Amnat Ruenroeng, former IBF world boxing champion, drunkenly caused a disturbance, ultimately being knocked down by a youth in retaliation.
On 5 Oct 2025 GMT+7, a Facebook user named "Woramet Saardrat" posted a video showing Amnat Ruenroeng, former IBF world champion boxer, drunkenly causing trouble in front of a convenience store. The staff inside were frightened, and a young man tried to calm him down, but to no avail.
The situation escalated when Amnat pushed the other party’s chest, prompting the youth to defend himself by restraining the former boxer to the ground to stop the incident. After being held down, Amnat appeared to calm down but then tried to punch back, missed, lost balance and fell. The youth then kicked him in the face and held him down until he lost strength.
The youth then helped Amnat to his feet, after which the former boxer walked into the store. The staff locked the store door while Amnat continued to wander around loudly in front of the shop.
Later, the involved youth posted the clip with a message saying, "I'm not claiming to be tough or skilled. I was just defending myself. I chased him away nearly to death, but he never listened to me. Even drunk, he refused to rest. Why scare others like that?"
"If it wasn’t me, what would others in the store have done? He was so drunk, unaware of his actions. I apologize for what I did; I was just defending myself. I didn’t want to hurt him, but he forced me to act. If you want to blame me, watch the full clip first."
Amnat Ruenroeng began as a Muay Thai fighter under the name “Phet T. Bangsaen.” However, he spent 18 months in prison due to a robbery conviction.
Thanks to good behavior, he was given the chance to box as an amateur within the prison system, winning gold medals at the Royal Thai Department of Corrections sports events two years in a row, and was later recruited into the Thai national team.
Amnat’s amateur boxing career flourished: he won a bronze medal at the 2007 World Championships in the U.S., bronze at the 2010 Asian Games in China, and two gold medals at the SEA Games (2007 and 2009), as well as competing in the Olympics twice, in 2008 (Beijing) and 2016 (Rio de Janeiro).
He later turned professional, capturing the IBF flyweight world title at 112 pounds from 2014 to 2015, successfully defending the belt five times before retiring from the ring.