Wuttichai Masuk

{{Short description|Thai boxer (born 1990)}}

{{Infobox boxer (amateur)

| name = Wuttichai Masuk

| image = Russell vs Masuk Rio2016.jpg

| image_size =

| alt =

| caption = Masuk (blue) at the 2016 Olympics

| nickname =

| nationality = Thai

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1990|3|16}}

| birth_place = Nong Hong District, Buriram Province, Thailand

| height = 175 cm

| weight =

| country = {{THA}}

| weight_class = {{ubl

| Welterweight (2019)

| Light welterweight (2010–2017)

| Featherweight (2009)

}}

| club = Nakhonratchasima Municipality Sport School

| coach = Taweewat Islam
Omar Puentes Malagón{{cite web |url=http://results.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=masuk-wuttichai-1133256/index.html |title=Wuttichai Masuk |website=NBColympics.com |publisher=NBC |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160919174210/http://results.nbcolympics.com/athletes/athlete=masuk-wuttichai-1133256/index.html |archive-date=2016-09-19}}

| medaltemplates =

{{MedalCompetition|World Amateur Championships}}

{{MedalBronze| 2015 Doha | Light welterweight}}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Games}}

{{MedalGold | 2014 Incheon|Light welterweight}}

{{MedalBronze | 2010 Guangzhou|Light welterweight}}

{{MedalBronze | 2018 Jakarta–Palembang|Light welterweight}}

{{MedalCompetition|Asian Championships}}

{{MedalGold| 2009 Zhuhai |Featherweight}}

{{MedalGold| 2015 Bangkok |Light welterweight}}

{{MedalCompetition | Southeast Asian Games }}

{{MedalGold | 2013 Napyidaw|Light welterweight}}

{{MedalGold | 2015 Singapore|Light welterweight}}

{{MedalGold | 2017 Malaysia|Light welterweight}}

{{MedalGold | 2019 Philippines|Welterweight}}

{{MedalBronze | 2009 Vientiane|Featherweight}}

| show-medals = yes

}}

Wuttichai Masuk ({{langx|th|จ่าอากาศโท วุฒิชัย มาสุข}}; born 16 March 1990 at Buriram Province), is a Thai boxer who competes in the light welterweight division. He won the gold medal at the 2009 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships after defeating Hurshid Tojibaev of Uzbekistan.{{cite news |title=25.Asian Championships - Zhuhai City, China - June 7-13 2009 |url=http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/AsianChampionships2009.html |access-date=4 October 2014 |newspaper=Amateur-boxing |date=13 June 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710171741/http://amateur-boxing.strefa.pl/Championships/AsianChampionships2009.html |archive-date=10 July 2015 |url-status=live}} He also won gold medal of the Boxing at the 2014 Asian Games.{{cite news |title=Thailand's Wuttichai Masuk is pictured with his gold medal for the men's light welterweight 64kg boxing against South Korea's Lim Hyunchul at the Seonhak Gymnasium during the 2014 Asian Games in Incheon |url=https://it.eurosport.yahoo.com/foto/thailands-wuttichai-masuk-pictured-gold-medal-mens-light-photo-075747521.html |access-date=3 October 2014 |newspaper=EUROSPORT |date=3 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141006083956/https://it.eurosport.yahoo.com/foto/thailands-wuttichai-masuk-pictured-gold-medal-mens-light-photo-075747521.html |archive-date=6 October 2014 |url-status=live}}{{cite news |title=Wuttichai silences Lim and Korea |url=https://www.nationmultimedia.com/sports/Wuttichai-silences-Lim-and-Korea-30244762.html |access-date=4 October 2014 |newspaper=Nationmultimedia |date=4 October 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141005205946/http://www.nationmultimedia.com/sports/Wuttichai-silences-Lim-and-Korea-30244762.html |archive-date=5 October 2014 |url-status=dead}}

Masuk is also one of the most successful boxers in the Southeast Asian Games with four gold medals. He ruled the light welterweight division in the biennial multi-sport meet in 2013, 2015 and 2017 and added a fourth gold medal as a welterweight in 2019.

His brother Suthin is also an international boxer.

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