On November 27, 2020, Wanheng Menayothin (54-0, 18 KOs), the strawweight WBC champion, defends his title against fellow Thai challenger, Panya Pradabsri (34-1, 22 KOs).
Wanheng Menayothin is coming in to the fight on a 54-fight win streak with a 33% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Simphiwe Khonco, 1 year, 1 month, and 2 days ago. Panya Pradabsri is on a 16-fight win streak with a 62% KO rate, with his last fight being a 4th round RTD win over Wichet Sengprakhon, 2 months and 2 days ago.
The winning odds are at 78.7-21.3 in favor of Panya Pradabsri. It is going to be a competitive fight and Wanheng Menayothin will put up a very good fight, but Pradabsri will prevail.
Panya Pradabsri defeated Wanheng Menayothin via unanimous decision and wins the WBC title — in his first world-title fight. Pradabsri improves his record to 35-1, while Menayothin adds a loss to his record at 54-1.