Pone Kingpetch ( th, โผน กิ่งเพชร, , ), born Mana Seedokbuab ( th, มานะ สีดอกบวบ, , ; February 12, 1935 – March 31, 1982), was a Thai professional
boxer and three time world flyweight champion.
Life and career
He became
Thailand
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's first world boxing champion on April 16, 1960 when he defeated
Pascual Pérez of
Argentina
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at
Lumphini Boxing Stadium in
Bangkok
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for the world flyweight championship. In his second title defense he lost the title to
Fighting Harada
Masahiko Harada (born April 5, 1943), better known as Fighting Harada, is a Japanese former professional boxer. He is a world champion in two weight classes, having held the NYSAC, WBA, and ''The Ring'' undisputed flyweight titles from 1962 ...
of
Japan
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on October 10, 1962 via 11th round knockout. Pone Kingpetch regained the world championship after outpointing Harada in a rematch on January 12, 1963. However it again proved to be short reign as
Hiroyuki Ebihara
was a Japanese former professional boxer who competed from 1959 to 1969. He held the WBA, WBC, and '' The Ring'' flyweight titles from 1963 to 1964 and the WBA flyweight title again in 1969. Yuri Arbachakov used the ring name Yuri Ebihara in ...
knocked Pone out in the first round to become the new Flyweight champion of the world. In On February 14, 1963, with the creation of
World Boxing Council
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, Kingpetch was named the first
WBC flyweight champion. Several other champions had been named in some divisions while in others, the reigning champions fought for the inaugural title. In his final title win he defeated Ebihara in a rematch on January 23, 1964 to become a three time flyweight champion. After the win in Japan he travelled to Italy to defend his title against
Salvatore Burruni
Salvatore Burruni (11 April 1933 – 30 March 2004) was an Italian flyweight and bantamweight boxer who fought between 1957 and 1969.[List of flyweight boxing champions
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* The World Boxing Association (WBA), established in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA). The WBA often recognize up ...]
References
External links
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Pone Kingpetch - CBZ ProfileNational Boxing Association's Quarterly Ratings: 1960 - BoxRecNational Boxing Association's Quarterly Ratings: 1961 - BoxRecNational Boxing Association's Quarterly Ratings: 1962 - BoxRec
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1935 births
1982 deaths
Flyweight boxers
World flyweight boxing champions
World Boxing Association champions
World Boxing Council champions
The Ring (magazine) champions
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