Openweight Lethwei fighter, born 4 October 1992 in Kyaikmaraw, Mon State, Myanmar
Tun Tun Min is a Myanmar Lethwei fighter of Mon descent, born 4 October 1992, who became the youngest Openweight Golden Belt champion in 2014 at age 21, fought Dave Leduc three times between 2016 and 2018, and was still winning fights in 2025.
Tun Tun Min is a Burmese Lethwei fighter from Kyaikmaraw in Mon State, Myanmar, and one of the country's best-known bareknuckle fighters. He won the Openweight Lethwei Golden Belt by stopping Saw Nga Man in September 2014, aged 21, held it until a knee injury forced him to forfeit to Dave Leduc in December 2016, and headlined Dave Leduc vs. Tun Tun Min III in 2018 — a draw watched by a cumulative 37 million people, the largest audience in Lethwei history.
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Burmese Lethwei fighter of Mon descent, born in 1992 in Kyaikmaraw, Mon State. Widely regarded as one of Myanmar's greatest modern Lethwei fighters, he became the youngest-ever Openweight Golden Belt champion at 21 in 2014. His 2016–2018 trilogy against Dave Leduc defined international Lethwei, and the third bout remains the most-watched fight in the sport's history. Known for an aggressive, forward-moving style.
4 October 1992, in Kyaikmaraw, Mon State, Myanmar. Of Mon descent and Muslim. Source: Wikipedia
Won the Openweight Lethwei Golden Belt on 21 September 2014, stopping Saw Nga Man by TKO in round 4 — the youngest fighter ever to win the belt. Source: Wikipedia
Forfeited to Dave Leduc in round 3 on 11 December 2016 after a knee injury, losing the Golden Belt. Source: Wikipedia
Wikipedia's itemised bout table lists 66 fights (2010–Aug 2025): 38 wins, all by KO/TKO, 4 losses, 24 draws. Its infobox gives a larger career total of 86 fights, 59-4-23. Source: Wikipedia
Dave Leduc vs. Tun Tun Min III (16 December 2018) drew a cumulative audience of 37 million — the largest in Lethwei history. Source: Wikipedia
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Tun Tun Min (Burmese ထွန်းထွန်းမင်း; birth name Maung Tun Tun Min) was born on 4 October 1992 in Kyaikmaraw, Mon State, Myanmar. He was 21 years old when he won the Openweight Lethwei Golden Belt in September 2014, and he turned 33 in October 2025.
He started training at age 6 with sandbags his father bought, and won his first fight — an amateur bout fought on sand rather than in a ring — at age 9, while still in the 4th grade. He left school in the 6th grade to fight and support his family, and between 2007 and 2009 he worked on a pineapple plantation in Thailand. He later joined the Mudontha Lethwei Club, founded in 2008 by Saya U Ye Thway, U Thamain Thawdar and his own father — Lethwei fighter U Tun Tun Zaw. His grandfather was also a well-known former Lethwei fighter in Mon State.
On 21 September 2014, aged 21, Tun Tun Min stopped Saw Nga Man — the reigning openweight champion for the previous five years, at age 33 — by TKO in round 4 at "Who is Number One?" in Yangon, to win the Openweight Lethwei Golden Belt and become the youngest fighter ever to hold it. Wikipedia lists eighteen successful defences of the belt before he lost it on 11 December 2016.
He also won the Myanmar Lethwei World Championship (MLWC) openweight title three times: a first-round knockout of Petchchuechip on 21 August 2016, a fifth-round knockout of Mikhail Vetrila (Russia) on 18 August 2019, and a first-round knockout defence over Hamed Soleimani (Iran) on 14 August 2022. When the Golden Belt itself went vacant, he fought for it twice against Thway Thit Win Hlaing: a decision loss at a 77 kg catchweight on 29 January 2023, and a draw under traditional rules in the rematch on 20 August 2023, after which Thway Thit Win Hlaing kept the title.
Outside Lethwei he has represented Myanmar across other combat sports: SEA Games gold in Muay Thai at 71 kg in 2013, bronze at the 2013 Asian Indoor and Martial Arts Games (71 kg), silver at the 2012 Asian Muay Championships, and SEA Games silver in Kun Khmer at 81 kg in 2023, where he won every bout to the final before losing by decision to Prom Samnang.
