champions
(Inaugural) 1996 Golden Belt Championship
(48kg) Pashu Lay
(51kg) Kyaw Khout
(54kg) Wan Daw Lar
(57kg) Zaw Win Tun
(63,5kg) Saw Thè Aung
(67kg) Moe Palae 🕇
(71kg) Thar Si Maung Maung Gyi
(75kg) Shwe Du Wun 🕇
Wan Chai
Notes:
Quarter- and semi finals were in December 1996, therefore it is referred to as the 1996 Golden Belt Championship.
Out of the final contestants three were (/going to be) previous National Champions. Wan Chai, Shwe Du Wun & Shwe War Tun.
The 1996 belt reads "Myanmar Traditional Boxing Professional Champion"
Finals Matches
Aung Aung Tun vs. Wan Chai (OW)
Shwe Du Wun vs. Shwe War Tun (75kg)
Maung Maung Gyi vs. Saw Sein Lay (71kg)
Moe Palae vs. Zaw Oo (67kg)
Saw Thè Aung vs. Mya Si Daw (63,5kg)
Zaw Win Tun vs. Saw Thè Myo (57kg)
Mya Nandar vs. Wan Daw Lar (54kg)
Aye Cho Oo vs. Kyaw Khout (51kg)
Pashu Lay vs. Shwe Pyi Soe (48kg)
Undercard fight(s):
Shwe Maung vs. Sai Daw Na
Video tape insert for the 1996 finals
Fights of interest
A few fights from the same period to get an impression of the boxers
A few of the names that didn't win or enter
Aung Aung Tun
Shwe Maung
Mya Nandar
Zaw Oo