Stamp Fairtex sees room for improvement after latest win at The Inner Circle 20

Stamp Fairtex defeated Cynthia Flores by split decision in their atomweight Muay Thai bout at The Inner Circle 20 at Lumpinee Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand, on Friday, June 26, improving her record to 65-18. The former three-sport ONE World Champion navigated three competitive rounds of dirty boxing and relentless forward pressure, but the manner of the win left her cold.

Flores came out swinging from the opening bell and grew more dangerous as the fight progressed. Stamp controlled the early rounds but retreated defensively in the third, and an unexpected complication before the fight had thrown her preparation off before a single punch was thrown.

“I’m 100 percent confident I won the first round. The first was definitely mine. In the second round, I felt like I still had a slight edge over her. By the third round, though, I think I fought way too defensively and just tried to manage the game,” she said.

“I’m not going to use the excuse that this is only my second fight back. On top of that, I completely lost my focus. My mind was all over the place because my main trainer got sick and couldn’t be in my corner tonight. It really threw me off.”