Medgoen Singsurat

Boonsai Sangsurat, better known as Medgoen Singsurat (Thai: เม็ดเงิน 3เคแบตเตอรี่; born July 12, 1978 in Roi Et, Thailand), is a professional boxer from Thailand.

Medgoen Singsurat
Statistics
Real nameBoonsai Sangsurat
Weight(s)Bantamweight
Flyweight
Height1.63 m (5 ft 4 in)
NationalityThai
Born (1978-06-12) June 12, 1978
Roi Et Province, Thailand
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights80
Wins74
Wins by KO51
Losses6
Draws0 [1]

Sangsurat has assumed various ring names, including Big Daddy Med (Thai: เม็ดเงิน กระทิงแดงยิม) and Medgoen Lukjaopormahesak (Thai: เม็ดเงิน ลูกเจ้าพ่อมเหศักดิ์), albeit his real name or birth name has been confirmed as "Boonsai Sangsurat" (Thai: บุญใส สังสุราช). The non-Thai media also refer to him as Medgoen Singsurat, 3K Battery for Filipinos or simply Medgoen Singh.

Boxing career

Medgoen is a southpaw fighter who turned pro in 1997 and in 1999, captured the Lineal Flyweight Championship with a win over Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao.[2] Because of his win over Manny Pacquiao, Medgoen's name is often mentioned during Pacquiao's fights, because he is one of the seven opponents to have beaten Pacquiao (the other six being Rustico Torrecampo, Erik Morales, Timothy Bradley, Juan Manuel Márquez, Floyd Mayweather Jr., and Jeff Horn), and one of the three opponents to have knocked Pacquiao out. He is the second boxer to defeat Pacquiao in the latter's overall pro boxing career. He also won the vacant WBC Flyweight title that had been stripped from Pacquiao due to Pacquiao coming overweight at the weight-ins. He defended the titles once more before losing the titles in 2000 to Malcolm Tuñacao by TKO.

Medgoen is promoted by Thai Storage Battery Public Company Limited, and hence bears the 3K Battery name, as the company contracts Thai boxers to sponsor their products.

Medgoen Singsurat has a family full of boxers. His 2nd cousin, Saranyoo Tohchoodee, born April 18, 1991 in Thailand, also was a professional boxer before giving up boxing to go to America to study along with his sister. He used the fighting style Southpaw, which he learned from his cousin. He began his boxing career at the young age of 6 and continued fighting both in and out of the ring, giving him the nickname Saranyoo "Street King" Tohchoodee, until he was 13. Most of his fights took place in local venues and were shown on Blow by Blow, an evening boxing show. He had a professional record of 23-2-0 with 19 KO's which is still a record in southeast Asia.

Outside boxing

Besides being one of the greatest youth boxers in Southeast Asia, he was also a soccer prodigy. He was going to play for the Thailand national team until he broke his ankle in a game and never could fully recover, but he did manage to become a very good table tennis player in the meantime. He was the top ranked youth player in Thailand for 2 years in a row.

Professional boxing record
74 Wins (51 knockouts, 23 decisions), 6 Losses (6 knockouts), 0 Draws[3]
No. Res. Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Age Location Notes
80 Win 24–0–1 Wanchana Pattanakarngym TKO 3 (12), 0:22 24 Jun 2011 33 years, 12 days Chokchai 4 Market, Bangkok, Thailand Final fight
25 Loss 23–2–0 Alfren Bulala TKO 6 (12) 2 Mar 2001 22 years, 263 days Phichit, Thailand
24 Win 23–1–0 Rey Llagas PTS 12 29 Dec 2000 22 years, 200 days Koh Kong, Cambodia
21 Loss 20–1–0 Malcolm Tuñacao TKO 7 (12) 19 May 2000 21 years, 342 days Srimnang Outdoor Arena, Udon Thani, Thailand Lost WBC and lineal flyweight titles
20 Win 20–0–0 Masaki Kawabata UD 12 25 February 2000 21 years, 258 days Mahachai Villa Arena, Samut Sakhon, Thailand Retained WBC and lineal flyweight titles
19 Win 19–0–0 Manny Pacquiao TKO 3 (12), 1:32 17 Sep 1999 21 years, 97 days Pakpanag Metropolitan Stadium, Nakhon Si Thammarat, Thailand Won lineal and vacant WBC flyweight titles
11 Win 11–0–0 Pornchai Techasinchai KO 3 (12) 5 Jun 1998 19 years, 358 days Bangkok, Thailand
1 Win 1–0–0 Roy Clave PTS 12 30 Jan 1997 18 years, 232 days Provincial Stadium, Chumphon, Thailand

See also

References
  1. http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=007133&cat=boxer
  2. "Medgoen Singsurat - Lineal Flyweight Champion". The Cyber Boxing Zone Encyclopedia.
  3. Medgeon Singsurat's Professional Boxing Record –. Boxrec.com. Retrieved on February 26, 2016.
Achievements
Preceded by
Manny Pacquiao		 Lineal Flyweight Champion
17 September 1999 – 19 May 2000		 Succeeded by
Malcolm Tuñacao
Vacant
Title last held by
Manny Pacquiao		 WBC Flyweight Champion
17 September 1999 – 19 May 2000
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