Muhamad Ridhwan

Muhamad Ridhwan bin Ahmad (born 14 December 1987), also known as Muhamad Ridhwan, is a Singaporean retired boxer who, as of 2024 is the boxing coach of the Singaporean national team.

Amateur career

Muhamad Ridhwan started boxing at the age of 16.

In the 2013 SEA Games, Ridhwan won a bronze medal in the 60kg boxing event after being eliminated by Junel Cantancio of the Philippines in the semi-finals.

In the 2015 SEA Games, Ridhwan won a bronze medal in the 56kg boxing event after being eliminated by Tanes Ongjunta of Thailand in the semi-finals.

Ridhwan is also a co-founder of Legends Fight Sport, a Singaporean boxing gym.

Professional career

In late 2015, Ridhwan went for a coaching course while on the International Olympic Committee's scholarship, but realized on the first day that he did not want to give up actually boxing. Thus, he made the decision to transit to professional boxing in February 2016. This was his sixth knockout in winning his first seven professional boxing matches.

In October 2017, Ridhwan defeated Nataneal Sebastian via unanimous decision after 12 rounds to win the International Boxing Organization (IBO) international super featherweight (58.97kg) championship. This was his ninth win of nine professional boxing bouts, and by this time he had given himself the nickname of "The Chosen Wan".

In September 2018, Ridhwan lost for the first time in professional boxing, to Paulus Ambunda, in a split decision after 12 rounds, in a match for the International Boxing Organisation super bantamweight (55kg) championship. Ridhwan was scheduled for a rematch against Ambunda in March 2019, but before that occurred, Ridhwan publicly declared in January 2019 that he had retired. Ridhwan did not actually retire at that point, as he boxed again professionally in March 2019. However, Ridhwan lost again, this time to Landy Cris Leon.

By 2024, Ridhwan had retired from boxing.

Coaching career

Ridhwan began coaching the Singapore national boxing team in June 2020, a role he continued to hold as of 2025.