By Ted Sares: Medgoen “3-K Battery” Singsurat fought Jorge Arce on December 1, 2007 for the WBC Latino bantamweight title. He was 53-4 coming in but was blown away by “Travieso” in just 47 seconds. A paralyzing left to the body followed by a left hook upstairs finished matters faster than you can say Pad Thai. 3-K has now “regrouped” and is 57 (KO 41) – 5 (KO 5) in 62 outings.
Let’s take a closer look at his record.
He won his first 20 fights, including a convincing 3-round KO over Manny Pacquiao in 1999 for the WBC flyweight title. Many contend Pacquiao lost the bout at the scales by not being able to make a weight of 112 lb, but a loss is a loss and 3-K is only one of two men to stop Pacquiao. After successfully defending his title against Masaki Kawabata, he lost it to undefeated Malcolm “Eagle Eye” Tunacao in 2000. He then won 13 of his next 14 against such opposition as Yosuke Kobayashi (15-1), Rey Llegas (52-15-2), Archie Villamor (25-30-6) and Alfren Bulala (12-7-1). The Bulala win was a redemptive one as Bulala had KO’d 3-K in a prior outing.
In 2005, Singsurat, 40-3 and in the midst of another long winning streak against terribly inferior opposition, KO’d Joel Avila to capture the WBC Asian Boxing Council super flyweight title. According to BoxRec, this fight was illegal because no contract has been signed or approved by the Games and Amusement Board in the Philippines.
On September 7, 2006, he ventured outside the friendly confines of Thailand to fight in Osaka, Japan where he was taken out in 3 by the very capable Nobuto Ikehara, 23-1 coming in. After this loss, 3-K’s record took a bizarre turn. On March 3, 2006, he iced Roger Monserto, 0-0, in 5 rounds. He then iced Jonathan Gonzales and Ric Moreno, both 0-0, after which he TKO’d Roger Monserto again who was now 0-1. He then “stepped up” and KO’d Tarek Krab, 1-0, after which he stopped Raheem Kadayree, 0-0, and Refly Rengkung, 0-4. He then fought four fighters in succession each of whom was 0-0 coming in. Of course, he won all by stoppage. This amazing run of victories against 11 opponents many of whom were making their debut and who had a combined won-loss record of 1-5 positioned him for the aforementioned Arce blow out loss in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
But wait, 3-K is not through. He is now on a 4-fight winning streak against opponents with a combined won-loss record of 0-4. It only will be a matter of time before he “steps up” again.
Many top Thai fighters have their records dotted with boxers who are fighting for the first time and gross mismatches are commonplace. Even the great Chatchai Sasakul has fought a few, but Medgoen “3-K Battery” Singsurat has taken it to the extreme.
Meanwhile, Filipino Roger Monserto has to be the toughest fighter in the world with a 0-6 slate. Amazingly, he went the 8-round distance with Sasakul (60-3) and the 6-round route with Ratanachai Sor Vorapin (69-9). The combined won-loss record of his six foes is a mind numbing 307-27!
Note: Singsurat is promoted by Thai Storage Battery Public Company Limited, and hence bears
the 3K Battery name, as the company contracts Thai boxers to sponsor their products.