Nabil Anan Shrugs Off Sparring Loss, Focuses on ONE Title
Thai Muay Thai star Nabil Anan downplayed a rough sparring session with national boxing standout Bunjong Sinsiri, calling it mere preparation for his ONE Championship featherweight title bout against Nico Carrillo on December 18 at Lumpinee Stadium. Nabil stressed his focus remains on capturing the 70kg world title rather than the unofficial boxing workout.
ONE Championship Muay Thai fighter Nabil Anan spoke out after a difficult sparring session yesterday with Bunjong Sinsiri, Thailand's number one amateur boxer in the division. The special sparring match was arranged at 65kg, and many observers felt Bunjong was significantly superior in boxing terms, with the consensus being he would have won decisively despite no official scoring.
Nabil later posted: "Let me train for what's right in front of me first. I went for light sparring, take it seriously if you want. You guys have a fight coming up soon, showing you're 100% ready, no excuses. I'm training Muay Thai. On the 18th I fight for the world title. Before I went to spar, I trained Muay Thai in the morning, did heavy weight training, drove from Pattaya myself. I went to spar as training because I have a fight in December, not a competition. But you got excited. See you in January... What's in front of me right now is the ONE featherweight Muay Thai world title belt, not you guys!!"
Nabil is scheduled to challenge for the ONE Muay Thai featherweight (70kg) world title against former opponent Nico Carrillo at The Inner Circle 43 on Friday, December 18, at Lumpinee Stadium.
