Wuttichai Masuk

Wuttichai Masuk (Thai: จ่าอากาศโท วุฒิชัย มาสุข; born 16 March 1990 at Buriram Province), is a Thai boxer who competes in the light welterweight division. He won the gold medal at the 2009 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships after defeating Hurshid Tojibaev of Uzbekistan.^[2] He also won gold medal of the Boxing at the 2014 Asian Games.^[3][4]

Wuttichai Masuk

Masuk (blue) at the 2016 Olympics
Personal information
Nationality	Thai
Born	(1990-03-16) 16 March 1990 (age 34) Nong Hong District, Buriram Province, Thailand
Height	175 cm (5 ft 9 in)
Sport
Country	Thailand
Sport	Boxing
Weight class	Welterweight (2019) Light welterweight (2010–2017) Featherweight (2009)
Club	Nakhonratchasima Municipality Sport School
Coached by	Taweewat Islam Omar Puentes Malagón[1]
Medal record World Amateur Championships 2015 Doha Light welterweight Asian Games 2014 Incheon Light welterweight 2010 Guangzhou Light welterweight 2018 Jakarta–Palembang Light welterweight Asian Championships 2009 Zhuhai Featherweight 2015 Bangkok Light welterweight Southeast Asian Games 2013 Napyidaw Light welterweight 2015 Singapore Light welterweight 2017 Malaysia Light welterweight 2019 Philippines Welterweight 2009 Vientiane Featherweight

Masuk is also one of the most successful boxers in the Southeast Asian Games with four gold medals. He ruled the light welterweight division in the biennial multi-sport meet in 2013, 2015 and 2017 and added a fourth gold medal as a welterweight in 2019.

His brother Suthin is also an international boxer.^[1]

References

1. "Wuttichai Masuk". NBColympics.com. NBC. Archived from the original on 2016-09-19.
2. "25.Asian Championships - Zhuhai City, China - June 7-13 2009". Amateur-boxing. 13 June 2009. Archived from the original on 10 July 2015. Retrieved 4 October 2014.
3. "Thailand's Wuttichai Masuk is pictured with his gold medal for the men's light welterweight 64kg boxing against South Korea's Lim Hyunchul at the Seonhak Gymnasium during the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon". EUROSPORT. 3 October 2014. Archived from the original on 6 October 2014. Retrieved 3 October 2014.
4. "Wuttichai silences Lim and Korea". Nationmultimedia. 4 October 2014. Archived from the original on 5 October 2014. Retrieved 4 October 2014.

External links

• Wuttichai Masuk at AIBA.org (archived)
• Wuttichai Masuk at Olympics.com
• Wuttichai Masuk at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)