Janet Todd. Image: ONE Championship Facebook.
Seeing her dad's fight to recover from a serious illness gave Janet Todd the strength to overcome any challenge.
Nicknamed "JT", Todd is an American Muay Thai kickboxer.
She is a two-time Pan-American Muay Thai Champion and trains out of Boxing Works.
Currently, she competes for ONE Championship.
Todd first competed in amateur competition in 2009. She won the bout by TKO, but would not return to competition until 2013.
The talented striker developed her game largely in California during the early stages of her development.
In 2017, Todd captured bronze at the IFMA World Championships and World Games. Her biggest accolade was an IFMA Pan-American Championship. She would later win gold at the 2017 IFMA Pan American Championships at 51kg.
ONE Championship
On February 22, 2019, Todd made the leap to ONE Championship to compete for the ONE Atomweight Muay Thai world title against Stamp Fairtex. She would lose by unanimous decision, but joined the top promotion in her field.
She returned to ONE Championship on May 10, 2019. She defeated Wang Chin Long by TKO in the second-round.
On July 12, 2019, Todd defeated Chuang Kai Ting by majority decision at ONE Championship: Masters of Destiny.
On October 13, 2019, she defeated Ekaterina Vandaryeva by second-round knockout with a highlight-reel head kick at ONE Championship: Century.
Todd will face Stamp Fairtex a second time, this time fighting for the ONE Kickboxing Atomweight World Championship, at ONE Championship: King of the Jungle on February 28, 2020.
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