On October 7, 2023, the 32-year-old WBC strawweight world champion, Panya Pradabsri (40-1, 24 KOs), faced a 26-year-old Japanese boxer Yudai Shigeoka (7-0, 5 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Pradabsri came in to the fight on a 22-fight win streak with a 58% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 9 days. Shigeoka was on a 7-fight win streak with a 71% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 21 days.
Yudai Shigeoka defeated Panya Pradabsri via unanimous decision and wins the WBC title — in his first world-title fight. Shigeoka improves his record to 8-0, while Pradabsri adds a loss to his record at 40-2.
On October 3, 2017, a 26-year-old Panya Pradabsri (18-0, 10 KOs) and Xiong Chaozhong met in the ring in a strawweight bout.
Pradabsri came in to the fight on a 18-fight win streak with a 55% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 8 days.
Panya Pradabsri lost to Xiong Chaozhong via majority decision in the 12-round strawweight fight, and adds an loss to his record at 18-1.