In 2017 the World Lethwei Championship (WLC) signed Tun Tun Min alongside Too Too to multi-fight contracts. He appeared on the promotion's first card, WLC 1: The Great Beginning, on 3 March 2017 in Yangon, stopping British Muay Thai champion Nicholas Carter in round 1 (TKO, 2:59) with headbutts and punches.
He fought that bout on an already-injured knee, then had surgery on 7 April 2017 at Phyathai Nawamin International Hospital in Bangkok to repair meniscus and ligament damage. His rehabilitation was estimated at eight months, and a planned January return was cancelled because the knee still bothered him. He finally returned on 22 July 2018, after sixteen months out, drawing with Thai Fight star Saiyok Pumpanmuang in a Golden Belt Championship bout in Yangon. Less than a month later, on 19 August 2018, he drew with Daryl Lokuku (DR Congo) at the Myanmar Lethwei World Championship 2018, knocking Lokuku down with a headbutt near the end.
Wikipedia records four losses in Tun Tun Min's career. The first came on 7 November 2011, a TKO (cut) in round 3 against Nay Salai (Maw She) at the 56th Kayin State Day Aung Lan semi-final. The second was a round-3 knockout by Cyrus Washington on 7 December 2014. The third was the forfeit loss to Dave Leduc on 11 December 2016 that cost him the Golden Belt. The fourth came on 29 January 2023, a decision loss to Thway Thit Win Hlaing for the vacant Golden Belt.
Draws make up a large share of his record because Lethwei's traditional rules recognise no judges' decision: if a bout does not end in a knockout, it is called a tie. That rule explains why a fighter with as many stoppage wins as Tun Tun Min also carries dozens of draws — early in his career he drew with Too Too, and he also drew with Soe Lin Oo, a 2010 Golden Belt champion he called the toughest opponent he had faced at the time.
Wikipedia gives two different totals for Tun Tun Min's career, and they disagree. Its itemised, dated bout-by-bout table lists 66 professional fights between 2010 and August 2025: 38 wins, all by knockout or TKO, 4 losses and 24 draws. Its infobox, by contrast, states a larger career total of 86 fights, with a record of 59 wins (all by KO), 4 losses and 23 draws. The two sources agree only on the number of losses.
Because Lethwei has no judges' decisions under traditional rules, every one of his documented wins is a stoppage — there are no wins by points in either version of the record. The fight table on this page lists all 66 dated bouts from the itemised Wikipedia table. He began his career fighting for prize money at pagoda and religious-festival events, and some of those earliest bouts survive in the table only as a year or a month rather than an exact date.
Tun Tun Min's rivalry with Dave Leduc carried Lethwei to its largest audiences. Their first meeting, on 9 October 2016, was broadcast free-to-air on MRTV; the title-deciding rematch that December aired on Sky Net pay-TV. The trilogy fight in December 2018 was billed as "The Biggest Fight in Lethwei History" and drew a cumulative audience of 37 million people — the highest viewership in Lethwei history — including an estimated 10.35 million watching via illegal streams.
His profile grew alongside that visibility: he was featured by the Myanmar Times ("Bring on the world", 2016), by Anadolu Agency ("Ethnic Muslim fighter eyes Myanmar's kickboxing crown", 30 November 2018) and by Fox Sports Asia ("Lethwei star Tun Tun Min's road to redemption", 15 December 2018). Speaking to The National in December 2015 about a year spent facing foreign challengers, he said: "I fought nine fights in this year and no opponents were from Myanmar."
He has also faced discrimination over his Muslim background. In 2017 a calendar of current and former champions, commissioned by the Myanmar Traditional Boxing Federation, left out his name, title and likeness, and the media accused the federation of discrimination; he has admitted that he considered leaving the sport. Away from Lethwei he enjoys sepak takraw, volleyball and amateur football, and as a young man was selected for the Kyaikmaraw Township football team.
Tun Tun Min is recorded at 38–4–24, with 38 of those 38 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.
100% of those wins came inside the distance, which ranks 2nd of the 12 profiled fighters with a documented record. In a sport whose traditional ruleset offered no decision at all, a finishing rate that high is the clearest signal of a fighter built to end contests early.
Tun Tun Min is one of 5 fighters profiled at openweight, and fights orthodox, as 9 of the 23 profiled fighters do.
Tun Tun Min is listed as active, so this record is a snapshot rather than a final tally.
