Manus Boonjumnong
Manus Boonjumnong is a Thai boxer who won the Olympics at Light Welterweight at the 2004 Summer Olympics. He is the older brother of Non Boonjumnong.
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
- Defeated Spyridon Ioannidis 28:16
- Defeated Romeo Brin 29:15
- Defeated Willy Blain 20:8
- Defeated Ionut Gheorghe 30:9
- Defeated Yudel Johnson 17:11
Olympics 2008
- Defeated Masatsugu Kawachi 8:1
- Defeated Serik Sapiyev 7:5
- Defeated Roniel Iglesias Sotolongo 10:5
- Lost to Manuel Félix Díaz 12:4
Professional boxing record
Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
Loss | 5–1 | Ryan Ford | TKO | 5 | April 22, 2016 | ||
Win | 5–0 | David Saul | TKO | 5 | March 25, 2016 | ||
Win | 4–0 | Suik Haidari | TKO | 3 | January 22, 2016 | ||
Win | 3–0 | Jonatan Simamora | KO | 1 | December 7, 2015 | ||
Win | 2–0 | Marco Tuhumury | UD | 4 | September 27, 2015 | ||
Win | 1–0 | Jamed Jalarante | UD | 4 | June 27, 2015 | Professional boxing debut. |