Kang vs Abdul-Latif

Who won Kang vs Abdul-Latif?

Ji Won Kang beat Mikhail Jamal Abdul-Latif by knockout in the 2nd round during the main card of ONE Fight Night 18, on Friday 12th January 2024 at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium in Bangkok.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 3 rounds in the Heavyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 265 pounds (18.9 stone or 120.2 KG).

Kang vs Abdul-Latif stats

Ji Won Kang stepped into the octagon with a record of 6 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, 6 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.

Mikhail Jamal Abdul-Latif made his way to the cage with an unblemished record of 0 wins, 0 losses, and 0 draws.

Mikhail Jamal Abdul-Latif will be making their debut in the One Championship.

Ji Won Kang's One Championship record stood at 4-2-0.

The stats suggested Kang had a massive power advantage over Abdul-Latif, boasting a 100% knock out percentage over Abdul-Latif's 0%.

If the fight went to the ground, their records suggested that Kang and Abdul-Latif would have been pretty equal, both with a 0% submission rate.

Ji Won Kang was the younger man by 12 years, at 28 years old.

Abdul-Latif had a height advantage of 1 inch over Kang.

Kang was arguably the more experienced fighter, having had 8 more fights, and made his debut in 2018, 5 years and 6 months later than Abdul-Latif, whose first professional fight was in . He had fought 12 more professional rounds, 12 to Abdul-Latif's 0.

Kang vs Abdul-Latif form

Ji Won Kang had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight before this contest, he had lost to Ben Tynan at ONE Fight Night 16 on 3rd November 2023 by submission in the 3rd round at Lumpinee Boxing Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand.

Previous to that, he had won against Paul Elliott at ONE Championship – One X on 26th March 2022 by knockout in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium, Singapore, Singapore.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Marcus Buchecha at ONE Championship – Winter Warriors on 3rd December 2021 by submission in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

Before that, he had beaten Amir Aliakbari at ONE Championship – Fists of Fury 2 on 5th March 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

He had defeated Mehdi Barghi at ONE Championship – Unbreakable 3 on 5th February 2021 by knockout in the 1st round at Singapore Indoor Stadium.

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Kang's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 3 months and 7 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 7 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 1.4 rounds on average.

What were the odds on Kang vs Abdul-Latif?

Ji Won Kang was a 2/7 (-340) favourite going into the contest, while Mikhail Jamal Abdul-Latif made his way into the ring at 12/5 (+240) with oddsmakers.