Thai kickboxer and mixed martial artist Stamp Fairtex looking forward to defending her atomweight title but has an eye on the strawweight crown
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The Thai will defend her MMA belt against former training mate Denice Zamboanga in Bangkok at ONE 167 on June 8.
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Stamp hopes to then be given the chance to win the strawweight title and to become the first fighter in history to hold MMA titles in two weight divisions
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Stamp Fairtex’s ability to compete in three different sports means she will never be short of prospective opponents. The Thai currently holds the atomweight MMA belt and previously held the kickboxing and Muay Thai titles in the same division.
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At ONE 167 on June 8, she will defend her MMA belt against Denice Zamboanga in Bangkok. The two are former training partners who were both based at the Fairtex Gym in Pattaya for several years.
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Zamboanga left Fairtex when a fight with Stamp started to look like an inevitability. Last weekend, the Thai was in Bangkok to attend ONE Fight Night 20 and she spent time talking to the Post.
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Stamp says she is looking forward to making the first defence of the title she won by beating Seo Hee Ham last year but acknowledges that Zamboanga is a dangerous opponent.
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Stamp and Zamboanga trained together in Pattaya when they were both rising stars in the atomweight division. It became increasingly clear that they would end up fighting eventually but Stamp claims they never discussed it.
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Stamp was ringside at Lumpinee Stadium to see Phetjeeja Lukjaoporongtom unify the atomweight kickboxing titles when she defeated Janet Todd. Stamp held this belt from 2018 until 2020 and would like to get it back.
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“I’m interested in both of the belts that used to be mine. I feel Phetjeeja’s a rising star, she has the strength, the speed and I think she will be able to beat most opponents. I hope we will fight.”