ONE Championship’s atomweight queen Angela Lee is mere hours away from the chance to make historical past because the promotion’s subsequent two-division world champion.
Within the ONE on Prime Video 2 headliner, the lady they name ‘Unstoppable’ will as soon as once more face strawweight world champion Xiong Jing Nan in a trilogy bout.
Going down on the well-known Singapore Indoor Area, the Singaporean-American will really feel like she has home-field benefit in opposition to her cross-divisional rival. Chatting with ONE Championship forward of the champion vs. champion showdown, Lee mentioned her consolation competing in Singapore and her personal Asian heritage:
“My dad was born in Singapore. It’s simply in my blood. So it doesn’t matter the place I dwell or the place I used to be born, it’s a part of who I’m. [It’s] in my blood, my race, who I’m.”
Angela Lee continued, saying:
“I’m half-Korean, half-Chinese language-Singaporean. I really feel completely comfy with who I’m now and representing all of the completely different locations that make me who I’m.”
Together with her household within the crowd, Angela Lee will really feel an additional increase of motivation as she makes an attempt to carry one other world championship residence to her already legendary household that features the present ONE light-weight world champion, Christian Lee.
“I do know that my household goes to be within the crowd cheering me on. It at all times provides me enormous motivation.
Angela Lee says combating in Singapore is like defending her residence turf
Angela Lee’s love for the Southeast Asian nation of Singapore is aware of no bounds. The Singaporean-American has developed a love and respect for not simply the nation, however Singapore Indoor Stadium, a location ONE Championship has referred to as residence for the reason that COVID-19 pandemic hit in early 2020.
With the pandemic all however defeated and the promotion gearing as much as resume touring to completely different places, Lee understands the significance of seizing the second at ONE on Prime Video 2:
“You understand what, I’m it like [I have to defend my home turf]. As a result of capturing the second title, turning into champ-champ, that is what I’ve been after for thus a few years. Now could be lastly the correct time, every little thing’s lined up, and I must capitalize on this second and seize it, as a result of if I don’t, I’m not going to get [another] likelihood to struggle for this belt.”
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