Tun Min Naing (Burmese: ထွန်းမင်းနိုင်), also known as Sulaiman Looksuan (Thai: สุไลมาน ลูกสวน), is a Burmese Lethwei and Muay Thai fighter from Myanmar.[2][3] He is currently signed to ONE Championship, where he competes in the Flyweight division.[1]

Tun Min Naing
BornTun Min Naing
Mudon Township, Mon State
Native nameထွန်းမင်းနိုင်
Other namesSulaiman Looksuan (สุไลมาน ลูกสวน),
Toben Sor.Kanitsorn (โทเบน ส.คณิตศร)
ResidenceBangkok, Thailand
NationalityBurmese
Height1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)[1]
Weight135 lb (61 kg; 10 st)
DivisionFlyweight
StyleMuay Thai, Lethwei
StanceOrthodox
Fighting out ofMudon, Mon State
TeamLookSuan MuayThai Camp
Years active2015–present
Notable relativesTun Tun Min, Tun Min Latt, Tun Min Aung
Medal record
Men's Lethwei
Regions and States (C class)
Gold medal – first place 2016 Yangon -51 kg

Personal life

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Tun Min Naing is the eighth child of U Khaing Shwe and Daw Than Aye. He is a Muslim and the cousin of Tun Tun Min, Tun Min Latt and Tun Min Aung.[4]

Lethwei and Muay Thai career

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He started his Lethwei career at the age of 13. He won the 2016 Regions and States tournament in the 51 kg class, exceeding his own expectations. His sole loss came at the hands of Tha Pyay Aung, at the 2017 Golden Belt Championship.[5] Though hailed as a young and powerful fighter, he was knocked out in round two by the eventual champion in their weight-class.[6] Tun Min Naing rates his fight Ye Thway Ni in Mandalay among one of his most memorable matches. For about a year from 2017 to 2018, he fought in Thailand to study Muay Thai to improve his technique and to gain experience. He returned to competition in 2022 after a lay-off due to COVID-19 restrictions, a case of pneumonia and the after effects of the coup.[4]

ONE Championship

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In February 2023, Tun Min Naing announced he had signed with ONE Championship. His first fight was against Chaongoh Jitmuangnon, who was riding a 19-fight win streak.[7][8] He won the fight by technical knockout in the second round and was awarded a 350,000 Thai baht Performance of the Night bonus afterwards.[9][10] In his emotional post-fight interview, he revealed that he would use the money to help his ailing father get treatment.[11][12]

He became known as Mr. Roti, since he was selling the popular street food in between training.[13] He was also interviewed by Myanmar Celebrity and addressed some criticism regarding his costume and religion and said he didn't carry the Myanmar flag because he didn't feel confident yet.[14][15] He is determined to become a champion in ONE Championship.[16]