Tun Tun Min stopped Saw Nga Man by TKO in round 4 at "Who is Number One?" in Yangon on 21 September 2014, aged 21, to win the Openweight Lethwei Golden Belt. Saw Nga Man was 33 and had held the openweight title for five years, making Tun Tun Min the youngest fighter ever to win the Golden Belt.
Tun Tun Min and Cyrus Washington fought three times in just over a year, all exhibition bouts with the Golden Belt not at stake. Washington knocked him out in round 3 on 7 December 2014; on 11 April 2015 Washington knocked him out again with a spinning technique, but Tun Tun Min recovered during his time-out and knocked Washington down in round 5, and Washington's corner threw in the towel; and he closed the trilogy by stopping Washington in 71 seconds on 20 December 2015 after Washington declined to continue following a strike to the eye socket.
The first meeting between Tun Tun Min and Dave Leduc, at GTG International Challenge Fights 2016 in Yangon, ended in a draw. Tun Tun Min dominated the early rounds before Leduc came back later in the fight, which was broadcast free-to-air on MRTV. Afterwards, Tun Tun Min said he had trouble with Leduc's distance control.
With the Openweight Golden Belt on the line at the 2016 Air KBZ Aung Lan Championship in Yangon, Leduc targeted Tun Tun Min's leg with push kicks before catching a high kick in round 3, and Tun Tun Min twisted his knee landing. He took the injury time-out, but after being thrown again he forfeited in round 3, losing the Golden Belt and making Leduc the first non-Burmese fighter to hold it. The bout was broadcast on Sky Net pay-TV.
On the World Lethwei Championship's debut card, WLC 1: The Great Beginning, in Yangon, Tun Tun Min stopped British Muay Thai champion Nicholas Carter in round 1 with headbutts and punches, the TKO coming at 2:59. He fought the bout on an already-injured knee that required surgery in Bangkok the following month.
Billed as "The Biggest Fight in Lethwei History" at a sold-out Thein Pyu Stadium in Yangon, Leduc knocked Tun Tun Min out with an elbow in round 1. Tun Tun Min used his two-minute injury time-out and fought on, and five rounds ended without another knockout, producing a draw under traditional rules that let Leduc keep the Golden Belt. The fight drew a cumulative audience of 37 million people, including an estimated 10.35 million illegal streams — the largest audience in Lethwei history.
With the Golden Belt vacant, Tun Tun Min and Thway Thit Win Hlaing met twice in 2023. On 29 January, fighting at a 77 kg catchweight well below his usual weight of over 80 kg, Tun Tun Min was knocked down twice in round 4 and lost by decision. In the 20 August rematch, fought under traditional rules, the two drew and Thway Thit Win Hlaing kept the title.
Tun Tun Min beat Keivan Soleimani (Iran) in round 1 with a headbutt at the Myanmar Lethwei World Championship 2025 in Yangon. It is the most recent bout in his documented record.
“I fought nine fights in this year and no opponents were from Myanmar”
Records below are reconstructed from public reports and may differ from official sanctioning-body counts.
