LITO Adiwang is hoping for a title shot and not thinking of another bout against Jeremy Miado.
Adiwang defeated Miado in their second match last week, winning by unanimous decision to get even after a technical knockout loss in their first encounter last year in One Championship.
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“I’ve always said that I wish for us to fight when we’re both 100 percent, and I believe we did,” Adiwang said.
“Maybe if the fight was stopped early, maybe we can talk about an immediate rematch. But I beat him via unanimous decision. We both gave it our all, so I guess when we talk about the rematch it depends if he keeps on winning.”
Adiwang says he now wants to move closer to the strawweight title and is eyeing a match against No. 4 contender Gustavo Balart.
Jarred Brooks is the strawweight champion, with Joshua Pacio as No. 1 contender followed by Bokang Masunyane of South Africa, Hiroba Minowa of Japan, Balart from Cuba and then Mansur Malachiev of Russia.
“A world title shot is what I truly want for sure. This is my second version, so I’ll give my best. I moved to Bali and everything. That’s the target, nothing else.”
Adiwang says a match against Pacio wouldn’t make sense.
“For me, Joshua is in the perfect position to fight Jarred Brooks. I think I want to see them fight, and let’s take it from there,” he said.
“As per fighting Joshua, I don’t think there’s no point for us to fight now. Unless it’s for the belt, it’s not worth it.”
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