ONE: Kingdom of Heroes on October 6 in Bangkok, Thailand will be headlined by an intriguing 12-round world boxing championship contest between WBC super flyweight champion Srisaket Sor Rungvisai, 31, of Thailand and Iran MagnifiKO Diaz, 28, of Mexico. Loren Mack, ONE Championship Vice President for Public Relations and Communications, spoke recently with Conan Daily, and explained by the promotion is adding The Sweet Science to its events.

Boxing is waning down in Asia, explained Mack. ONE Championship is the guiding light of every discipline under the umbrella of martial arts in the world, including boxing. We did it for mixed martial arts. We brought back Muay Thai and kickboxing into the limelight, so why not boxing?

From garbage collector to world champion.