Allazov Relishing ONE World Title Clash With Superbon After Eight-Month Wait

ONE Championship’s featherweight kickboxing division is the most stacked category in all of striking, and Chingiz Allazov is ready to solidify his position atop it.

The Belarusian banger will compete for the biggest prize of all this Friday, 13th January, at ONE Fight Night 6 on Prime Video when he challenges Superbon Singha Mawynn for his ONE Featherweight Kickboxing World Championship in the evening’s main event.

High praise has been placed on Superbon throughout his promotional tenure, given the litany of world-class opposition he has dispatched, and many consider him the world’s best kickboxer, leaving Allazov with an intimidating mountain to climb.

Despite the pedestal the featherweight king has been placed on, “Chinga” fancies his chances against the Thai superstar. 

And his confidence may be well-founded. 

After all, he enters the bout with a string of high-calibre victories to his name, including his win over striking legend Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong at ONE X last March, that earned him the ONE Featherweight Kickboxing World Grand Prix Championship.

“I’m one of the biggest problems for him [Superbon],” Allazov professed.

“He knows this. He has good timing. He has a good universal style. I have kicks and power over him. He’s a very good fighter, but maybe he makes a little mistake here, and it’s a big problem in his fight with me.”

While the two scrappers have very different approaches to fighting, their paths to this main event are laden with similar accolades.

Both men are riding three-fight winning streaks into the contest and have victories over Sitthichai within those runs. 

Allazov has dispatched foes like Samy Sana in record time, while Superbon has notched up highlight-reel finishes of his own, including his ONE 2021 Super Series Knockout of the Year against Giorgio Petrosyan.

Despite the similarities in momentum, the #1-ranked contender is doubtful of Superbon’s willingness to stand and brawl inside the Circle.

“Before, Superbon said to Petrosyan that Petrosyan is not a fighter – that he was a player. I say the same now. For me, Superbon is not a fighter. He’s a player, you know?” Allazov said.

“He doesn’t like punching. He doesn’t like real fights, you know? He has this clever game plan. He has kicks, kicks, kicks, and after that, maybe he would like the fight.”

The collision will headline ONE’s first show of 2023, and it has been a long time coming. 

Following two cancellations last year – at ONE on Prime Video 2 and ONE on Prime Video 5 – it finally goes down this Friday, and Allazov couldn’t be more ready to get his hands on the featherweight kickboxing king. 

“After Sitthichai, we started preparing. We start training. Maybe like eight, maybe more than eight months, we waited for this day. Now I am more focused on this fight. This is one of the best fighters in the world,” Allazov said.

“People waited for this and I waited for this. My team waited for this. My coach waited for this. I like this day. Mentally, I’m ready for this fight.”