Medgoen Singsurat

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Medgoen 3-K Battery (Thai: เม็ดเงิน 3เคแบตเตอรี่; born July 12, 1978 in Roi Et, Thailand) is a professional boxer from Thailand. He has assumed various ring names including Medgoen Kratingdaenggym (Thai: เม็ดเงิน กระทิงแดงยิม) and Medgoen Lukjaopormahesak (Thai: เม็ดเงิน ลูกเจ้าพ่อมเหศักดิ์), but his real name is Boonsai Sangsurat (Thai: บุญใส สังข์สุราษฎร์). The non-Thai media also refer to him as Medgoen Singsurat.

[edit] Boxing career

Medgoen is a southpaw fighter who turned pro in 1997 and in 1999, captured the WBC Flyweight Championship with a win over Manny Pacquiao. He defended the title once 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.

[edit] Outside boxing and personal life

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.

[edit] Notes

Preceded by Manny Pacquiao

WBC Flyweight Champion 17 Sep 1999–19 May 2000

Succeeded by Malcolm Tuñacao