Medgoen Singsurat (3K Battery)

Boonsai Sangsurat aka Medgoen Singsurat born July 12, 1978 in Roi Et, Thailand) is a professional boxer from Thailand. He has assumed various ring names including Medgoen Kratingdaenggym and Medgoen Lukjaopormahesak, but his real name is Boonsai Sangsurat. The non-Thai media also refer to him as Medgoen Singsurat.

Boxing career

Medgoen is a southpaw fighter who turned pro in 1997 and in 1999, captured the WBC Flyweight Championship with a win over Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao. Manny Pacquiao is a boxing legend who is the only boxer in the history of boxing who won seven world titles in seven different weight divisions later on his career. Because of his win over Manny Pacquiao, Medgoen’s name is always mentioned on the fights of Pacquiao for he is the only two of the opponents of Pacquiao who knock him out. He defended the title once more before losing the belt 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.

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.

1. pinoyapache says:

   December 16, 2009 at 1:43 pm

   apparently, pacman is not in tip-top condition here. it seemed that he is ill.