Angela Lee is eligible to represent at least four different countries. But the majority of the 26 year old’s fights have taken place in Singapore and the nation holds a special place in her heart.
Her father, Ken Lee, was born there and she says it is her favourite place to fight,
“I love fighting in Singapore. I feel like I always have the hometown advantage.” she told ONEFC.com.
On Saturday morning (local time) she faces Xiong Jing Nan in the main event of ONE on Prime Video 2. The two have faced each other twice before but both bouts took place in Tokyo.
“My dad was born in Singapore, it’s just in my blood. So it doesn’t matter where I live or where I was born, it’s part of who I am, my blood, my race,” she said.
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Proud Singaporean
She proudly flies the Singaporean flag when she fights and Lee says she is motivated by the knowledge that her relatives there will be in he crowd to support her,
“I know that my family is going to be in the crowd cheering me on. It always gives me huge motivation.”
“It stirs up a lot of different emotions. I am so familiar with the Singapore Indoor Stadium, walking through those halls and being in that environment.
“It’s very, very familiar, so it feels right at home, and I know that I’ve gotten through this so many times. It’s definitely going to be an iconic moment on October 1.”
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Winning record
Lee has fought in the Singapore Indoor Stadium six times and has a 100% winning record. She won the atomweight title there in 2016 and has held that belt ever since.
She might be fighting on a Saturday morning for the first time but the environment is one she feels right at home in,
“It stirs up a lot of different emotions. I am so familiar with the Singapore Indoor Stadium, walking through those halls and being in that environment. It’s very, very familiar, so it feels right at home, and I know that I’ve gotten through this so many times.”
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Only blemish
The only blemish on Lee’s otherwise spotless record comes from a pair of losses at strawweight in 2019. Despite that she has been handed at Xiong who is the division’s first and only champion.
Her opponent stated that Lee does not deserve a shot and she knows that losing a third strawweight fight in succession would all but end her chances of becoming a two division champion,
“Capturing the second title, becoming champ-champ, this is what I’ve been after for so many years. Now is finally the right time, everything’s lined up, and I need to capitalize on this moment and capture it, because if I don’t, I’m not going to get (another) chance to fight for this belt.”
Lee sees this as her final chance to win that elusive second belt and sounds very confident of success,
“This is my last shot and of course, she’s going to be defending it with all she’s got. But I know that I’m going to be stealing this belt from her at the end of the night.”