Muaythai record

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Professional Muaythai record
14 Wins, 11 Losses, 1 Draw
Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time
2024-05-17 Win   Tomoki Sato ONE Friday Fights 63, Lumpinee Stadium Bangkok, Thailand Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
2024-03-09 Loss   Gregor Kiatsongrit Suek Jitmuangnon Nonthaburi province, Thailand Decision 3 3:00
2024-01-19 Loss   Kabilan Jelevan ONE Friday Fights 48, Lumpinee Stadium Bangkok, Thailand Decision (majority) 3 3:00
2023-11-17 Win   Kijani Aytch ONE Friday Fights 41, Lumpinee Stadium Bangkok, Thailand Decision (unanimous) 3 3:00
2023-09-01 Loss   Lahfan Sitwatcharachai Suek Chaiyapahuyut Muaydee VitheeThai Surat Thani province, Thailand Decision 5 3:00
2023-07-14 Loss   Kabilan Jelevan ONE Friday Fights 25, Lumpinee Stadium Bangkok, Thailand TKO (right hook) 1 2:51
2023-05-12 Win   Pheteak Sor.Thepparat ONE Friday Fights 16, Lumpinee Stadium Bangkok, Thailand TKO (punches) 2 0:20
2023-03-17 Win   Chaongoh Jitmuangnon ONE Friday Fights 9, Lumpinee Stadium Bangkok, Thailand TKO 2 1:30
2023-01-28 Win   Kulabkaw Muay Dee Withithai Bangkok, Thailand TKO 5
2023-01-07 Win   Mahawet Kor.Saila Muay Dee Withithai Bangkok, Thailand Decision 5 3:00
2022-12-10 Loss   Phetsangtian Tor.Sangtiennoi Muay Dee Withithai Bangkok, Thailand Decision 5 3:00
2022-11-07 Loss   Yodkhunpon Sitkaewprapon Rajadamnern Stadium Bangkok, Thailand Decision 3 3:00
2022-10-01 Win   Abdelmouneme Basta Fairtex Fight Lumpinee Bangkok, Thailand Decision 3 3:00
2022-09-03 Win   Yuto Numpornthep Fairtex Fight Bangkok, Thailand Decision 3 3:00
2022-08-14 Win   Yuto Numpornthep Somdet Phra Chao Suea Palace Ayutthaya, Thailand Decision 5
2022-07-15 Loss   Somboonbab TFC Muaythai Muay Thai Fighter X Rangsit, Thailand Decision 5 3:00
2022-06-18 Loss   Padetsuk Fairtex Fairtex Fight: Domination Bangkok, Thailand Decision 3 3:00
2018-07-08 Loss   Hall Saengmorakot Super Champ Bangkok, Thailand Decision 3 3:00
2018-06-01 Win   Nongnooch Pattaya Boxing Stadium Chonburi province, Thailand
2018-04-29 Loss   Nonglek U.F.C. Refresh Real Hero Bangkok, Thailand Decision 1
2018-02-13 Loss   Max Muay Thai Fighter Pattaya, Thailand KO 1 0:46
2018-01-24 Win   Nontachai Charoemueng Max Muay Thai The Global Fight Pattaya, Thailand TKO 2
2017-12-20 Win   Changsuek Sor.Niltai Max Muay Thai Octa Fight Pattaya, Thailand KO 1
2017-11-29 Draw   Changsuek Sor.Niltai Max Muay Thai Daily Fight Pattaya, Thailand Draw 5 3:00
2017-11-10 Win   Muay Thai Live: Warriors Rising Bangkok, Thailand 1
2017-11-01 Win   Muay Thai Live: Warriors Rising Bangkok, Thailand
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

Lethwei record

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Professional Lethwei record
3 wins, 1 loss, 15 draws
Date Result Opponent Event Location Method Round Time
2020-02-12 Draw   Moe Hmaung (73rd) Union Day Commemoration Pyu Township, Myanmar Draw 5 3:00
2019-12-13 Draw   Ye Thway Ni Challenge Fights Mandalay Mandalay, Myanmar Draw 5 3:00
2019-11-11 Draw   Thar Win Tun New Generation Fights Dedaye Dedaye Township, Myanmar Draw 4 3:00
2019-07-21 Draw   Tauk Shar Lethwei Fights Ye city Ye Township, Myanmar Draw 5 3:00
2019-03-27 Draw   Laempetch Mhooping Aroijungbei Myanmar vs. Thailand Challenge Fights Mandalay, Myanmar Draw 5 3:00
2019-03-16 Draw   Saw Kyaw Kyar Challenge Fights Kyainseikgyi Kyain Seikgyi Township, Myanmar Draw 5 3:00
2019-02-22 Win   Saw Thar Nge WLC 7: Mighty Warriors Mandalay, Myanmar Decision (Split) 5 3:00
2019-01-22 Draw   Byaggha Challenge Fights Pajinn village Yebyu Township, Myanmar Draw 5 3:00
2018-11-21 Draw   Byaggha Surfing with the Warriors Chaungtha, Myanmar Draw 5 3:00
2018-11-11 Draw   Daung Phyu Battle For Glory IV Mawlamyine, Myanmar Draw 5 3:00
2018-07-22 Draw   Kyaw Swar Win Golden Belt Championship Yangon, Myanmar Draw 5 3:00
2017-07-15 Loss   Tha Pyay Aung 2017 Golden Belt Championship QF Yangon, Myanmar TKO 2 2:51
2017-05-28 Draw   Kyaw Swar Win Prime Minister's cup, Bago Region Bago Region, Myanmar Draw 5 3:00
2017-03-19 Draw   Thein Naing Tun Lethwei Fight 2 Yangon, Myanmar Draw 5 3:00
2016-08-30 Win   Moe Lay 14th Regions and States Final Yangon, Myanmar Decision 3 3:00
Wins 51kg Regions and States gold medal in C class
2016-08-27 Win   Aung Nay Htoo 14th Regions and States Semi-final Yangon, Myanmar Decision 3 3:00
2016-03-04 Draw   Kyaw Swar Win GTG Challenge Fights Kandawgyi Mandalay, Myanmar Draw 4 3:00
2016-01-17 Draw   Kyaw Swar Win Challenge To Myanmar Champion Yangon, Myanmar Draw 3 3:00
2015-08-30 Draw   Phyo Lin Zaw All Stars Big Fight Yangon, Myanmar Draw 3 3:00
Legend:   Win   Loss   Draw/No contest   Notes

