| Apinan Kongsong (อภินันท์ คงสง) | |
| Nickname: | Dawrung phi-phungtai (ดาวรุ่งผีพุ่งไต้) "Meteor" (alias) Jod (nickname) |
| Weight: | Light-welterweight |
| Height: | 5 ft 10 in |
| Nationality: | Thai |
| Birth Date: | 14 July 1995 |
| Birth Place: | Tambon Lamphu Ra, Amphoe Huai Yot, Trang Province, Thailand |
| Style: | Orthodox |
| Total: | 24 |
| Wins: | 21 |
| Ko: | 18 |
| Losses: | 3 |
Apinun Khongsong (th|อภินันท์ คงสง, born 14 July 1995), also known professionally as Downua Ruawaiking (ดาวเหนือ เรือไวกิ้ง), is a Thai professional boxer who challenged for the unified WBA (Super), IBF, and The Ring light-welterweight titles in September 2020.
Khongsong was born in Tambon Lamphu Ra, Amphoe Huai Yot, Trang Province, 141NaN1 north of Trang City. He has fought in over 100 fights from Muay Thai to amateur boxing.[1] He is a sports athlete at Trang Sports School.[2]
He debuted his first professional boxing match in mid-2016 under Ekarat "่Jimmy" Chaichotchuang of Kiat Kreerin Promotion by Rian Munton, a Briton as a trainer. He had his 7th fight on 22 February 2017, where he challenged the vacant IBF Pan Pacific champion, Yuta Maruoka, a Japanese boxer, through a first round knockout.
On 23 August 2017, he won the vacant IBF Asia light-welterweight title by a unanimous decision over Adam Diu "Big Daddy" Abdulhamid, a Filipino challenger, at Suan Lum Night Bazaar Ratchadaphisek.[3]
On 18 February 2019, he fought Japanese boxer, Akihiro Kondo in the IBF junior welterweight world title eliminator fight. Kondo received a right uppercut knockout from Khongsong in the fifth round, at Kōrakuen Hall, Tokyo.
He lost his first fight on 26 September 2020, to Josh Taylor in the first round in unified WBA (Super), IBF, and The Ring light-welterweight bout at York Hall, London.
After the fight had passed for a while. Khongsong came out to claim the purse, according to the contract, stating that he would be up to 500,000 pounds (20 million baht), but he said that he had never even seen the contract. Therefore would like the stable to clarify.[4]
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 27 | Win | 23–4 | Thongnin Xayyaseng | UD | 6 | 5 Oct 2024 | |||
| 26 | Loss | 22–4 | Amirhossein Arzi | KO | 1 (6), | 29 Aug 2024 | |||
| 25 | Win | 22–3 | Peeraphat Tobua | TKO | 3 (6), | 13 Jul 2024 | |||
| 24 | Win | 21–3 | Suntorn Panhom | TKO | 3 (8), | 14 Jan 2023 | |||
| 23 | Loss | 20–3 | Xolisani Ndongeni | KO | 7 (10), | 17 Nov 2022 | |||
| 22 | Win | 20–2 | Phairat Aimong | TKO | 2 (8), | 11 Aug 2022 | |||
| 21 | Win | 19–2 | Wutthiphong Tunkam | TKO | 3 (6), | 22 Jul 2022 | |||
| 20 | Loss | 18–2 | Steve Spark | TKO | 3 (8), | 11 Jun 2022 | |||
| 19 | Win | 18–1 | Tanpisit Chairach | TKO | 3 (6), | 10 Apr 2022 | |||
| 18 | Win | 17–1 | Somchai Srijan | TKO | 5 (6), | 20 Mar 2022 | |||
| 17 | Loss | 16–1 | Josh Taylor | KO | 1 (12), | 26 Sep 2020 | |||
| 16 | Win | 16–0 | Yosmar Kefi | TKO | 2 (8), | 19 Jul 2019 | |||
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Akihiro Kondo | KO | 5 (12), | 18 Feb 2019 | |||
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Sonny Katiandagho | TKO | 3 (12) | 14 Dec 2018 | |||
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Ray Rahardjo | TKO | 5 (12) | 21 Nov 2018 | |||
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Jason Egera | KO | 6 (8), | 20 Jun 2018 | |||
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | Rusmin Kie Raha | KO | 1 (8), | 25 Apr 2018 | |||
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Adam Diu Abdulhamid | UD | 12 | 23 Aug 2017 | |||
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Junar Adante | TKO | 2 (12) | 21 Jun 2017 | |||
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Eddy Comaro | TKO | 3 (6) | 20 Apr 2017 | |||
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Yuta Maruoka | TKO | 1 (12), | 22 Feb 2017 | |||
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Heri Andriyanto | TKO | 2 (6), | 21 Dec 2016 | |||
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Punchai Sithfasai | PTS | 6 | 30 Nov 2016 | |||
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Afanwi Kingsly Shu | KO | 3 (6) | 30 Sep 2026 | |||
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Matthis Bernot | PTS | 6 | 12 Aug 2016 | |||
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Matthis Bernot | TKO | 4 (6), | 8 Jul 2016 | |||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Pattapol Rajlampang | TKO | 1 (4) | 10 Jun 2016 |