Rin Davit: SEA Games gold and a decisive Kun Khmer rematch រិន ដេវីត៖ មេដាយមាសស៊ីហ្គេម និងជំនួបជាមួយ ធន់ អៀងឡៃ

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A Cambodian career across distinct formats

Rin Davit, also written Rin David or Rin Devit, combines a regional kickboxing achievement with a prominent Kun Khmer rivalry. His 2023 SEA Games gold came in the men’s 63-kilogram light-contact discipline. In 2024, two meetings with Thun Eanglay produced a reviewed decision and then a first-round knockout. Those are different kinds of sporting achievement, and understanding the distinction gives a clearer picture of his career than placing every success under a single undifferentiated title.

The spelling Rin Davit is used in international competition material, including the WAKO Asian championship entry list. Cambodian reports also use Rin Devit and the corresponding local name. These variants belong together when the competition, opponent and chronology match. They should not be confused with every athlete called Davit. Here the profile follows the SEA Games champion whose subsequent appeal and rematch with Eanglay were covered by Cambodian sports reporting.

The 2023 SEA Games achievement

Kampuchea Thmey identifies Rin as the 2023 SEA Games light-contact champion at 63 kilograms after defeating Thailand’s Korrakot Wijitnavee in the final. That result is a substantial achievement in its own discipline. The source’s spelling Karrakot is a transliteration variant of the opponent named in wider result listings. The table retains the final and the gold-medal outcome while using month precision because the exact competition day has not been independently adopted for this dossier.

The category must remain visible. Light contact is a named kickboxing discipline, not a synonym for a professional Kun Khmer championship. The medal demonstrates success in the event Rin actually entered. It should not be repackaged as a world title or evidence of winning a different ruleset. For a Cambodian athlete who also appears in Kun Khmer, this distinction makes the breadth of his competitive history easier to appreciate instead of reducing it to a misleading headline.

February 2024: an appeal and a revised outcome

The first announcement did not remain the final result

Rin met Thun Eanglay on 8 February 2024 in a three-round championship contest on the Town circuit. The initial judging decision went against Rin. The next day, Kampuchea Thmey reported his public request for federation review. That appeal is an identifiable part of the chronology, but the subsequent decision matters more for the bout record. Reporting published on 13 February states that the review awarded the points victory to Rin.

The same account says the belt was withdrawn from Eanglay and held for another meeting. Consequently, two statements can both be true: Rin became the recognised winner of the reviewed contest, and he did not receive the belt at that moment. A result database that treats the original announcement as final would miss the review; a biography that immediately awards Rin the championship belt would miss the separate administrative decision.

There is no need to accuse either athlete of misconduct to explain this sequence. The dispute concerned the scoring and its review. The available reporting describes the original split and the subsequent conclusion, but it does not establish that an athlete controlled the judges. Rin’s role in the documented story is that of a competitor who challenged the result through a public appeal, then returned for a second contest with the same opponent.

March 2024: the rematch in Takeo

On 14 March, the pair met again on a Reachsey Kun Khmer programme in Takeo organised through Town. ThmeyThmey reported Rin’s first-round knockout victory. That finish is a separate contested win. It should not be merged with the February review as though the two reports described a single fight. The sequence matters: a points result was revised first, and a later bout then produced an early stoppage in Rin’s favour.

The available written account establishes the knockout and round, but provides little detail about the decisive exchange. It would therefore be speculative to describe an exact punch sequence or claim that Rin had deliberately targeted a particular weakness throughout camp. The sound sporting conclusion is narrower and still significant: the rematch ended decisively before the contest could reach its later stages, giving the rivalry a very different competitive ending from the first meeting.

Selected contested results

These three entries represent selected verified episodes rather than an undefeated career claim. A medal final and two meetings with one rival cannot supply a complete form guide. They do, however, preserve the discipline of the SEA Games result, the special status of the reviewed decision and the independent outcome of the rematch. Unknown weights and unconfirmed scores have not been inserted.

Reading later competition material

The indexed WAKO result book for the 2024 Asian Kickboxing Championships lists Rin Davit among Cambodian entries in full contact at 63.5 kilograms. This provides another format marker, distinct from the 2023 light-contact category. An entry is not a medal result, however. The direct document could not be fully retrieved during checking, so no claim about his final placing or an individual Asian championship opponent is constructed from that listing.

An October 2026 Cambodia Sport announcement later pairs Rin with Simon Masera under kickboxing branding, with the printed weight shown as 62+ kilograms. Again, the material is an announcement. It does not establish that the pairing happened as advertised or who won. The profile can therefore acknowledge the listing without adding it to the contested-bout selection. His current gym, lifetime tally and precise recent form remain outside what these sources establish.

• The SEA Games medal belongs to light-contact kickboxing at 63 kilograms.
• The February 2024 result follows the published review rather than the initial announcement.
• The March knockout is a separate result with a confirmed opening-round finish.
• Later entry lists and promotional cards remain distinct from verified outcomes.

Sources and further context

Checked on 10 November 2026: Kampuchea Thmey’s SEA Games and appeal report, its review decision report and ThmeyThmey’s Takeo report. The companion Thun Eanglay profile presents the same rivalry from the other athlete’s perspective. Together they preserve a shared chronology while recognising that each fighter’s career extends beyond those two nights.