| Date | Opponent | Result | Method | Event | Round |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-17 | Keivan Soleimani (Iran) | W | KO (Headbutt) | Myanmar Lethwei World Championship 2025, Yangon | 1 |
| 2024-09-22 | Kyaw Swar Win | W | KO (Head Kick) | Myanmar Lethwei World Championship 2024, Yangon | 1 |
| 2024 | Thway Thit Win Hlaing | D | Draw | (69th) Karen State Day, Hpa-an | 5 |
| 2023-08-20 | Thway Thit Win Hlaing | D | Draw | Myanmar Lethwei World Championship 2023, Yangon | 5 |
| 2023-01-29 | Thway Thit Win Hlaing | L | Decision | The Great Lethwei 3, Yangon — For vacant Openweight Lethwei Golden Belt | 5 |
| 2022-08-14 | Hamed Soleimani (Iran) | W | KO | Myanmar Lethwei World Championship 2022, Yangon — Defends Openweight Myanmar Lethwei World Championship - MLWC | 1 |
| 2020-12-06 | Shwe Yar Man | D | Draw | Myanmar Lethwei World Championship 2020, Yangon | 5 |
| 2020-01-20 | Keivan Soleimani (Iran) | D | Draw | Win Sein Taw Ya 2020, Mudon Township | 5 |
| 2019-08-18 | Mikhail Vetrila (Russia) | W | KO | 2019 Myanmar Lethwei World Championship, Yangon — Wins Openweight Myanmar Lethwei World Championship - MLWC | 5 |
| 2019-03-31 | Thaneelek Lookkromluang (Thailand) | W | KO | Lethwei Nation Fight, Yangon | 4 |
| 2018-12-16 | Dave Leduc | D | Draw | Dave Leduc vs. Tun Tun Min III, Yangon — For Openweight Lethwei Golden Belt | 5 |
| 2018-08-19 | Daryl Lokuku (DR Congo) | D | Draw | Myanmar Lethwei World Championship 2018, Yangon | 5 |
| 2018-07-22 | Saiyok Pumpanmuang (Thailand) | D | Draw | Golden Belt Championship, Yangon | 5 |
| 2017-03-03 | Nicholas Carter (UK) | W | TKO | WLC 1: The Great Beginning, Yangon | 1 |
| 2016-12-11 | Dave Leduc (Canada) | L | TKO (forfeit) | 2016 Air KBZ Aung Lan Championship, Yangon — Lost Openweight Lethwei Golden Belt | 3 |
| 2016-10-27 | Adem Yilmaz (Australia) | W | KO | Lethwei Grand Prix Japan 2016, Tokyo, Japan | 5 |
| 2016-10-09 | Dave Leduc (Canada) | D | Draw | GTG International Challenge Fights 2016, Yangon | 5 |
| 2016-08-21 | Petchchuechip (Tanee Khomgrich) (Thailand) | W | KO | Myanmar Lethwei World Championship 2016, Yangon — Wins Openweight Myanmar Lethwei World Championship - MLWC | 1 |
| 2016-04-02 | Ludwik Dokhoyan (Russia) | W | KO | Max Thingyan Fight, Yangon | 1 |
| 2016-02-23 | Evgeni Klimin (Russia) | W | KO | Thaung Pyin Challenge Fights, Ye Township | 2 |
| 2016-02-04 | Tolipov Mansurbek (Uzbekistan) | W | KO | Win Sein Taw Ya 2016, Mudon Township | 2 |
| 2016-01-17 | Saw Gaw Mu Do | W | KO | Challenge to Myanmar Champion!, Yangon | 2 |
| 2015-12-20 | Cyrus Washington (USA) | W | KO | Air KBZ Aung Lan Championship 2015, Yangon | 1 |
| 2015-10-11 | Daniel Kerr (New Zealand) | W | KO | Who is the BEST?, Yangon | 2 |
| 2015-08-30 | Jackson Alves de Souza (Brazil) | W | KO | All Star Big Fight, Yangon | 1 |
| 2015-04-11 | Cyrus Washington (USA) | W | KO | Thingyan Fight 2015, Yangon | 5 |
| 2015-03-29 | Petchmankong Gaiyanghadaow (Thailand) | W | KO | One On One Myanmar-Thai Challenge Fights, Yangon | 3 |
| 2015-03-04 | Dernchonlek Sor.Sor.Niyom (Thailand) | W | KO | Kyaik Kay Lar Tha Challenge Fights, Lamaing Township | 4 |
| 2015-02-04 | Berneung Topkingboxing (Thailand) | D | Draw | 68th Mon National Day, Ye Township | 5 |
| 2015-01-15 | Dimitri Masson (France) | W | KO | Win Sein Taw Ya 2015, Mudon Township | 2 |
| 2015-01-05 | Trakoonsing Tor.Jatuten (Thailand) | W | KO | Hnit Kayin Challenge Fights, Ye Township | 4 |
