Tway Ma Shaung
His ring name says it: he avoided nobody
- Born
- 1982, Taw Ku village, Mudon Township, Mon State, Myanmar
- Nationality
Myanmar- Height
- 168 cm (5′6″)
- Stance
- Orthodox
- Style
- Body-punching pressure fighter
- Weight
- 60 kg
- Active
- 1996–2013
- Status
- Retired
The record
82 fights per Wikipedia; all 46 wins came inside the distance. Birth date left at the year: Wikipedia's infobox says 15 September 1982 and its opening line says 9 December 1982. record
The story
orn Yan Naing Lin in Mon State, Tway Ma Shaung had his first fight in 1996, while still in school. His coach U Myint Wai gave him his ring name in 2002; it roughly means he avoids no one in sight, and he earned it by taking on bigger men and digging to the body. He won the 60 kg Golden Belt Championship in 2007, fought in Austria in 2008 and built a long rivalry with triple Golden Belt winner Win Tun. His only stoppage defeat came in 2005, when he turned his back on Kyal Lin Aung, exhausted, in the fifth round. In 2013 he challenged openweight champion Saw Nga Man, about 15 kg heavier, and drew. He retired in 2014 with 46 wins, all inside the distance, and two losses in 82 recorded fights.
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- Golden Belt Championship, 60 kg (2007)
- Dagon Shwe Aung Lan first-class winner (2009, 2013)
- SEA Games bronze, Muay Thai (2007)
- WLC Legend of the Year (2020)
- Golden Belt Championship best boxer (2007)
Defining fights
- 2005LOSSvs Kyal Lin Aung (TKO 5, his only stoppage loss)
- 2007WINvs Thutti Aung (KO 3, won 60 kg Golden Belt Championship)
- 2008WINvs Thomas Hengstberger (TKO 2, Graz, Austria)
- 2009WINvs Win Tun (KO 3, Dagon Shwe Aung Lan semi-final)
- 2013DRAWvs Saw Nga Man (5 rounds, openweight title challenge)
Go to the body: hooks to the ribs and liver get under a high guard, and against a bigger opponent they drain the legs before you go upstairs.
c. 2014–2023