Sirichai Thaiyen: Thai WBA Flyweight Title Challenger

Sirichai Thaiyen, also known as Yodmongkol CP Freshmart, is a Thai professional boxer born December 24, 1990. His record includes a reign as WBA interim flyweight champion and two challenges for the full WBA world title. The WBA’s fighter profile lists 65 wins and 5 losses.

World-title fights and a long pro record

Thaiyen turned professional in 2009. In November 2013, he stopped Koki Eto in the twelfth round to win the WBA interim flyweight title. A year later, he challenged Juan Carlos Reveco for the full title and was stopped in round five. He returned to another WBA title fight in June 2018 against Artem Dalakian, who stopped him in the eighth round. The WBA’s report on the Dalakian fight notes it was Thaiyen’s first defeat since the Reveco contest.

Thaiyen continued boxing after those title challenges. In June 2023, former WBC flyweight champion Daigo Higa knocked him out in the fourth round of a non-title bantamweight bout in Tokyo. Japan’s Boxing News reported the result and recorded Thaiyen’s ledger then as 65–5, with 43 knockouts.

Sources

Sources: WBA profile and fight list; WBA report on Dalakian–Thaiyen; Boxing News report on Higa–Thaiyen.

Tags

Boxing, Boxing History