Jonathan Haggerty, a two-sport ONE champion, defends the Muay Thai world title live on Sky Sports on February 17 | WWE News
Jonathan Haggerty is a rare two-sport world champion in ONE championship; Haggerty will put his Muay bantamweight world title on the line against Brazilian Felipe Lobo, ranked No. 4 in the division, live on Sky Sports in the early hours of February 17th
3:51 p.m., United Kingdom, Thursday, January 11, 2024
British kickboxing star Jonathan Haggerty will fight Felipe Lobo live on Sky Sports on February 17th.
Haggerty has excelled in ONE championship, winning world titles in two different disciplines, both kickboxing and Muay Thai, while impressing notable opponents along the way.
He will put his Muay bantamweight world title on the line against Brazil's Lobo, ranked No. 4 in the division.
Jonathan Haggerty could be the greatest striker in the world today
Haggerty has made amazing progress in ONE championship. The 26-year-old from Orpington defeated legendary champion Sam-A Gaiyanghadao in 2019 to capture the ONE Muay Thai flyweight world title.
He then moved up a weight class and shocked the world in 2023 with a stunning first-round TKO victory over long-time ONE Bantamweight Muay Thai World Champion Nong-O Hama.
Later in the year, Haggerty made history again when he knocked out Fabricio Andrade, winning the vacant bantamweight kickboxing title and becoming a rare two-sport ONE World Champion.
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“British fans should get behind Jonathan Haggerty, the current two-sport world champion in Muay Thai and kickboxing. He is a phenomenon,” Chatri Sityodtong, founder and CEO of ONE Championship told Sky Sports.
“He’s 26 years old and he’s really on top of his game. He's really come into his own in the last 12 months, he's beaten some legendary names, very, very tough people that nobody thought he could beat and he's risen to the top of the world in two different sports.
Haggerty holds ONE championship title in two sports
“The British fans have never seen a striker of his caliber,” he added.
“He really is the best striker in the UK at the moment. But more importantly, he is arguably one of the best strikers in any combat sport in the world today. An incredible, incredible story. He’s absolutely talented.”
“I think we will see him reign for a long time, but at the same time he is hungry for more. He has written to me in the past that he wants to do mixed martial arts and eventually fight for the title.”
You can catch all the action from ONE Championship with Britain's Liam Nolan live on Sky Sports at 1am on January 13th
Watch the first bill of the Sky Sports ONE Championship live on Sky Sports Mix from 1am on January 13th.
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