Pone Kingpetch

Pone Kingpetch โผน กิ่งเพชร
Statue of Pone Kingpetch at Pone Kingpetch park in Hua Hin
Born	Mana Sridokbuab (1935-02-12)February 12, 1935 Hua Hin, Thailand
Died	March 31, 1982(1982-03-31) (aged 47) Bangkok, Thailand
Native name	โผน กิ่งเพชร
Nationality	Thailand
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	51 kg (112 lb; 8.0 st)
Stance	Orthodox
Trainer	Al Silvani
Years active	1954–1966
Professional boxing record
Total	35
Wins	28
By knockout	9
Losses	7
By knockout	3
Draws	0
Other information
Boxing record from BoxRec

Pone Kingpetch (Thai: โผน กิ่งเพชร; rtgs: Phon Kingphet), also known as Mana Seedokbuab (Thai: มานะ สีดอกบวบ; rtgs: Mana Si-dokbuap) (born in Hua Hin on February 12, 1935 – died in Bangkok on March 31, 1982) was a professional Thai boxer and three time world flyweight champion. He became Thailand's first world boxing champion on April 16, 1960 when he defeated Pascual Pérez of Argentina at Lumphini Boxing Stadium in Bangkok for the world flyweight championship. He later lost the title to Fighting Harada of Japan on October 10, 1962. Pone Kingpetch regained the world championship after defeating Harada on January 12, 1963 before losing it to Hiroyuki Ebihara. He won the title for the last time when he defeated Ebihara on January 23, 1964 before losing the flyweight championship to Salvatore Burruni. Kingpetch retired in 1966 and died on March 31, 1982 at the age of 47.