ONE Chairman and CEO Chatri Sityodtong believes Superlek Kiatmoo9 continues to be in his prime and can proceed to be a drive to reckon with for the foreseeable future.
The ONE boss shared in a current interview with the South China Morning Put up how ‘The Kicking Machine’ is in preventing kind and has many to goal for shifting ahead in his profession.
Sityodtong stated:
“There is no means he is retiring. He is solely 27 years outdated, he is a killer in nice form, injury-free, and there is no means he’ll name it a day. I feel he’ll attempt to go for an MMA world title or no less than defend his [kickboxing] world title and break data.”
Take a look at the interview beneath:
Superlek, the reigning ONE flyweight kickboxing world champion, will problem for the division’s Muay Thai gold towards reigning title holder Rodtang Jitmuangnon in an all-Thai conflict at ONE Friday Fights 34 on September 22 in Bangkok.
Will probably be his fifth outing for this yr alone, and Superlek is trying to make it 5 straight victories as properly whereas he weapons for a second world title.
Rodtang, in the meantime, is making the sixth protection of the championship belt he gained in August 2019.
His final profitable protection got here again in Could in ONE’s first-ever reside on-ground occasion in the US, the place he knocked out Mexican challenger Edgar Tabares within the second spherical of their title conflict.
ONE Friday Fights 34 takes place on the Lumpinee Boxing Stadium and is offered without spending a dime on ONE Championship’s official YouTube web page.