Manus Boonjumnong

Name: Manus Boonjumnong
Hometown: Ratchaburi, Thailand
Birthplace: Ratchaburi, Thailand
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 173cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

Manus Boonjumnong (Born: June 23, 1980) of Thailand, won the Light Welterweight gold medal in the 2004 Olympic Games, and the silver medal in the same class in 2008. Boonjumnong has a brother Non Boonjumnong who was a top amateur in the welterweight class.

Olympic Games results

Represented Thailand at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, boxing as a Light Welterweight (64 kg).

• Round 1/16 - Defeated Spyridon Ioannidis (Greece) 28-16
• Round 1/8 - Defeated Romeo Brin (Philippines) 29-15
• Quarterfinal - Defeated Willy Blain (France) 20-8
• Semifinal - Defeated Ionut Gheorghe (Romania) 30-9
• Final - Defeated Yudel Jhonson Cedeno (Cuba) 17-11

Represented Thailand at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, boxing as a Light Welterweight (64 kg).

• Round 1/16 - Received a 1st round bye
• Round 1/8 - Defeated Masatsugu Kawachi (Japan) 8-1
• Quarterfinal - Defeated Serik Sapiyev (Kazakhstan) 7-5
• Semifinal - Defeated Roniel Iglesias (Cuba) 10-5
• Final - Lost to Felix Diaz (Dominican Republic) 4-12

Other Amateur highlights

• 2002 Asian Games participant in Busan, South Korea at 64 kg.
  • Lost to Myung Hoon Shin (South Korea) 10-15
• 2003 World Championships Bronze medalist in Bangkok, Thailand at 64 kg.
  • Defeated Bayanjargal Bayanmunkh (Mongolia) 22-10
  • Defeated Nurzhan Karimzhanov (Kazakhstan) 21-11
  • Defeated Dimitar Stilianov (Bulgaria) 19-11
  • Lost to Alexandr Maletin (Russia) 16-34
• 2006 Asian Games Gold medallist in Doha, Qatar at 64 kg.
  • Defeated Byamba Tuvshinbat (Mongolia) 16-7
  • Defeated Morteza Sepahvandi (Iran) 14-10
  • Defeated Serik Sapiyev (Kazakhstan) 22-18
  • Defeated Myung Hoon Shin (South Korea) 22-11
• 2007 World Championships participant in Chicago, USA at 64 kg.
  • Lost to Masatsugu Kawachi (Japan) 9-14

Boonjumnong was his countrys flagbearer at the 2008 Olympics.