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CYRUS WASHINGTON

welterweight, modern

4 min readUpdated: 2026-04

Record

45-12-1

KO %

44%

Titles

Active years

1998–2018

Born / based: Los Angeles, California, USA · Stance: orthodox · Height: 5'10"

Biography

American striker who transitioned from Muay Thai to Lethwei and became one of the sport's earliest crossover ambassadors. Known for a high-output, technical style that worked well under modern WLC rules.

Fighting style

volume strikerdistance managercrossover

Signature technique

→ Switch-step lead leg kick

Titles & honours

Lethwei World Champion
Multiple international Muay Thai titles

Reading this record

Cyrus Washington is recorded at 45–12–1, with 20 of those 45 wins ending by knockout. Modern-era figures are the more dependable ones on this site: WLC and MTLF cards are sanctioned and their results published, so these numbers can be checked against event results rather than oral history.

44% of those wins came inside the distance, which ranks 24th of the 29 profiled fighters with a documented record. That points to a fighter who won through accumulation and control rather than one-shot power, a profile well suited to a format where surviving deep rounds is itself a result.

Cyrus Washington is one of 6 fighters profiled at welterweight, and fights orthodox, as 28 of the 32 profiled fighters do.

Cyrus Washington is no longer competing, so the record above stands as documented.

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Greatest fights

vs Tun Tun Min I — 2014

The fight that put both men on the international Lethwei map. Washington came in as the technical favourite; Tun Tun Min took him to deep waters and finished with a body shot in round two.