Manus Boonjumnong
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Manus Boonjumnong (born June 23, 1980) is a Thai boxer the Olympic champ at Light Welterweight (64 kg) at the 2004 Summer Olympics .
At the 2003 World Amateur Boxing Championships in his home country Bangkok, the light-footed counterpuncher won the bronze medal losing to Russian Alexander Maletin.
2004 at the Olympics in Athens he beat world champ Willy Blain and the Cuban in the final and won gold.
After spending his his next two years largely with partying (according to Thai media) he made a successful comeback when he was crowned Asian champion in 2006. He narrowly defeated 2005 world champion Serik Sapiyev at the tournament but was knocked down.
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