Nabil Anane Elevated To Undisputed ONE Bantamweight Muay Thai World Champion

Nabil Anane is now officially the reigning ONE Bantamweight Muay Thai World Champion.

On June 27, ONE Championship announced that the young Thai-Algerian superstar has been elevated from the interim titleholder to the division’s undisputed king.

Still just 21 years old, the towering Anane is already forging his legacy as an all-time great. He arrived at ONE in 2023 with loads of hype as the youngest-ever WBC Muay Thai World Champion but lost his promotional debut to pound-for-pound powerhouse Superlek Kiatmoo9.

Undeterred, the Team Mehdi Zatout product then reeled off six straight wins, dominating top-flight opposition with his devastating knee strikes, vicious clinch game, and long-range boxing combinations that have left even the most experienced fighters battered and searching for answers.

Anane capped that epic winning streak with a highlight-reel knockout of Scottish destroyer Nico Carrillo this past January at ONE 170 to claim the ONE Interim Bantamweight Muay Thai World Title.

Then in March at ONE 172, he was booked to rematch Superlek in a World Title unification fight at the Saitama Super Arena in Japan. This time, Anane dominated the Thai megastar over the course of three rounds en route to a stunning unanimous decision win.

Because Superlek failed to make weight before that bout, he was stripped of the division’s World Title, and the fight was deemed a non-title affair. But now, Anane has been elevated to the undisputed ONE Bantamweight Muay Thai World Champion.

Given his status, Anane can look forward to plenty of potential high-profile matchups – whether it’s a trilogy bout with #1-ranked Superlek, a showdown with current ONE Bantamweight Kickboxing World Champion Jonathan Haggerty, or a World Title challenge from any of his division’s top contenders.

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