Full name มนัส บุญจำนงค์ Role Boxer Siblings Non Boonjumnong Name Manus Boonjumnong | Nationality Thailand Height 1.73 m | |
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Nickname(s) Phely̒bxy Klab Ci (เพลย์บอยกลับใจ)"Repentance Playboy" Rated at Light WelterweightMiddleweight Olympic medals Boxing at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Light welterweight Similar People Non Boonjumnong, Somjit Jongjohor, Somrak Khamsing, Wijan Ponlid, Roniel Iglesias | ||
Athens 2004 olympics gold medal boxer manus boonjumnong from thailand
Manus Boonjumnong (Thai: มนัส บุญจำนงค์; rtgs: Manat Bunchamnong, born June 23, 1980) is a Thai boxer who won the Olympics at Light Welterweight (60–64 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics . He is the older brother of Non Boonjumnong.
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- Athens 2004 olympics gold medal boxer manus boonjumnong from thailand
- real deal ryan ford vs manus boonjumnong fight highlight
- Amateur career
- Olympics 2004
- Olympics 2008
- References
real deal ryan ford vs manus boonjumnong fight highlight
Amateur career
At the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships in his home town Bangkok, the light-footed counterpuncher won the bronze medal losing to Russian Alexander Maletin.
In 2006, he made a successful comeback when he was crowned Asian champion. He narrowly defeated reigning 2005 world champion Serik Sapiyev at the tournament although he was knocked down.
In Chicago at the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships, he was upset early against Japanese Masatsugu Kawachi.
Olympics 2004
Boonjumnong qualified for the Athens Games by ending up in first place at the 1st AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament in Guangzhou, PR China. In the final he defeated Kazakhstan's Nurzhan Karimzhanov. In Athens he beat reigning world champion Willy Blain and the Cuban Yudel Johnson in the final and won gold.
2004 Olympic Results