Johan Ghazali picked up "a little bit of everything" from the bevy of world-class talent he trained with at the Superbon Training Center in Bangkok.
Since coming up short in his last outing at ONE 170, the 18-year-old teen phenom has been putting in work with reigning ONE featherweight kickboxing world champion Superbon and former eight-time titleholder Nong-O Hama.
Now, 'Jojo' will look to show off what he's learned at ONE Fight Night 32 when he steps inside the legendary Lumpinee Stadium for a clash with the always dangerous Diego Paez.
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Speaking with Nick Atkin ahead of his ninth appearance on martial arts' biggest global stage, Ghazali offered some insight into what he's learned over the last several months and how he plans to implement it in his fight this Friday night.
"A lot actually. After the last fight, I changed a lot of things. I worked a lot more on my boxing, feints, kicks, everything. Everything. So, I took a little bit of everything from all the fighters at the gym, you know, because they're all basically the best in the world."
Johan Ghazali not impressed with what he's seen out of Diego Paez
Like Johan Ghazali, Colombian-American standout Diego Paez will look to get back into the win column after surrendering a split decision loss to Sean Climaco in February.
Asked about his opponent's skill set, 'Jojo' acknowledged that Paez is a solid counterstriker, but outside of that, there's really nothing special about the 7-3 fighter.
"I could see from his debut against Sean that he’s also pretty good at counterstriking. He has good counters and good follow-ups. So I’ll have to be aware of that. Otherwise, nothing really special caught my eye."
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ONE Fight Night 32 will air live on ONE Championship’s YouTube channel, the ONE Super App, and watch.onefc.com on Friday, June 6.