep. That later delegation announcement is more useful for understanding the travelling team than an early poster alone.

The final result record remains narrower than the delegation list. Three contests can be connected to named opponents and outcomes using the promoter’s card, the federation-attributed preview, specialist records and subsequent reporting. Other athletes were acknowledged as belt winners after the trip, but a complete official results sheet was not recovered. Their recognition should not be converted into made-up opponents, rounds or methods.

Sambath and Vannthong finish before the decision

Sambath’s pairing with Combes appeared before the event, including the contracted 60 kg figure. His secondary bout record identifies a second-round knockout, while the later Cambodian recognition report independently places him among the belt winners. Those two kinds of evidence do different jobs: one supplies the individual result detail, the other confirms the successful return. Neither justifies an imagined account of the opening round or a claim about an official judges’ score.

Vannthong’s record identifies Sergio Pinilla Soriano as his opponent and also records a second-round knockout. The subsequent sponsor report names Vannthong among four Cambodian belt winners. The contracted weight of this particular match-up has not been established sufficiently, so it remains open. A familiar athlete’s usual division is not a reliable substitute for the conditions of one specific overseas contest.

Touch Chanvortey’s place in the sporting story

Chanvortey was paired with Mathilde Thomas at 54 kg in the federation-attributed preview, and the organiser’s programme also named the two women. The later report describes Chanvortey’s win on points. Connecting those sources supports the result shown in the table, while still leaving the unavailable scorecards and precise margin unstated.

Her appearance should be reported as a competitive assignment in its own right. She was not simply a female name included in a travelling delegation. The pairing, weight and decision outcome provide the same basic sporting information used for the men. For readers following the development of Cambodian women’s boxing, preserving those details is more valuable than replacing them with a generic tribute.

What the post-tour recognition actually establishes

March reporting described recognition for the six athletes after their French trip. Khmernote named Sambath, Beut Sangkhum, Seanghai and Vannthong as belt winners, and separately described Chanvortey’s points victory. AMS reported a ceremony held on 10 March. These accounts show that the delegation’s performances continued to receive attention after the ring programme ended.

They are sponsor-linked accounts, however, rather than an official technical results service. A financial acknowledgement for Pich Athitep does not reveal whether he won, lost or completed a particular bout. Likewise, the presence of a belt in a celebration does not establish whether its sanctioning level was national, international or world. This report keeps the meaningful recognition without upgrading it into unsupported sporting classifications.

How the early card changed the reporting challenge

The promoter’s advance programme included Lorn Panha against Mohamed Cheick. That pairing does not appear in the later six-person Cambodian delegation as a completed result. It is therefore not included in the verified table. Event posters are important evidence of what organisers announced, but line-ups can evolve. A historical article must distinguish the promise of a contest from proof that it took place.

• The local event date is 28 February, supported by promoter and federation calendar.
• The six-person delegation is established by the later Cambodian preview.
• Three identified results are retained; missing outcomes are not treated as losses or victories.
• Generic belt recognition is not presented as a confirmed world championship.

Why this meeting belongs in the international Kun Khmer story

Rahu IV linked a French association, a named municipal venue and a Cambodian delegation that included both male and female athletes. That is a practical form of international exchange: organisers provide a platform, fighters travel to face particular opponents, and the resulting performances become part of their sporting histories. The significance does not depend on inventing a crowd figure or claiming that one gala transformed an entire national sport.

For KKB readers in Battambang, the event also illustrates the value of following a team beyond a single headline champion. A knockout, a decision victory, a belt acknowledgement and an unresolved bout record all require different kinds of reporting. Explore the fighter directory, the international calendar and the later Oyonnax gala to follow these connections. Keeping the people, places and rules distinct makes the expanding French circuit easier to understand and more useful to the next generation.