Cyrus Washington

Cyrus Washington (born October 28, 1983) is an American kickboxer, Taekwondo, Muay Thai and Lethwei fighter.

[7] On February 22, 2010, Washington scored a 1st-round knockout against rising Muaythai star Harlee Por.Pramuk winning the Pk-1 Championship Belt at Patong Boxing Stadium in Phuket, Thailand.

[8] On December 29, 2010, as he was moving up in the ranks, Washington faced 5-times World Muay thai Champion Jomhod Kiatadisak in Phuket, Thailand.

[12] On September 10, 2011, Washington was scheduled to face Dave Zuniga in Winnipeg, Canada for the IKF Intercontinental Middleweight Championship.

However, due legal issues and pending charges, Washington was refused entry into Canada the Thursday prior to the event.

[13] On April 28, 2012, Washington faced Ky Hollenbeck at the Legends Muay Thai Championship in San Francisco, California.

[14] Hollenbeck won on with a vicious spinning elbow knockout in round one to take the WMC Intercontinental Middleweight (-72.58 kg/160 lb) belt.

[19] On 22 October 2011, Washington faced Stephen Richards at Bangkok Fight Night 11 in Atlanta, Georgia with the WBC Muay Thai National Super Middleweight title on the line.

[20] On 7 September 2013, Washington faced Marcus Fisher the Warriors Cup XVIII event in New Jersey, USA[21] for the WBC Middleweight National Title.

[22][3] Washington was declared the winner by unanimous decision and claimed the WBC Super Middleweight US National Title.

[29] On July 6, 2022, Washington faced Hungarian Muaythai Champion Joni Mate in the main event at Freedom 6 in Yonkers, New York.

[30] On 26 September 2010, Washington made his Lethwei debut facing Saw Nga Man who was the Openweight champion at the time.

[31][35] On 26 July 2015, Washington faced Too Too inside the Thein Pyu Stadium in Yangon under traditional Lethwei rules.

[48] On 7 November 2020, Washington challenged Dave Leduc for the second and final time to determine who is the best foreign Lethwei fighter.