Nabil Anane To Defend ONE Bantamweight Muay Thai World Title Against Jonathan Haggerty At ONE 173
This monumental showdown takes place at Tokyo's Ariake Arena on Sunday, November 16.
By ONE Championship
Sep 27, 2025, 09:09 UTC
A massive Muay Thai World Title showdown is headed to the stacked ONE 173: Superbon vs. Noiri blockbuster event.
On Sunday, November 16, live from the Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan, Algerian-Thai phenom Nabil Anane will defend his ONE Bantamweight Muay Thai World Championship against former titleholder and reigning bantamweight kickboxing king Jonathan “The General” Haggerty.
The bout pits two of the striking world’s biggest and most dangerous stars against each other — a fitting clash for ONE Championship’s blockbuster return to Japanese soil.
Still just 21 years old, the towering 6-foot-4 Anane is already forging his legacy as an all-time great.
Anane arrived at ONE in June 2023 with significant hype behind him as the youngest-ever WBC Muay Thai World Champion, but he lost his promotional debut to “The Kicking Machine” Superlek.
Undeterred, the Team Mehdi Zatout product reeled off six straight wins, capped by a highlight-reel knockout of Scottish destroyer Nico “King of the North” Carrillo to claim the ONE Interim Bantamweight Muay Thai World Title.
Then at ONE 172 in March, he rematched Superlek and dominated the Thai over the course of three thrilling rounds en route to a unanimous decision win.
Because Superlek failed to make weight for that bout, it was originally deemed a non-title affair. However, Anane was elevated to undisputed ONE Bantamweight Muay Thai World Champion in June.
Anane’s first World Title defense will come against a bona fide global superstar and ruthless knockout artist.
Haggerty captured flyweight Muay Thai gold in just his second promotional appearance in May 2019, but he subsequently lost his belt to Rodtang “The Iron Man” Jitmuangnon three months later.
“The General” fought several more times at flyweight and continued to find success against top-tier opposition, but it wasn’t until moving up in weight and challenging Thai legend Nong-O Hama for the ONE Bantamweight Muay Thai World Title in April 2023 that he emerged as a true combat sports icon.
In that fight, Haggerty employed a vicious boxing attack to starch the icon in the first round, putting an end to the Thai’s four-year ONE World Title reign.
After that, the Brit achieved two-sport glory when he stopped ONE Bantamweight MMA World Champion Fabricio “Wonder Boy” Andrade to capture the division’s vacant kickboxing belt later that November.
Then, following a thrilling and successful defense of his Muay Thai gold to Felipe “Demolition Man” Lobo in February 2024, Haggerty suffered a stunning first-round knockout loss to Superlek seven months later, which cost him the belt.
The 28-year-old Londoner has since bounced back with a sensational ONE Bantamweight Kickboxing World Title defense over Chinese superstar Wei Rui this past February.
Now, Haggerty is ready to once again go to war for the undisputed Muay Thai strap that he used to own.
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