Wanheng Menayothin
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Real name | Chayaphol Moonsri |
Nickname(s) | Yak Khrae Mueang Thai (ยักษ์แคระเมืองไทย) "Thailand Dwarf Giant"[1] |
Weight(s) | Mini flyweight |
Height | 158 cm (5 ft 2 in) |
Reach | 164 cm (65 in) |
Nationality | Thai |
Born | Amphoe Borabue, Maha Sarakham Province, Thailand | 27 October 1985
Stance | Orthodox |
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 56 |
Wins | 55 |
Wins by KO | 19 |
Losses | 1 |
Chayaphon Moonsri (Thai: ชยพล มูลศรี; formerly: Saengsuree Moonsri; แสงสุรีย์ มูลศรี; born 27 October 1985), known as Wanheng Menayothin (วันเฮง มีนะโยธิน) or Wanheng Kaiyanghadaogym is a Thai professional boxer who held the WBC strawweight title from 2014 to 2020. As of January 2021, he is ranked as the world's third best active strawweight by BoxRec,[2] The Ring[3] and the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board.[4]
Early life and Muay Thai career[]
Moonsri graduated with a Bachelor of Arts from Bangkokthonburi University.[5] Prior to becoming a professional boxer, Menayothin was a Muay Thai fighter. Kaiyanghadaogym took up Muay Thai at 13 and he sustained his family with the money he earned from fighting. He went on to become a Lumpinee champion and a Thai national champion.[6]
Boxing career[]
Wanheng made his professional debut in January 2007. He won the WBC Youth strawweight title in his third fight. He later claimed two more secondary titles, with the WBC International Silver title and the WBC International title. In June 2011, Wanheng outpointed former world champion Florante Condes. On 31 May 2013, Moonsri defeated Raul Pusta Jr. by ninth-round technical knockout to retain the WBC International strawweight title.[7]
On 6 November 2014, Wanheng won his first world title when he defeated defending champion Oswaldo Novoa to win the WBC strawweight title. Novoa was badly hurt by an overhand punch in the ninth round and he retired in the corner.[8] Wanheng's promoter, Virat Vachirarattanawong, paid $175,000 dollars to host the fight, a rarely high purse for the weight class.[9] In his sixth defense, Wanheng beat Melvin Jerusalem via unanimous decision (115–113, 114–113, 114–113). Two scorecards were swung by a point deduction Jerusalem received after he threw a low blow.[10]
Undefeated World record[]
On 2 May 2018, Wanheng equalled Floyd Mayweather Jr.'s 50–0 record by knocking out Panamanian opponent Leroy Estrada in the fifth round in a mandatory title defense.
On 29 August 2018, Wanheng eclipsed Mayweather, reaching 51–0 with a points win over Pedro Taduran.[11]
On 31 May, 2019, Menayothin fought Tatsuya Fukuhara. Despite suffering a cut, Menayothin managed to outbox his opponent. In the eighth round, the cut was deemed too severe by the referee, who stopped the fight early, and went to the scorecards. Menayothin was leading on all three scorecards at the time, 79-73, 78-74 and 78-74, and was awarded the technical decision victory and retained his WBC strawweight belt.[12]
In his next fight, Menayothin defended his title against Simphiwe Khonco. The WBC champion won via unanimous decision.[13]
First loss[]
On 27 November 2020, he faced the WBC's number three ranked contender, Panya Pradabsri, at the City Hall Ground in Nakhon Sawan, Thailand. After a closely contested fight Menayothin suffered the first defeat of his career, losing his WBC title via twelve-round unanimous decision. All three judges scored the bout 115–113 in favour of Pradabsri.[14]
Professional boxing record[]
56 fights | 55 wins | 1 loss |
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By knockout | 19 | 0 |
By decision | 36 | 1 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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57 | N/A | N/A | ![]() |
N/A | – (12) | Jan 25, 2022 | ![]() |
For WBC strawweight title |
56 | Win | 55–1 | ![]() |
KO | 3 (6), 0:45 | 2 Nov 2021 | ![]() |
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55 | Loss | 54–1 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | 27 Nov 2020 | ![]() |
Lost WBC strawweight title |
54 | Win | 54–0 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | 25 Oct 2019 | ![]() |
Retained WBC strawweight title |
53 | Win | 53–0 | ![]() |
TD | 8 (12) | 31 May 2019 | ![]() |
Retained WBC strawweight title; Unanimous TD after Menayothin cut from accidental head clash |
52 | Win | 52–0 | ![]() |
UD | 6 | 16 Nov 2018 | ![]() |
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51 | Win | 51–0 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | 29 Aug 2018 | ![]() |
Retained WBC strawweight title |
