Stamp Fairtex is not the ONE atomweight world champion.
On Thursday, ONE Championship introduced that Stamp has formally withdrawn from her scheduled title unification conflict with interim atomweight titleholder Denice Zamboanga. The bout was anticipated to headline ONE 173 on Friday, August 1, at Ball Area in ‘The Mile Excessive Metropolis,’ Denver, Colorado.
Sadly, that’s not the case.
Weeks earlier than she was to battle Zamboanga at ONE 167 in June 2024, Stamp was pressured to bow out of the bout after tearing her meniscus whereas coaching. She’s since undergone surgical procedure and gave the impression to be on the highway to restoration.
Per the promotion’s official press launch, the Thai famous person suffered a setback throughout her restoration, forcing her to not solely again out of the competition as soon as once more however relinquish her atomweight title altogether.
In consequence, Zamboanga will probably be promoted from interim atomweight titleholder to undisputed champion.
And I’m afraid there’s extra unhealthy information.
ONE 173 in Denver moved to June 2026 as a consequence of Stamp’s damage and different fights not materializing
ONE has formally postponed their return to america, pushing the summer time 2025 card to June 26, 2026. The promotion in the end determined to reschedule the occasion after a number of championship fights didn’t materialize.
“We’re saddened to listen to of the damage setback to Stamp and need her nothing however the perfect in her highway to restoration,” ONE CEO Chatri Sityodtong mentioned in a press release. “After taking a look at a number of alternate headlining choices that sadly didn’t come collectively, now we have made the tough resolution to maneuver our Denver occasion to June 26.
“When bringing the world’s largest martial arts group to the U.S., we try to ship the easiest product to our passionate American fan base and placed on probably the most entertaining and memorable present potential. The U.S. stays a high-priority marketplace for ONE and our world enterprise, and we stay dedicated to sustaining a robust presence within the area with month-to-month ONE Battle Night time occasions in U.S. primetime and future on-ground occasions.”
ONE Championship’s subsequent occasion will probably be ONE Battle Night time 31 on Prime Video, emanating from the legendary Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, on Friday, Might 2.
