Hanuman KKF marathon: Eh Amarin wins at Koh Pich in 2024 ម៉ារ៉ាតុង Hanuman KKF៖ អេ អាំម៉ារីន ឈ្នះនៅកោះពេជ្រ ២០២៤

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A four-man tournament with a traceable route to the belt

The Hanuman Kun Khmer event at Koh Pich in Phnom Penh on 31 May 2024 placed a 65-kilogram KKF marathon at the centre of a high-profile evening. Eh Amarin Phouthong won the four-man competition by defeating Sot Veasna in the semifinal and Long Samnang in the final. Samnang had reached that final through a decision over Phan Kran. These three outcomes establish the complete bracket of the verified tournament, rather than an assumed list of every bout on the wider programme.

The setting and organisational roles are supported by different types of evidence. Hanuman’s public announcement identified a Bayon TV and Kun Khmer Federation collaboration at Koh Pich. A contemporaneous Xinhua report also placed the event at Diamond Island, the English name commonly used for Koh Pich. Kampuchea Thmey’s account published on 1 June then supplied the results. Reading the preview alongside the report separates what was planned from what was recorded as having happened.

The verified 65-kilogram bracket

The uncertainty in the first row is specific. The contemporary Khmer report places the Amarin–Sot stoppage in the third round, while secondary fight tables place it in the second. Both identify Amarin as the winner by stoppage and connect the bout to the same tournament. Leaving the exact round unresolved preserves the result without disguising the disagreement. It does not affect the independently reported second-round ending of the final.

Two semifinals, two paths into the final

Amarin advances by stoppage

Amarin’s semifinal victory removed Sot Veasna from the bracket and secured his place in the championship contest. In a four-man marathon, that first victory is not the title itself: it is the necessary qualifying result within the same event. This distinction matters when the tournament later appears in a fighter’s career record. The semifinal and final are separate bouts, while the belt represents the completion of the bracket. Counting only the final would hide part of the work required.

The result alone does not establish how fresh or fatigued Amarin was afterwards, how much recovery time he received or what his corner changed before the final. Those details would require additional evidence. The confirmed sporting contrast is simpler: his semifinal ended through the referee’s intervention, whereas Samnang’s route required a points verdict. That difference can be recorded without inventing a physical advantage for either finalist.

Samnang advances by decision

Long Samnang defeated Phan Kran on points in the other semifinal. The opponent’s Latin spelling varies in secondary accounts, where Phan Par also appears. The contemporary Khmer report provides the basis for the spelling used here, while the variant remains a research note rather than an instruction to merge unrelated profiles. The decisive fact is that Samnang won the semifinal and met Amarin in the final; no unsupported score totals have been added.

The final reverses the earlier rivalry’s direction

Amarin stopped Samnang in round two to win the KKF 65-kilogram marathon belt. Kampuchea Thmey described the victory as a clear answer to an earlier unsuccessful challenge against the same opponent. The comparison gives the final a personal competitive context, but it should not become a claim that this one result settled every future meeting. A rivalry is made of separate contests, and this night supplied one particularly important championship outcome.

The report describes the finishing action, but this retrospective does not present an unseen replay as a firsthand technical review. The supported conclusion is the second-round stoppage and the resulting belt. Samnang’s semifinal victory also remains part of the story: reaching the final is a different tournament result from losing in the first stage. An accurate bracket allows readers to see both accomplishments and defeats without flattening the evening into the champion’s name alone.

Manny Pacquiao’s presence and the event’s wider profile

Manny Pacquiao attended the event and presented the belt. His visit was connected to a publicly announced Hanuman ambassador partnership, and the company’s release linked the boxing appearance with its broader promotional plans. That document is a primary source for the organiser’s intentions, not independent proof of audience size or economic impact. Pacquiao’s presence should therefore be described as a guest and presentation role, not as participation in the Kun Khmer bracket.

The distinction also protects the sporting identity of the competition. A famous international boxing figure can draw attention to Cambodian athletes without turning their bouts into professional Western boxing. The featured tournament remained a Kun Khmer event under its reported KKF identity. Likewise, a celebrity appearance does not automatically establish a world-title sanction. The name of the actual belt and the local organising collaboration are more precise than a larger championship label unsupported by the results report.

What the marathon format reveals

• Four entrants produced two semifinals and one final.
• The three verified tournament contests were reported at 65 kilograms.
• Amarin won twice; Samnang won his semifinal before losing the final.
• The round disagreement concerns one semifinal only, not the final result.

For readers following young competitors and established contenders alike, a bracket offers more information than a highlight clip. It explains why two names can appear twice on one date and why a title should be linked to a competition rather than assigned independently to every victory. It also helps distinguish tournament performance from a lifetime record. Nothing in these three results establishes a complete career total for any of the four entrants.

Koh Pich is the verified location, but no exact attendance total or complete wider undercard is asserted here. The KKB event archive, competition directory and fighter profiles provide the next steps for comparing this marathon with other dated appearances. The durable account is a specific one: a four-man 65-kilogram competition in Phnom Penh, won by Amarin through two victories and completed with a second-round stoppage in the final.