Thai ‘dwarf giant’ Wanheng equals Mayweather’s 50-0 record
WBC minimumweight boxer retains his belt as he ties “Money’s” undefeated record after pummelling Panamanian challenge in Nakhon Ratchasima
Thai boxer Wanheng Menayothin clinched his 50th straight victory on Wednesday, stopping a Panamanian challenger to hold onto his WBC minimumweight belt and tie the undefeated record of boxing great Floyd Mayweather Jnr.
The 32-year-old Thai nicknamed the “dwarf giant” reached the milestone in the fifth round as Leroy Estrada failed to recover from a powerful upper cut.
The Panamanian was the busier of the two fighters in the opening rounds, leaving a cut above Wanheng’s left eye.
But the veteran Thai was unruffled, knocking down Estrada twice in round three with withering right hands and again in the fourth, before the stoppage in the fifth.
Wanheng’s quest to equal “Money” Mayweather has stirred intrigue between the unheralded, soft-spoken Thai and the brash, vastly more wealthy American.