Viewed by more mature brother Jonathan, One of the more dominant fighters around the marketing’s Muay Thai roster, the 19-calendar year-old began his bid to comply with in his sibling’s footsteps at A person Friday Fights 49.
The more youthful Haggerty was routinely witnessed on the ringside as his brother's profession exploded in 2023 using a pair of wins that netted him both the ONE bantamweight Muay Thai and kickboxing environment titles.
Dankalong looked incredibly self-confident as he walked Haggerty down but with seconds remaining from the around the teenager landed two still left palms to your body which appeared to take the wind from his opponent’s sails.
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Inspite of his unbelievable efficiency past time out, Haggerty doesn’t Assume he was at his best possible. Provided the added media tasks as well as the anticipations that he would adhere to in his Environment Winner brother’s footsteps, he says he was anxious heading into that struggle.
“But I’m fitter than final time. I’m more powerful than very last time. My battle IQ is completely distinct now. I am able to see the shots I’m intending to toss. I'm able to see how he’s intending to respond, and I've so far more information with regard to the sport.”
“It’s distinct below when compared to at your home. In your house, I’d work all day long as an apprentice electrician, then I’d do a large session that night to take advantage of of it.
Given that the younger brother to reigning two-Activity titleholder Jonathan “The General” Haggerty, the really hard-hitting Brit admits that his debut on the global stage came without any shortage of nerves and significant anticipations.
"I do not intellect a bit of tension. It would make me function more challenging for the reason that I have received a lot extra to verify than other people, which makes me lots far more harmful."
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“My abilities have produced tenfold. Final time, I'd a small personal injury affecting my footwork, as I’d twisted my ankle a number of weeks prior to. So I was Performing close to that.
Haggerty, who's the youthful brother of reigning two-Activity Just one earth champion Jonathan Haggerty, manufactured his marketing debut as Section of the Just one Friday Fights 49 card inside Bangkok’s legendary Lumpinee Boxing Stadium. Squaring off with 50-acquire Muay Khao veteran Dankalong Sor Dechapan, Haggerty appeared to battle Using the array, taking in a number of rigid jabs during the early likely. However it didn’t get prolonged to the 19-year-outdated to shut the space and light-weight up his opponent with a few vicious within elbows.
Items tend to be unique this time all over. Most of all, the growing star states he’s found a sense of mental clarity that he will carry to the matchup with Kaichon:
Now in Thailand, I’ve been below 4 weeks. “I’m not Performing, so I can thoroughly think about [fighting] and break up them sessions up to train and give far more energy to All those classes.”