References

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  1. ^ a b "Sulaiman Looksuan – ONE Championship". ONE Championship (in Thai). 9 March 2023. Retrieved 19 March 2023.
  2. ^ "ထွန်းမင်းနိုင်(ခေါ်)ဆူလေမန် ရဲ့ One Championship ပွဲဦးထွက်မှာ ရှုံးပွဲမရှိသေးတဲ့ ထိုင်းဖိုက်တာကို အလဲထိုးဖြင့် အနိုင်ရ". Moe Tauk Kyal (in Burmese). Retrieved 20 March 2023.
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  4. ^ a b Oakar, Min. "လက်ဝှေ့မျိုးရိုးကောင်းနဲ့ တိုးတက်နေတဲ့လူငယ်". Myanmar Lethwei Collection (in Burmese). Retrieved 20 March 2023.
  5. ^ Maung, Zarni (16 July 2017). "ရွှေခါးပတ်ချန်ပီယံပိုလ်လုပွဲ ကွာတားပိုင်နယ်ပွဲစဉ်များကျင်းပ" (PDF). Kyemone (in Burmese). p. 9. Retrieved 23 March 2023.
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  8. ^ "สานต่อไร้พ่ายไฟต์ที่ 20 "จ้าวเงาะ" เครื่องร้อนจัดพร้อมอัด "สุไลมาน" ในศึก ONE ลุมพินี 9". ONE Championship (in Thai). 16 March 2023. Retrieved 20 March 2023.
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  12. ^ "Battle between Chaongoh and "Roti Merchant" Sulaiman Looksuan, a very crazy fight". SKS Boxing. 21 March 2023. Retrieved 21 March 2023.
  13. ^ "ONE ลุมพินี : ย้อนเส้นทาง สุไลมาน ลูกสวน จากพ่อค้าโรตี สู่การแจ้งเกิดบนเวที ONE ลุมพินี" (in Thai). 10 May 2023. Retrieved 12 May 2023.
  14. ^ "ထွန်းမင်းနိုင် အောင်မြင်မှု အတွက် ဂုဏ်ပြု ချီးမြှင့်တဲ့ Zell". Myanmar Celebrity (in Burmese). 28 March 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023.
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  16. ^ "One Championship မှာ ချန်ပီယံခါးပတ် ယူမယ့် ထွန်းမင်းနိုင်". Myanmar Celebrity (in Burmese). 3 May 2023. Retrieved 14 May 2023. ချန်ပီယံ ခါးပတ် ကို လုမယ်' လို့ ပြောလာတဲ့ လက်ဝှေ့သမား ထွန်းမင်းနိုင်