Former two-division world champion Panya Pradabsri, also known as Petchmanee CP Freshmart has retired at the age of 34.

Pradabsri won WBC world titles at strawweight and junior flyweight during a productive career.

The Thai boxer lost his WBC 108-pound title by fifth-round stoppage to Carlos Canizales in Venezuela on August 1. A rubber match had been discussed, potentially at the WBC convention, in December. However, Pradabsri ultimately decided to walk away.

"Panya is a fighter who will be remembered for his bravery and class," WBC president Mauricio Sulaiman told The Ring. "A true warrior inside the ring and a noble, kind human, with a beautiful family.

"The pandemic got in the way of his career but at the end he emerged as a solid world champion.

"He lost his title after he had knocked down the local hero in Venezuela and was on way to defeating his opponent but was caught with a body shot which would knockout anyone."

Pradabsri turned professional in January 2014 in his homeland. He won his first 18 contests, almost exclusively at home, with two fights taking place in nearby Laos.

He lost for the first time when beaten by the more experienced former WBC 105-pound champion Chaozhong Xiong via 12-round majority decision in Chinese city Datong in October 2017.

Unperturbed by that setback, he reeled off 16 wins over the next three years to earn a shot at unbeaten compatriot Wanheng Menayothin's WBC 105-pound crown and upset his long-reigning countryman to win a 12-round decision - inflicting a first loss in 55 fights.

With a lack of international options due to the worldwide coronavirus pandemic, he pitched 12-round decision wins over Danai Ngiabphukhiaw and Menayothin during their rematch.

He twice beat Norihito Tanaka - first on points, then an eighth-round stoppage - before heading to Japan, where Yudai Shigeoka was a comfortable winner at his expense in October 2023.

After three victories on his latest comeback trail, Pradabsri edged beyond Canizales via 12-round majority decision to win the vacant WBC junior flyweight title in December. Despite dropping the hometown hero a round earlier, he would later succumb to a stoppage defeat himself earlier this month, thus departing the sport with a 44-3 (27 KOs) record.