ONE Championship: Jackie Buntan says Janet Todd is ‘not ducking or running’ from Anissa Meksen
- Filipino-American claims training partner Todd will oblige Meksen’s call-outs ‘when there’s an actual contract sent to both parties’
- In the meantime, she will help Todd train for December showdown with ‘really good fighter’ Allycia Rodrigues in Manila
Jackie Buntan is hoping to put an end to the rumours that Janet Todd is avoiding a fight with Anissa Meksen.
Todd, 36, has held ONE Championship’s atomweight kickboxing title since 2020, and after winning the interim atomweight Muay Thai belt in July, is set to challenge Allycia Hellen Rodrigues for that division’s undisputed crown at ONE on Prime Video 5 on December 3 in Manila.
Meksen – widely considered the top female striker on the planet – has been calling for the opportunity to challenge the American for the kickboxing title for over a year, but ONE has yet to book the fight.
That has left the French-Algerian with the impression that Todd is avoiding her – but Buntan, the champion’s chief training partner at Boxing Works in California, begs to differ.
“[Todd is] not ducking or running away from anyone,” 25-year-old Buntan told the Post. “When that fight comes, and when there’s an actual contract sent to both parties, I’m more than sure it’s going to happen. But that can’t happen with no contract.”
