Tun Tun Min
| Tun Tun Min ထွန်းထွန်းမင်း | |
|---|---|
| Born |
1991 Kyaikmaraw village , Mon State, Myanmar[1] |
| Native name | ထွန်းထွန်းမင်း |
| Nationality | Burmese |
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in) |
| Weight | 75 kg (165 lb; 11.8 st) |
Tun Tun Min (Burmese: ထွန်းထွန်းမင်း), also known as Mu Don Tharr (မုဒုံသား), is a Burmese professional kickboxer and current national champion of Lethwei in Myanmar.[1] Tun Tun Min is also the youngest ever national championship of Lethwei in Myanmar having obtained the title at 23.[2] Tun is also notable for fighting with foreign fighters from outside Myanmar.[3] Tun took part in Muay Thai competitions at the 2013 Southeast Asian Games and 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games, winning gold in the former event.
Despite being the two highest ranked lethwei fighters in Myanmar Tun and Too Too have refused to fight each other due to their long-lasting friendship.[4]
References
- 1 2 Kyaw Tun (17 April 2015). "ဘက္တူရင္ လူမေရြးတဲ့ ထြန္းထြန္းမင္း (The people side with Tun)". Retrieved 18 November 2015.
- ↑ "လက္ရွိခ်န္ပီယံ ေစာငမန္းကို အလဲထိုးၿပီး ထြန္းထြန္းမင္း အသက္အငယ္ဆံုး ခ်န္ပီယံျဖစ္လာ (Tun Becomes The Youngest National Champion)". phothutaw.com. Retrieved 18 November 2015.
- ↑ Kyaw Zin Hlaing (19 January 2016). "Bring on the world". Myanmar Times. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
- ↑ Kyaw Zin Hlaing and Matt Roebuck (16 March 2016). "Friendship before fights". Myanmar Times. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
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