ONE Championship: Giorgio Petrosyan’s camp accuses Superbon of disrespect for celebrating vicious KO

Italian’s gym hits out at ONE featherweight kickboxing champ for wildly cheering after knocking Petrosyan out cold

‘Where is the honour and respect that so marks ONE from other promotions?’ asks a social media post

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Superbon rings around the cage in celebration after knocking out Giorgio Petrosyan. Photo: ONE Championship

Published: 5:50pm, 19 Oct 2021Updated: 5:50pm, 19 Oct 2021

Giorgio Petrosyan’s camp have blasted new ONE Championship featherweight kickboxing champ Superbon Banchamek for celebrating his vicious knockout win on Friday night in Singapore.

The 31-year-old Thai knocked “The Doctor” out cold – and broke his jaw – with a roundhouse head kick early in the second round, stunning the world of combat sports with one of the most shocking fight finishes of all time.

Superbon performed a few victory laps around the Circle, cheering wildly after securing the upset of all upsets against the man widely-considered kickboxing’s “GOAT” (greatest of all time).

“Superbon Banchamek celebrates without caring that Giorgio has passed out on the ground, forcing the referee to tell him to stop cheering! Is he a champ?” read an Instagram post on the official account of the Team Multifight Petrosyan gym, which is based in Italy.

The social media post suggested Petrosyan is a “real champ” because he immediately went to verify Smokin’ Jo Nattawut’s condition and pray for his opponent after knocking him out in August 2019.

“Where is the honour and respect that so marks ONE from other promotions!?” added the post, which tagged the account handles of ONE Championship and its CEO, Chatri Sityodtong.