50 | Win | 50–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 5 (12), 2:20 | 2 May 2018 | ![]() |
Retained WBC strawweight title |
49 | Win | 49–0 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | 25 Nov 2017 | ![]() |
Retained WBC strawweight title |
48 | Win | 48–0 | ![]() |
UD | 6 | 25 Aug 2017 | ![]() |
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47 | Win | 47–0 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | 3 Jun 2017 | ![]() |
Retained WBC strawweight title |
46 | Win | 46–0 | ![]() |
UD | 6 | 31 Mar 2017 | ![]() |
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45 | Win | 45–0 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | 25 Jan 2017 | ![]() |
Retained WBC strawweight title |
44 | Win | 44–0 | ![]() |
PTS | 6 | 14 Dec 2016 | ![]() |
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43 | Win | 43–0 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | 2 Aug 2016 | ![]() |
Retained WBC strawweight title |
42 | Win | 42–0 | ![]() |
KO | 4 (8) | 27 May 2016 | ![]() |
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41 | Win | 41–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 5 (12), 2:00 | 3 Mar 2016 | ![]() |
Retained WBC strawweight title |
40 | Win | 40–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 9 (12), 2:15 | 24 Nov 2015 | ![]() |
Retained WBC strawweight title |
39 | Win | 39–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 4 (6) | 8 Oct 2015 | ![]() |
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38 | Win | 38–0 | ![]() |
KO | 9 (12), 1:04 | 2 Jun 2015 | ![]() |
Retained WBC strawweight title |
37 | Win | 37–0 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | 5 Feb 2015 | ![]() |
Retained WBC strawweight title |
36 | Win | 36–0 | ![]() |
RTD | 9 (12), 3:00 | 6 Nov 2014 | ![]() |
Won WBC strawweight title |
35 | Win | 35–0 | ![]() |
UD | 6 | 27 Jun 2014 | ![]() |
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34 | Win | 34–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 4 (6) | 25 Apr 2014 | ![]() |
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33 | Win | 33–0 | ![]() |
UD | 6 | 28 Mar 2014 | ![]() |
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32 | Win | 32–0 | ![]() |
UD | 6 | 27 Dec 2013 | ![]() |
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31 | Win | 31–0 | ![]() |
UD | 10 | 31 Oct 2013 | ![]() |
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30 | Win | 30–0 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | 30 Aug 2013 | ![]() |
Retained WBC International strawweight title |
29 | Win | 29–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 (6) | 24 Jul 2013 | ![]() |
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28 | Win | 28–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 9 (12), 1:14 | 31 May 2013 | ![]() |
Retained WBC International strawweight title |
27 | Win | 27–0 | ![]() |
UD | 6 | 29 Mar 2013 | ![]() |
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26 | Win | 26–0 | ![]() |
UD | 6 | 25 Jan 2013 | ![]() |
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25 | Win | 25–0 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | 3 Dec 2012 | ![]() |
Retained WBC International strawweight title |
24 | Win | 24–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 8 (12), 1:40 | 28 Sep 2012 | ![]() |
Retained WBC International strawweight title |
23 | Win | 23–0 | ![]() |
UD | 6 | 22 Jun 2012 | ![]() |
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22 | Win | 22–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 2 | 27 Apr 2012 | ![]() |
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21 | Win | 21–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 9 (12), 2:40 | 24 Feb 2012 | ![]() |
Retained WBC International strawweight title |
20 | Win | 20–0 | ![]() |
UD | 6 | 23 Dec 2011 | ![]() |
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19 | Win | 19–0 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | 11 Nov 2011 | ![]() |
Won vacant WBC International strawweight title |
18 | Win | 18–0 | ![]() |
KO | 11 (12), 0:47 | 20 Sep 2011 | ![]() |
Retained WBC Silver International strawweight title |
17 | Win | 17–0 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | 24 Jun 2011 | ![]() |
Retained WBC Silver International strawweight title |
16 | Win | 16–0 | ![]() |
TD | 6 (12), 2:12 | 31 Mar 2011 | ![]() |
Retained WBC Silver International strawweight title |
15 | Win | 15–0 | ![]() |
TD | 10 (12), 1:57 | 6 Jan 2011 | ![]() |
Won vacant WBC Silver International strawweight title; Unanimous TD |
14 | Win | 14–0 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | 6 Aug 2010 | ![]() |
Retained WBC interim International strawweight title |
