The internationally renowned sports IP-ONE Championship will hold the "ONE: Endless Life" large-scale fighting event on February 25. In this event, Enriko Kehl, the last K-1 MAX world champion in history, will face Tayfun Ozcan in a battle to hit the ONE Championships' badminton weights rankings.
In the "ONE: One Strike into the Soul" event last October, the ONE Championship Featherweight Kickboxing World Championship and the World Eight-a-side Competition were officially launched. The world's top "Gold Class" kickboxers will clash for the century to determine who is the king of the strongest featherweight kings of our time. Therefore, the featherweight kickboxing ranking of the ONE Championship has become the ranking of the most gold-rich featherweight kickboxing, and whether it can be among them has also become a criterion for evaluating the strength of a player.
As a former Winner and Champion of Enfusion, Taifan Hoskan entered the official rankings at the beginning of his signing for the ONE Championship. Although he lost to Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong in the first round of the eight-man race, he still holds the fifth-place finish.
Cole, on the other hand, was not so lucky. In the final K-1 MAX tournament of 2014, Cole met the most famous Muay Thai champion of our time, two-time K-1 MAX World Champion Buakaw Banchamek. Just as everyone was waiting to win the little-known German and lift the K-1 championship trophy for the third time, the two fought fiercely for three rounds to finally reach a draw, and the two sides entered the extra round. The accident happened at this time, and the break of the third round had long passed, but the broadcast did not appear in the ring. At this time, the referee can only raise Cole's arm and announce that he is retired from the game, and Cole becomes the new world champion.
For a time, there was a lot of debate about why Bo qiu withdrew from the game and whether the penalty was fair. But Cole, who was crowned the title, was left out in the cold. Because he did not make it to the tiebreaker with Bo qiu to become the champion, and he did not have a dazzling record before, Cole was also mocked as "the weakest K-1 champion in history".
In the years since, Kerr has played in many national competitions, especially in China, where he has defeated Hu Yafei, Jiao Fukai, Jixiang and many other Famous Chinese players. After signing for the ONE Championship, he also defeated Chingiz Allazov, who has now reached the final of the World Eight and is currently ranked fourth.
But at the same time, he has lost over the years to the recognized top players such as Giorgio Petrosyan, Sitchai and Yodsanklai Fairtex. In addition, in the first round of the eight-man tournament, he was also eliminated by Davit Kiria.
Now 30 years old, Cole is entering the late stages of his career after 13 years of playing professional. The game 8 years ago brought Cole into the field of world fighting, but he has used his entire career to justify himself, this impact on the world ranking is his self-redemption, no matter what the result, the veteran who has always fought in the world's first-line arena deserves respect.