Medgoen Singsurat: The Thai Boxer
Thai boxer Medgoen Singsurat, born Boonsai Sangsurat and also known as 3K Battery, became a world champion after stopping Manny Pacquiao in their September 17, 1999 flyweight bout in Nakhon Si Thammarat. The BoxRec bout record lists a third-round TKO at 1:32.
The title changed hands before the bell
Pacquiao came in over the 112-pound limit and lost the WBC flyweight championship on the scales, so the belt was available to Singsurat alone. The Premier Boxing Champions record also notes that Pacquiao was stripped after missing weight. Singsurat won the bout with a body-shot stoppage in round three.
A short WBC title reign
Singsurat defended the WBC flyweight title once, defeating Masaki Kawabata by unanimous decision in February 2000. He lost the championship to Malcolm Tuñacao by seventh-round technical knockout on May 19, 2000, according to the WBC flyweight title-fight chronology. The Pacquiao win remains the defining result of Singsurat’s career.
The weigh-in detail is central to this result. Pacquiao lost the championship before the fight, so Singsurat’s victory produced a title win for him alone rather than a belt changing hands between both men. He then made one defense before Tuñacao stopped him, leaving the Pacquiao bout as the clearest marker of his short reign.
Sources
Sources: BoxRec: Singsurat–Pacquiao bout details; Premier Boxing Champions: Pacquiao career record and weight result; BoxRec: WBC flyweight title chronology.
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Boxing, Boxing History
