Accidental clash of heads in the 1st ends fight; Olascuaga keeps title
FLYWEIGHT CHAMPIONS
WBA
Seigo Yuri Akui
Born: September 3 1995 (29)
Kurashiki, Japan
Height: 1.63m
Boxing record:
Total fights: 23
Win: 20 (KO 11)
Loss: 2
Draw: 1
Akui outpoints Kuwahara; Retains WBA Flyweight title
May 6, 2024
Seigo Yuri Akui outclassed his rival Taku Kuwahara over 12 rounds. Akui walked Kuwahara down and landed at will with his combinations. All judges scored the fight in Akui's favor. 118-110 and twice 117-111.
IBF
Angel Ayala
Born: May 11, 2000 (age 24)
Texcoco de Mora, Mexico
Height: 1.68m
Boxing record:
Total fights: 18
Win: 18 (KO 8)
Loss: 0
Draw: 0
Ayala wins vacant IBF Title by Knock-Out
August 9, 2024
The tall Angel Ayala claimed the vacant IBF title with a sixth-round knockout of Dave Apolinario. Ayala twice floored the Filipino fighter in the sixth round. The second knockdown produced the full ten count at 2:06 of round six.
WBO
Anthony Olascuaga
Born: January 1 1999 (26)
Los Angeles, California, USA
Height: 1.63m
Boxing record:
Total fights: 9
Win: 7 (KO 4)
Loss: 1
Draw: 0 No Contest: 1
Accidental clash of heads in the 1st ends fight; Olascuaga keeps title
October 14, 2024
Anthony Olascuaga retained his title after a clash of heads in the first round of the fight. Challenger and ex-world champion Jonathan Gonzalez suffered a cut above his left eyebrow as both boxers lunged in. The ringside doctor examined the cut and allowed him to continue. Not long after the action resumed, referee Robert Hoyle asked Gonzalez if he could see, and said no. The fight was stopped and ruled a no-contest.
WBC
Kenshiro Tejari
Born: 6 January 1992 (age 33)
Joyo, Kyoto, Japan
Height: 1.64m
Boxing record:
Total fights: 25
Win: 24 (KO 15)
Loss: 1
Draw: 0
Tejari wins vacant WBC Flyweight title after doctor's intervention
October 13, 2024
Former Light Flyweight world champion Kenshiro Teraji stopped Cristofer Rosales in Round 11 for the vacant WBC world flyweight title to become a two-weight world champion. From early in the fight, Rosales's nose was bleeding. In round 11, the referee stopped the fight after advice from the ringside doctor.