Boonsai Sangsurat ( Thai: เม็ดเงิน 3เคแบตเตอรี่; born 12 July 1978), better known as Medgoen Singsurat, is a Thai former

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. Sangsurat has assumed various ring names, including Big Daddy Med ( Thai: เม็ดเงิน กระทิงแดงยิม) and Medgoen Lukjaopormahesak ( Thai: เม็ดเงิน ลูกเจ้าพ่อมเหศักดิ์), albeit his real name or birth name has been confirmed as "''Boonsai Sangsurat''" ( Thai: บุญใส สังสุราช). The non-Thai media also refer to him as Medgoen Singsurat, 3K Battery for Filipinos or simply Medgoen Singh.

Boxing career

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. Because of his win over

, Medgoen's name is often mentioned during Pacquiao's fights, because he is one of the eight opponents to have beaten Pacquiao (the other seven being

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, Yordenis Ugas and

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), and one of the three opponents to have knocked Pacquiao out. He is the second boxer to defeat Pacquiao in the latter's overall pro boxing career. He also won the vacant WBC Flyweight title that had been stripped from Pacquiao due to Pacquiao coming overweight at the weight-ins. He defended the titles once more before losing the titles in 2000 to Malcolm Tuñacao by TKO. Medgoen is promoted by Thai Storage Battery Public Company Limited, and hence bears the

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name, as the company contracts Thai boxers to sponsor their products. Medgoen Singsurat has a family full of boxers. His second cousin, Saranyoo Tohchoodee, born April 18, 1991, in Thailand, also was a professional boxer before giving up boxing to go to

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to study along with his sister.

Outside boxing

Besides being one of the greatest youth boxers in

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, he was also a

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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

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player in the meantime. He was the top ranked youth player in Thailand for 2 years in a row.

Professional boxing record

References

External links

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Medgoen 3K-Battery - CBZ Profile
{{DEFAULTSORT:Singsurat, Medgoen 1978 births Living people

Medgoen Singsurat Boonsai Sangsurat ( Thai: เม็ดเงิน 3เคแบตเตอรี่; born 12 July 1978), better known as Medgoen Singsurat, is a Thai former professional boxer. Sangsurat has assumed various ring names, including Big Daddy Me ...

Bantamweight boxers

Boxing career

Outside boxing

Professional boxing record

See also

References

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