ONE Championship: 13 years after his first title, strawweight kickboxer Prajanchai PK Saenchaigym says best is yet to come
- The Thai had expected to face Canada’s Jonathan Di Bella at ONE Friday Fights 58 this week
- Becoming kickboxing champion for the first time would also secure Prajanchai the seventh major title of his career
Prajanchai PK Saenchaigym started training Muay Thai when he was four years old. His brother was a fighter as were several relatives and, as a young child in Bangkok, he dreamed of becoming the first member of his family to win a title.
Prajanchai fulfilled that dream in 2011, when he won the Rajadamnern mini flyweight title, and he has been consistently adding belts to the collection since.
Prajanchai is the reigning ONE Championship Muay Thai strawweight champion, turns 30 this year, and told the Post he feels the best is yet to come.
“I don’t think I am at my peak, I think there is still a lot of room for improvement. Becoming a champion is not necessarily a peak, because defending the title and staying as champion is more difficult.”
At ONE Friday Fights 58 this week, he had expected to face Jonathan Di Bella in a unification bout, but the undefeated Canadian pulled out at the last minute.