Tewa Kiram (; born 21 March 1992) also known as Teerachai Sithmorseng (ถิรชัย ศิษย์หมอเส็ง), Teerachai Kratingdaenggym (ถิรชัย กระทิงแดงยิม) or Teerachai Or.Aekkarin (ถิรชัย อ.เอกรินทร์), is a professional welterweight boxer. Kiram peaked ranked in

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(WBA) as of January 2017.

Boxing career

He made his professional boxing debut by defeating fellow Thai boxer Manfa Luksaikongdin, a former

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(PABA)

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champion on points over six rounds in early 2008. In 2011 and 2013, he traveled to the United States as a sparring partner for star

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. On February 17, 2017, he beat Vijender Kumar of India by ninth-round

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at Morseng Thailand Building, Nham Daeng Market,

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Challenging for the WBA welterweight title

On January 20, 2018, he fought against and lost via 8th-round KO to Lucas Matthysse from Argentina for the vacant WBA Welterweight world championship in California, United States in a fight organized by

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. During that time, he trained with former WBC champion

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and Olympic medalist

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Super welterweight and Light heavyweight

Following his unsuccessful bid for the world title, Teerachai moved up to super welterweight and returned to fighting regularly in Thailand. On September 7, 2019, he defeated Junjesie Igbos by second-round knockout to win the WBA Asia super welterweight championship. He retained the title against Salehe Mkalekwa by unanimous decision on November 1, 2019. On December 19, 2020, he defeated Chaloemporn Singwancha by tenth-round KO to win the WBA Asia light heavyweight championship. He would make his next title defense against former world champion Sirimongkol Singwancha on April 24, 2021, retaining the WBA Asia light heavyweight title by sixth-round technical knockout after Sirimongkol failed to come out for the seventh round. He eventually moved back to super welterweight and defeated Mohammed Zamani to reclaim the WBA Asia super welterweight championship on July 2, 2022.

Professional boxing titles

** PABA Welterweight Interim Championship (2010) ** PABA Welterweight Championship (2012) ** PABA Welterweight Super Championship (2013) ** PABA Welterweight title (2017) *

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Welterweight Championship (2017) **

Super Welterweight Championship (2019) **

Light Heavyweight Championship (2020) **

Super Welterweight Championship (2022)

Professional boxing record

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Sithmorseng, Teerachai 1992 births Living people Teerachai Sithmorseng Welterweight boxers Teerachai Sithmorseng Teerachai Sithmorseng