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Petchtanong Petchfergus

Petchtanong Petchfergus

Thai Muay Thai kickboxer (born 1985)


Petchtanong Petchfergus (Thai: เพชรทนง เพชรเฟอร์กัส; born November 6, 1985) is a Thai Muay Thai kickboxer fighting out of Bangkok. He is currently signed to ONE Championship, where he is a former ONE Bantamweight Kickboxing World Champion.

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As of February 2021, he is the #7 ranked super featherweight according to Combat Press.[1] He was ranked a top ten featherweight in the world by Combat Press between February 2019[2] and September 2020.[3] He was dropped from the rankings in October 2020.[4]

Biography

Petchtanong started training in Muay Thai at 7 years old in a small camp close to his home. He quickly went to the live at the camp full time to escape an abusive familial situation.

At 12, he moved to Bangkok following his mom. There he joined the Sit.Or gym through his uncle which took him to a level high enough to headline shows at Rajadamnern and Lumpinee stadiums at the age of 14.[5]

After changing gyms multiple times, Petchtanong was later sponsored by the Banchamek gym and went living, teaching and fighting in Australia for 2 years.[6]

He came back to Thailand in 2015 and went on a winning streak in the Super Muay Thai promotion. He received calls to participate in various kickboxing world tournaments in China, prominently Kunlun Fight and Wu Lin Feng.

On January 19, 2019, he won the Wu Lin Feng World Cup final, defeating Jomthong Chuwattana.

Petchtanong participated in the 2020 Wu Lin Feng 67 tournament. He won the semifinal bout against Liu Yaning by KO, but lost a unanimous decision to Jia Aoqi in the finals.[7]

ONE Championship

On August 18, 2020, Petchtanong signed with ONE Championship.[8] In his debut at ONE Championship: A New Breed 3 on September 18, 2020, Petchtanong lost by knockout to Capitan Petchyindee Academy just 6 seconds into the first round, setting a new record for fastest knockout in ONE Super Series history.[9]

Petchtanong made his sophomore appearance in the promotion against Zhang Chenglong at ONE Championship: Revolution on September 24, 2021.[10] He won the bout via unanimous decision.[11]

Petchtanong faced Hiroki Akimoto for the ONE Bantamweight Kickboxing World Championship at ONE 163 on November 19, 2022.[12] He won the fight by split decision.[13][14]

On July 26, 2023, it was announced that Petchtanong was stripped of the title and suspended from ONE Championship for a year due to testing positive for both metenolone and boldenone, banned substance according to the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA). The positive result came from an out of competition test performed on June 10, 2023.[15]

Championship and achievements

Fight record

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References

  1. Aittama, Zach. "Combat Press Kickboxing Rankings: February 2021". combatpress.com. Retrieved 6 February 2021.
  2. "Combat Press Kickboxing Rankings: February 2019". combatpress.com. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  3. "Combat Press Kickboxing Rankings: September 2020". combatpress.com. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  4. "Combat Press Kickboxing Rankings: October 2020". combatpress.com. Retrieved 4 October 2020.
  5. "The king of kicks". Archived from the original on 15 August 2019. Retrieved 19 December 2019 via PressReader.
  6. "Wu Lin Feng Copa Del Mundo 2019-20". patadaalta.com. Retrieved 28 October 2020.
  7. "Petchtanong Banchamek signs with ONE Championship". Asian MMA. 18 August 2020. Retrieved 31 August 2020.
  8. "Capitan Petchyindee Academy Makes History With 6-Second KO". ONE Championship - The Home Of Martial Arts. 18 September 2020. Retrieved 19 September 2020.
  9. "3 World Title Fights Headline ONE: REVOLUTION, Full Card Revealed". ONE Championship – The Home Of Martial Arts. 17 August 2021. Retrieved 18 August 2021.
  10. Staff (24 September 2021). "ONE Championship: Revolution Live Stream and Results". Cageside Press. Retrieved 24 September 2021.
  11. Jay Furness (28 September 2022). "Hiroko Akimoto Vs. Petchtanong Petchfergus World Title Clash To Headline ONE 163 On November 18". ONE Championship – The Home of Martial Arts. Retrieved 28 September 2022.
  12. Guilherme Cruz (19 November 2022). "ONE 163 videos, results: Shinya Aoki, Yushin Okami stopped in first". MMA Fighting. Retrieved 20 November 2022.
  13. "Petchtanong popped for PEDs, stripped of title". Asian MMA. 26 July 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
  14. "Wellington gym best in the world". Wellington Times. 16 April 2012. Retrieved 19 December 2019.
  15. Saucedo, Andrew (8 January 2023). "Beyond Kickboxing's 2022 Upset of the Year: Petchtanong vs Hiroki Akimoto". beyondkick.com. Retrieved 8 January 2023.

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