On March 11, "ONE: Immortal Light", 18-year-old Chinese teenager "Fighting Chicken" Zhang Peimian will make his international debut against Josh Tona, nicknamed the "time bomb".
Zhang Peimian became famous at a young age, and in his second year of junior high school, he staged KO many times, defeating adult boxers who were taller and stronger than himself, and won the title of "strongest junior high school student". Zhang Peimian, who is now an adult, wrote in "Sa! Force Punch Open" Grassweight Kick Boxing Four-Man Match was a blockbuster. The 163 cm tall "Battle Chicken" is the shortest of the four competitors, but with his fast movement, fighting hard work and abundant physical strength, he has defeated Zeva Liluo and the "Time Assassin" Hao Chenwei in a row to win the grassweight kickboxing four-man championship and the opportunity to step on the international stage of the ONE Championship.
However, for the Chinese youngsters who made their debut, Australia's Josh Toner is not easy to deal with. His name currently appears in both the grassweight Muay Thai and Kickboxing Top Five lists, with Grass Weay Thai ranking second and Kickboxing fifth.
A football enthusiast and punk fan before his exposure to fighting, Josh began practicing fighting at the age of 18 and took to the ring six months later, since then battling in the rings of the United Kingdom, Thailand, Japan, Hong Kong, Indonesia, Malaysia, Myanmar, the Philippines and Singapore. More than ten years of fighting have accumulated a wealth of experience in international competitions, winning iska's K-1 rule world championship and WMC intercontinental Muay Thai champion. In the ring of the ONE Championship, Josh played against champion boxers such as Peter Dan and Sam A, and with a sharp knee KO, the five-time Muay Thai champion Andy Howson, who was ranked fourth in the grassweight Muay Thai at the time, was selected as the best classic KO shot in the first quarter of 2020.
Josh is usually calm and composed, but when he walks into the ring, he will be aggressive, combining punches and knee attacks, like an explosive bomb, such a contrast has earned him the nickname of "time bomb". Josh first fought in the flyweight, but lost to former flyweight kickboxing world champion Peter Dan. He realized that he had no advantage in his physique at the flyweight, so he was demoted to the grass scale. Josh had competed as a challenger for the grassweight Muay Thai World Championship Gold Belt, and although he had not been able to become a world champion, such experience gave him a psychological advantage when facing a new person.
In addition to the experience of the game, Josh also has a clear physical advantage, he has a height of 168 centimeters, muscular, explosive, coupled with an indomitable pressing tactical style, for the diminutive Zhang Peimian, is a severe test. However, Zhang Peimian has been playing big with small and forming a unique style of play. "I've played against big guys all these years, but I've been confident every time. The opponent is strong, and when I am strong, I am strong. Although I am young, I dare to fight and fight, and the newborn calves are not afraid of tigers. I will use my technical characteristics to play fast and slow to win this game.
The debut meets the world's top five, and if it wins, the "Battle Chicken" has a chance to enter the list ranking. The teenager has his own Ling Yunzhi, young and fearless of challenges, Zhang Peimian: "My playing style is the same as cockfighting, constantly punching out my legs to seriously injure my opponents, representing a fighting spirit!" ”
Boy, rush it!