Freddie Haggerty made an enormous first impression in his ONE Championship debut.
Haggerty, who’s the youthful brother of reigning two-sport ONE world champion Jonathan Haggerty, made his promotional debut as a part of the ONE Friday Fights 49 card inside Bangkok’s legendary Lumpinee Boxing Stadium. Squaring off with 50-win Muay Khao veteran Dankalong Sor Dechapan, Haggerty appeared to wrestle with the vary, consuming a collection of stiff jabs within the early going. But it surely didn’t take lengthy for the 19-year-old to shut the gap and light-weight up his opponent with some vicious inside elbows.
Close to the top of the opening spherical, Haggerty landed a proper elbow towards the ropes adopted by a flurry of strikes that despatched Dankalong crashing to the canvas. The Thai answered the rely and acquired again to his toes simply because the bell sounded, signifying the top of the primary.
Haggerty picked up proper the place he left off within the second, shortly catching a kick from Dankalong and countering with a proper adopted by a left that landed flush. Together with his opponent staggered, Haggerty unleashed one other right-left combo that put Dankalong down for the rely.
Official Outcome: Freddie Haggerty def. Dankalong Sor Dechapan by way of KO (strikes) at 0:14 of Spherical 2.
Haggerty earned a ฿350,000 bonus ($10,000) from ONE CEO Chatri Sityodtong for his spectacular promotional debut. He moved to 20-4-1 general with the victory.
