Superbon_Banchamek

Superbon Singha Mawynn

Superbon Singha Mawynn

Thai kickboxer

Superbon Singha Mawynn (born August 16, 1990), also known as Superbon Banchamek, is a Thai Muay Thai kickboxer fighting out of Bangkok. He is currently signed to ONE Championship, where he is the current interim ONE Featherweight Kickboxing World Champion. Superbon is the 2016 Kunlun Fight World Max Tournament Champion and 2018 Enfusion Live 76 8-Man Tournament Champion. As of September 2022, Combat Press ranks him as the #1 lightweight and #2 pound-for-pound kickboxer in the world,[1]. As of May, 2023, Beyond Kickboxing ranks him as the second best lightweight and # 2 pound-for-pound kickboxer.[2] As of October 20, 2022, he is ranked #1 in the ONE Featherweight Muay Thai rankings.[3]

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Superbon has beaten Sitthichai twice and is one of two fighters to have knocked out Giorgio Petrosyan. He also holds notable wins over Tayfun Ozcan and Marat Grigorian

Career

Superbon is a teammate of Buakaw Banchamek. More recently, he is a devoted student of Ajarn Gae, who is considered one of the world's best Muay Thai trainers.

Kunlun Fight

He started his kickboxing career in 2015 and in the same year participated in the Kunlun Fight 64-man 70 kg tournament. He finished as a semi finalist being defeated by the tournament champion Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong.[4]

In the 2016 edition of that tournament, he avenged his loss against Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong in the quarter finals and eventually became the 70-kg champion, defeating Cedric Manhoef in the semi-finals before knocking out Jomthong Chuwattana in the final event.[5]

Superbon participated in the 2017 Kunlun Fight World Max 70kg Tournament. He finished as the tournament runner-up after getting knocked out by Marat Grigorian in the finals.[6]

Enfusion

On December 8, 2017, Superbon entered the one-night Enfusion Live 58 72 kg Tournament. He came up short of winning the tournament after losing to Endy Semeleer in the final round by unanimous decision.[7]

He returned to Enfusion at Enfusion Live 76 on December 7, 2018. He went on to defeat Marouan Toutouh by unanimous decision to win the Enfusion Live 72.5 kg Tournament.[8]

ONE Championship

After signing with ONE Championship, Superbon made his debut at ONE Championship: No Surrender on July 31, 2020, facing Sitthichai Sitsongpeenong in a trilogy fight. He went on to defeat Sitthichai by unanimous decision.[9][10][11]

ONE Featherweight Kickboxing Champion

Superbon faced Giorgio Petrosyan for the inaugural ONE Featherweight Kickboxing World Championship at ONE Championship: First Strike on October 15, 2021.[12] He stopped the favourite via right high-kick in the second round, becoming just the second fighter to knock out Petrosyan, as well as being crowned the first ONE Featherweight Kickboxing World Champion.[13][14]

Superbon made his first title defense against Marat Grigorian at ONE: X on March 25, 2022.[15] After dominating all five rounds, Superbon won the rematch with Grigorian and retained the ONE Featherweight Kickboxing World Championship by unanimous decision.[16][17]

Superbon was scheduled to his second title defense against the 2021 ONE Featherweight Kickboxing World Grand Prix Champion Chingiz Allazov at ONE on Prime Video 2 on October 1, 2022.[18] Allazov withdrew with an injury on September 21 and was replaced by the #5 ranked ONE lightweight contender Tayfun Özcan.[19] Superbon withdrew from the fight the day before it was supposed to take place, as he wasn't medically cleared to compete.[20] His fight with Allazov was rescheduled for ONE on Prime Video 5 on December 3, 2022.[21] In turn, Superbon was forced to withdraw due to an illness and the bout was moved to headline at ONE on Prime Video 6 on January 14, 2023.[22] He lost the bout and title via knockout in the second round.[23]

Post-title reign

After loss to Allazov, Superbon faced Tayfun Özcan at ONE Fight Night 11 on June 9, 2023.[24] He won the fight by second-round knockout, knocking Tayfun out with a head kick.[25] The win earned him a $50,000 Performance of the Night bonus.[26]

Superbon was scheduled to face Tawanchai P.K.Saenchai for the ONE Featherweight Muay Thai World Championship on October 7, 2023, at ONE Fight Night 15.[27] However, Superbon was forced to pulled out due to a leg injury.[28] The match was rescheduled on December 9, 2023, at ONE Fight Night 17.[29] Tawanchai withdrew from the fight with a viral infecion on November 4, 2023.[30] The bout was rescheduled for ONE Friday Fights 46 on December 22, 2023.[31] Superbon lost the fight by unanimous decision.[32]

Superbon is scheduled to face Marat Grigorian for the interim ONE Featherweight Kickboxing World Championship at ONE Friday Fights 58 on April 5, 2024.[33] Superbon won by unanimous decision to become the interim ONE Featherweight Kickboxing World Champion.[34]

Titles and accomplishments

Kickboxing

Professional

Muay Thai

Professional

  • Professional Boxing Association of Thailand (PAT)
    • 2010 Thailand Lightweight Champion (1 Defense)
  • Muay Thai Warriors
    • 2013 Muay Thai Warriors Light Middleweight Champion[37]
  • M-ONE
    • 2013 M-ONE Middleweight Champion[38]
  • World Boxing Council Muaythai
    • 2014 WBC Muay Thai Intercontinental Welterweight Champion

Amateur

  • International Federation of Muaythai Amateur (IFMA)
    • 2015 IFMA Royal World Cup Tournament Championships in Bangkok, Thailand Gold -71 kg
    • 2016 IFMA World Muaythai Championships in Jönköping, Sweden Gold -71 kg
    • 2017 IFMA World Muaythai Championships in Minsk, Belarus Gold -71 kg
    • 2017 IFMA World Muaythai at The World Games in Wroclaw, Poland Gold -71 kg

Awards

  • Combat Press
    • 2016 Breakout Fighter of the Year[39]

Fight record

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