Toto Pongsawang: Boxing Career and Notable Fights
Chamlong Thamwiyot, known as Toto Por.Pongsawang or Toto Pongsawang, was a Thai Muay Thai fighter who also boxed professionally. His boxing record was 10 wins and three losses, with three knockouts.
From Muay Thai to a world-title bout
Known in Muay Thai as Toto Kangwalprai, he competed on the Thai circuit before moving into professional boxing at minimumweight. His most prominent boxing opportunity came against WBC champion Ricardo López in Bangkok on September 19, 1993. López retained his title with an 11th-round stoppage.
That fight was a world-title challenge, not a win, and the available boxing record does not show a bout between Pongsawang and Rosendo Álvarez. Pongsawang’s recorded international opponents included Ricardo López and Eric Chávez, linking his title challenge with later competition against another former minimumweight champion.
Further career results
His boxing ledger begins with a knockout victory over Raul Terado in Bangkok on October 3, 1992. He then stopped Ric Magramo in Samut Prakan the following month and Joseph Paden in January 1993. A victory over former IBF champion Manny Melchor in Bangkok that April helped establish the professional run that preceded the Lopez challenge.
Pongsawang returned after the world-title defeat and earned a split-decision victory over another former IBF champion, Eric Chavez, in December 1993. His subsequent wins included Jaime Aliguin in March 1994, Alpong Navaja that December and Edwin Talita in July 1995. The Magramo rivalry later produced a different result when the Filipino won their September 1995 meeting in Manila. Further listed appearances include Ramil Gevero in 1996 and Teddy Puriro in 1997. These named bouts trace a professional boxing chronology across Thailand and the Philippines, with former champions appearing among his opponents during the years after his challenge against Ricardo Lopez.
The final listed victory took place in Ang Thong on June 22, 1997, against Teddy Puriro, after the September 1996 defeat by Ramil Gevero in Roi Et.
Sources
Additional sources: https://boxerlist.com/it/boxer/toto-pongsawang/4681
- BoxRec: Toto Pongsawang
- BoxRec: Ricardo López
- Open Boxing: Ricardo López title history
- Toto Pongsawang: biography and boxing record references
