We’re solely three months into 2025 and ONE Championship has already hosted plenty of monumental bouts. And ONE Chairman and CEO Chatri Sityodtong is holding them coming.
At ONE 172‘s post-fight press convention, the promotion’s boss revealed that former ONE Flyweight Muay Thai World Champion Rodtang Jitmuangnon will meet reigning bantamweight kickboxing king Jonathan Haggerty in a trilogy bout later this 12 months.
The announcement got here after Rodtang dispatched Japanese standout Takeru Segawa at ONE 172 this previous Sunday, March 23, in entrance of 15,000 followers in Japan’s Saitama Tremendous Enviornment.
So consequently, Sityodtong sees solely the most important and finest fights on the horizon for “The Iron Man.”
“Really, it’s going to be Haggerty. We’re doing Haggerty versus Rodtang, [for the] subsequent one,” Sityodtong stated.
“However in fact, Rodtang has many fights for him now. You recognize, he can name his pictures now, he’ll struggle anyone. Rodtang will struggle anyone.”
Rodtang taunts Jonathan Haggerty: “Put your belt on the road”
Former ONE Flyweight Muay Thai World Champion Rodtang Jitmuangnon is in line for a trilogy bout six years within the making with reigning bantamweight kickboxing king Jonathan Haggerty, per Chatri Sityodtong. And he desires to up the stakes by having the Brit’s gold on the road.
The strikers’ historical past dates again to August 2019, when Rodtang defeated “The Common” for the flyweight Muay Thai gold by unanimous determination. Then within the rematch in January 2020, the Thai star stopped Haggerty within the third spherical.
The pair have come a good distance since then. Rodtang has asserted himself as an all-time nice in Muay Thai. In the meantime, Haggerty entered rarified air by choosing up the bantamweight division’s Muay Thai and kickboxing gold.
Extra lately, he defended his kickboxing strap versus #1-ranked contender Wei Rui at ONE 171 in February in a one-sided clinic.
Now that the pair are older, wiser, and higher than ever, the stage appears set for a showdown later this 12 months. But when that’s to occur, Rodtang’s solely demand is that his outdated foe places his crown up for grabs.
“You wanna face me? Then put your championship belt on the road,” Rodtang stated.
