Tun Tun Min
Myanmar's youngest openweight champion, and every win a knockout
- Born
- October 4, 1992, Kyaikmaraw, Mon State, Myanmar
- Nationality
Myanmar- Height
- 178 cm (5′10″)
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Style
- Bull-rushing knockout artist
- Weight
- Openweight
- Active
- 2002–present
- Status
- Active · age 34
The record
Lethwei, 86 fights per Wikipedia, which counts every win as a knockout; records of village and festival bouts are incomplete. Anadolu Agency (2018) said he had lost only twice in more than 50 fights by late 2016.
The story
un Tun Min grew up in a village in Mon State, the son and grandson of Lethwei fighters, and began training with sandbags and basic equipment at six. He left school in sixth grade to fight for prize money at pagoda festivals. In September 2014, aged 21, he beat Saw Nga Man to become the youngest openweight Golden Belt champion. The American Cyrus Washington knocked him out in a non-title bout that December, but Tun Tun Min stopped him in both of their later meetings. He lost the belt in 2016 when a knee injury forced him to quit against Dave Leduc, and had surgery in 2017. A Muslim of Mon descent, he has faced abuse from parts of the crowd. In August 2025 he won the vacant openweight belt again with a first-round headbutt knockout.
- Openweight Lethwei Golden Belt (2014–2016; vacant title won 2025)
- Myanmar Lethwei World Championship openweight champion (3 times)
- SEA Games gold, Muay Thai 71 kg (2013)
- SEA Games silver, Kun Khmer 81 kg (2023)
- Best Fighter award (2015)
Defining fights
- 2014WINvs Saw Nga Man (TKO 4, won openweight Golden Belt)
- 2015WINvs Cyrus Washington (KO 1, third meeting)
- 2016LOSSvs Dave Leduc (TKO 3, knee injury; lost Golden Belt)
- 2023LOSSvs Thway Thit Win Hlaing (decision, vacant openweight title)
- 2025WINvs Keivan Soleimani (KO 1, headbutt; vacant openweight Golden Belt)
Arrive in range already punching: step in behind a jab or lead kick and land the right hook as your opponent reacts. Budget your power, because a five-round fight punishes an empty gas tank.
c. 2014–2023