13 | Win | 13–0 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | 30 Apr 2010 | ![]() |
Retained WBC interim International strawweight title |
12 | Win | 12–0 | ![]() |
UD | 12 | 24 Dec 2009 | ![]() |
Won WBC interim International strawweight title |
11 | Win | 11–0 | ![]() |
KO | 3 (10), 2:21 | 2 Oct 2009 | ![]() |
Retained WBC Youth World strawweight title |
10 | Win | 10–0 | ![]() |
UD | 10 | 26 Jun 2009 | ![]() |
Retained WBC Youth World strawweight title |
9 | Win | 9–0 | ![]() |
UD | 10 | 25 Feb 2009 | ![]() |
Retained WBC Youth World strawweight title |
8 | Win | 8–0 | ![]() |
UD | 10 | 31 Oct 2008 | ![]() |
Retained WBC Youth World strawweight title |
7 | Win | 7–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 6 (10) | 29 Aug 2008 | ![]() |
Retained WBC Youth World strawweight title |
6 | Win | 6–0 | ![]() |
UD | 10 | 25 Apr 2008 | ![]() |
Retained WBC Youth World strawweight title |
5 | Win | 5–0 | ![]() |
KO | 5 (10) | 24 Oct 2007 | ![]() |
Retained WBC Youth World strawweight title |
4 | Win | 4–0 | ![]() |
UD | 10 | 31 Jul 2007 | ![]() |
Retained WBC Youth World strawweight title |
3 | Win | 3–0 | ![]() |
TKO | 1 (10), 2:21 | 30 Mar 2007 | ![]() |
Won vacant WBC Youth World strawweight title |
2 | Win | 2–0 | ![]() |
UD | 8 | 23 Feb 2007 | ![]() |
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1 | Win | 1–0 | ![]() |
UD | 6 | 26 Jan 2007 | ![]() |
Muay Thai record[]
55 Wins, 23 Losses, 2 Draws | ||||||||
Date | Result | Opponent | Event | Location | Method | Round | Time | |
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10 May 2011 | Loss | ![]() |
Lumpinee Stadium | Bangkok, Thailand | Decision | 5 | 3:00 | |
2 Nov 2010 | Won | ![]() |
Lumpinee Stadium | Bangkok, Thailand | Decision | 5 | 3:00 | |
13 Jul 2010 | Won | ![]() |
Lumpinee Stadium | Bangkok, Thailand | TKO | 2 | ||
5 Mar 2010 | Loss | ![]() |
Bangkok, Thailand | Decision | 5 | 3:00 | ||
For the Thailand 108 lbs title. | ||||||||
1 May 2009 | Loss | ![]() |
Lumpinee Stadium | Bangkok, Thailand | Decision | 5 | 3:00 | |
8 Dec 2008 | Won | ![]() |
Lumpinee Stadium | Bangkok, Thailand | Decision | 5 | 3:00 | |
7 Dec 2007 | Won | ![]() |
Lumpinee Stadium | Bangkok, Thailand | Decision | 5 | 3:00 | |
22 Sep 2006 | Won | ![]() |
Lumpinee Stadium | Bangkok, Thailand | Decision | 5 | 3:00 | |
Defends Lumpinee Stadium 105 lbs title | ||||||||
29 Aug 2006 | Loss | ![]() |
Lumpinee Stadium | Bangkok, Thailand | Decision | 5 | 3:00 | |
2 Jun 2006 | Won | ![]() |
Lumpinee Stadium | Bangkok, Thailand | Decision | 5 | 3:00 | |
Wins the Lumpinee Stadium 105 lbs title. | ||||||||
22 Dec 2005 | Won | ![]() |
Rajadamnern Stadium | Bangkok, Thailand | Decision | 5 | 3:00 | |
18 Feb 2004 | Loss | ![]() |
Rajadamnern Stadium | Bangkok, Thailand | TKO | 5 | 3:00 | |
30 Oct 2003 | Loss | ![]() |
Rajadamnern Stadium | Bangkok, Thailand | Decision | 5 | 3:00 | |
Legend: Win Loss Draw/No contest Notes |
References[]
- ^ "วันเฮง"ได้คิวป้องแชมป์โลกไฟต์แรก. Daily News (in Thai). 2014-12-27. Retrieved 2015-11-22.
- ^ "BoxRec: Ratings". boxrec.com. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- ^ "Ratings". The Ring. Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- ^ "RANKINGS | Transnational Boxing Rankings Board". Retrieved 9 February 2020.
- ^ "Photos: Wanheng Menayothin on Weight For 51-0 Showdown". BoxingScene.com. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ "'It is my duty to punch': Wanheng Menayothin interview". Boxing Monthly. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ "Wanheng Menayothin, Tiger Tor Buamas Win Bouts". Retrieved 2 June 2013.
- ^ "Wanheng Menayothin Stops Novoa For WBC Crown". Retrieved 6 November 2014.
- ^ "Petpiya Fight Wins Purse Bid For Novoa vs. Menayothin". BoxingScene.com. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ "Wanheng Meenayothin Wins Very Close Decision, Retains WBC Belt". BoxingScene.com. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ "Wanheng Menayothin". BoxingScene.com. Retrieved 1 May 2019.
- ^ "Menayothin Scores Repeat Win Over Fukuhara, Goes To 53-0". BoxingScene.com. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
- ^ "Moonsri vs Konkco - News, Tape, Ringwalk, TV, Streaming & Tickets". Box.Live. Retrieved 2021-01-10.
- ^ "Panya Pradabsri Shocks Wanheng Menayothin, Wins WBC Title & Snaps Record". BoxingScene.com. 27 November 2020. Retrieved 9 December 2020.
External links[]
- 1985 births
- Living people
- People from Maha Sarakham Province
- Thai male Muay Thai practitioners
- World Boxing Council champions
- Thai male boxers
- Mini-flyweight boxers
- World mini-flyweight boxing champions