Hiroba Minowa “jealous” of opponent’s agility
Hiroba Minowa (13-3) will be facing Bokang Masunyane (8-1) in a featured bout on the main card of ONE Championship‘s ONE: 159 fight card in Singapore on July 22.
Minowa, a 22-year-old fighter from Japan spoke to ONE Championship officials ahead of his fight against the 28-year-old “Little Giant” from South Africa.
“I only want to become a World Champion. I know as long as I fight at ONE, I have to face strong opponents.
“[Masunyane] is an amazing athlete. He has the best physical ability. He has the best agility. Even if we Japanese train hard, we cannot achieve his level of agility. I’m so jealous. But I feel like we have something in common with a humble and tough mentality.”
Both Minowa and Masunyane are each coming off losses to one of the division’s top competitors in Jarred Brooks. The upcoming fight at the Singapore Indoor Stadium will determine which fighter moves back up the ladder towards a title shot.
Main Card for ONE 159
Reinier de Ridder vs. Vitaly Bigdash (ONE Middleweight World Title)
Janet Todd vs. Lara Fernandez (ONE Interim Atomweight Muay Thai World Title)
Bokang Masunyane vs. Hiroba Minowa (MMA – strawweight)
Muangthai PK.Saenchai vs. Vladimir Kuzmin (Muay Thai – bantamweight)
Zhang Peimian vs. Aslanbek Zikreev (kickboxing – strawweight)
Zelang Zhaxi vs. Danial Williams (MMA – strawweight)
Lead Card for ONE 159
Sinsamut Klinmee vs. Islam Murtazaev (Muay Thai – lightweight)
Ariel Sexton vs. Marat Gafurov (MMA – lightweight)
Jessa Khan vs. Amanda Alequin (submission grappling – atomweight)
Jin Tae Ho vs. Valmir Da Silva (MMA – welterweight)
Anderson Silva vs. Mikhail Jamal Abdul-Latif (MMA – heavyweight)
Lea Bivins vs. Zeba Bano (MMA – atomweight)
