"Light welterweight champ" Saensak Muangsurin Signed 4X6 Card Todd Mueller COA

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Up for auction "Light welterweight Boxing champion" Saensak Muangsurin Signed 4X6 Card Dated 1989.
This item is certified authentic by Todd Mueller Autographs and comes with their Certificate of Authenticity.
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Saensak Muangsurin
(13 August 1950 – 16 April 2009) was a professional boxer from
Phetchabun
,
Thailand
. He was a former
WBC
light welterweight
champion, who set a world record by winning a world title in his 3rd professional fight. He is also Thailand's heaviest world boxing champion to date. Saensak started fighting in
Muay Thai
and fought in several Muay Thai matches held in Japan prior to winning the world title. In the beginning, he used the name "Saensaep Petchcharoen" and "Saepsuang Petchcharoen" in his neighborhood. Later, he became a famous Muay Thai fighter. He has faced many top Muay Thai fighters such as Pud Lorleg, Vicharnnoi Porntawee, Putpadnoi Warrawut, Kunpol Sakornpitak, Wisan Graigreangyuk, Kongdej Lookbangplasroy, Sirimongkol Looksiripat, and he won the
junior welterweight
title by knockout from Sorrasak Sor Lukbookalo in just the first round in 1971.
In addition, he was also an amateur boxer at the
7th Southeast Asian Peninsular Games
in Singapore in 1973. He made news every time he won by
RSC
until he won the gold medal.
Saensak made his formal professional boxing debut on November 16, 1974, with a first-round knockout win. He won his second fight in February 1975 by technical knockout in round 7, and challenged
Perico Fernandez
for the
WBC
light welterweight
title in his third professional fight. He defeated Fernandez by technical knockout in the 8th round on July 15, 1975, to set a world record for taking the shortest time to win the world title; it had been less than a year since he made his debut in 1974.
Saensak lost his world title in his second defense against
Miguel Velasquez
after being disqualified in the 5th round, but quickly regained it four months later on October 29, 1976, by knocking out Velázquez in two rounds. He successfully defended the WBC belt 7 times (8 total, including his defense prior to the disqualification against Velázquez), most notably against former WBC
lightweight
champion
Guts Ishimatsu
, whom he knocked out in six rounds. He was knocked out by
Sang Hyun Kim
in the 13th round to lose his world title on December 30, 1978. He fell into relative obscurity from then on, losing both of his fights in 1979, one of which was a third-round knockout loss to
Thomas Hearns
. His last professional fight was for the
OPBF
welterweight
title, which he lost by decision over 12 rounds. His record was 14–6–0 (11 KOs). In 2014
Vasyl Lomachenko
equaled the record of winning a world title in his third bout. Saensak still has the record for the fastest time though, having taken 11 days less than the Ukrainian.