Phissanu Chimsunthom: Thai World Title Challenger
Phissanu Chimsunthom is a Thai professional boxer also known as Wisanu Por Nobnum Kokietgym. He challenged Japan’s Kazuto Ioka for a WBA world title in Osaka in 2013. The WBA profile lists his alias and title bouts.
Boxing career and major results
Ioka stopped Chimsunthom in round nine of their May 2013 WBA title fight in Osaka. The WBA reported the stoppage at 2:51 of the ninth round. The video above is from Chimsunthom’s later fight with Benny Cañete in the Philippines.
In March 2023, Chimsunthom faced Indonesia’s Hebi Marapu in Bangkok for the WBC Asian Boxing Council Continental and vacant IBA Intercontinental lightweight titles. Marapu knocked him down and won by knockout in round two, retaining one belt and claiming the other. ANTARA’s report describes the result.
Chimsunthom returned to Cebu in January 2024 to face Benny Cañete at Kumbati 16. The Freeman reported that Cañete won by first-round knockout.
The Ioka challenge came during Chimsunthom’s years in the light-flyweight rankings. The WBA listed him second in the division in April 2013, immediately before the championship contest. He remained in its top ten afterward, appearing between sixth and eighth during the following months. Those rankings show that the Osaka appearance formed part of an established period of contention.
Earlier in his career, he competed for PABA honors at light flyweight. His June 2011 meeting with Rey Loreto ended in a sixth-round defeat. Regional title contests and world rankings offered different measures of his standing: the PABA bouts documented his place on the Asian circuit, while the Ioka fight gave him an opportunity against a world champion.
Chimsunthom continued boxing well beyond that championship phase. His later record includes points victories over Songmeueng Phokklang in September 2023 and February 2024, alongside assignments in Japan and the Philippines. The sequence illustrates a long professional career that moved across weight classes and national boxing scenes rather than ending with a single unsuccessful title challenge.
Additional source: Chimsunthom’s professional bout history.
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