| 2014-12-07 | Cyrus Washington (USA) | L | KO | Air KBZ Aung Lan Championship 2014, Yangon — For Air KBZ Aung Lan Championship | 3 |
| 2014-11-02 | Matthew Richardson (Canada) | W | KO | One on One International Challenge Fight, Yangon | 3 |
| 2014-09-21 | Saw Nga Man | W | TKO | Who is Number One?, Yangon — Wins Openweight Lethwei Golden Belt | 4 |
| 2014-08-31 | Petchtae Tor.Maxmuaythai (Thailand) | W | KO | Ultimate International Letwhay Challenge Fight 2014, Singapore | 2 |
| 2014-07-06 | Weerapol (Thailand) | W | KO | One on One Big Fight, Yangon | 3 |
| 2014-05-18 | Petchtae Tor.Maxmuaythai (Thailand) | W | KO | International Lethwei Challenge Fights, Yangon | 5 |
| 2014-04-06 | Saw Yan Paing | D | Draw | Myaw Sin Island Challenge Fights, Yangon | 5 |
| 2014-03-26 | Pravit Aor.Piriyapinyo (Thailand) | W | KO | Taung Pa Village Challenge Fights, Mudon Township | 2 |
| 2014-03-15 | Pravit Aor.Piriyapinyo (Thailand) | D | Draw | International Challenge Fights, Lamaing, Ye | 5 |
| 2014-03-09 | Rajchasie Pumphanmuang (Thailand) | W | KO | Hla Ka Zaing Village International Challenge Fights, Kyaikmaraw Township | 3 |
| 2014-01-26 | Yodkunkrai Por.Wiriya (Thailand) | W | KO | International Lethwei Challenge Fights, Thaung Pyin | 1 |
| 2013-09-21 | Naoki Samukawa (Japan) | D | Draw | Myanmar vs. Japan Challenge Fight, Yangon | 5 |
| 2013-05-12 | Soe Lin Oo | D | Draw | Lethwei Challenge Fights, Yangon | 5 |
| 2013-04-25 | Soe Lin Oo | D | Draw | Lethwei Challenge Fights, Myanmar | 5 |
| 2013 | Yodkunkrai Por.Wiriya (Thailand) | W | KO | International Lethwei Challenge Fights, Myanmar | 1 |
| 2013-05 | Saw Yan Paing | W | KO | Lethwei Challenge Fights, Lamaing, Ye | 2 |
| 2013-03-25 | Tun Tun | W | KO | Lethwei Challenge Fights, Ye Township | 3 |
| 2013-02-12 | Dawna Aung | D | Draw | Taungoo City Challenge Fights, Taungoo | 5 |
| 2013-02-05 | Yodtang (Thailand) | W | KO | Win Sein Taw Ya 2013, Mudon Township | 1 |
| 2013-01-20 | Poonpetch (Thailand) | W | KO | Myanmar vs. Thailand Letwhay Competition, Yangon | 1 |
| 2013-01-06 | Felix (Germany) | W | KO | Dagon Shwe Aung Lan 2013, Yangon | 2 |
| 2012-12-14 | Saw Ga Pa Rae Hmu | W | KO | Lethwei Challenge Fights, Mandalay | 3 |
| 2012-11-25 | Tha Pyay Nyo | D | Draw | Lethwei Challenge Fights, Yangon | 5 |
| 2012 | Tha Pyay Nyo | D | Draw | Lethwei Challenge Fights, Lamaing, Ye | 5 |
| 2012-02 | Win Tin | D | Draw | Thaung Pyin Challenge Fights, Ye Township | 5 |
| 2012 | Daung Thi Chay | D | Draw | Win Sein Taw Ya 2012, Mudon Township | 5 |
| 2011-11 | Sankom Muang Ya-mo (Pettaporn) (Thailand) | W | KO | Pa Nga International Lethwei Challenge Fights, Thanbyuzayat Township | 3 |
| 2011-11-07 | Nay Salai (Maw She) | L | TKO (cut) | 56th Kayin State Day Aung Lan Semi final, Kayin State | 3 |
| 2011-07-03 | Shwe Thein Aung | W | KO | Myanmar vs. Thailand Challenge Fights (Day 2), Mandalay | 1 |
| 2011-05-16 | Soe Htet Oo | D | Draw | Commemoration of Nyaung Water Festival, Mudon Township | 5 |
| 2011-03-15 | Saw Gaw Mu Do | W | KO | Thanbyuzayat Challenge Fights, Thanbyuzayat Township | 2 |
| 2011 | Soe Lin Oo | D | Draw | Lethwei Challenge Fights, Myanmar | 5 |
| 2011 | Too Too | D | Draw | Lethwei Challenge Fights, Myanmar | 5 |
| 2011 | Kyaw Ye Khaung | D | Draw | Royal Club Challenge Fights, Mawlamyine | 4 |
| 2010-10-26 | Kyar Pauk | D | Draw | Yele Pagoda Lethwei Challenge Fights, Kyaikkhami | 4 |