On December 23, 2019, a 36-year-old Akira Yaegashi (28-6, 16 KOs) got a shot at the flyweight IBF title held by 37-year-old South African boxer Moruti Mthalane (38-2, 25 KOs).
Yaegashi came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 47% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 15 days. Mthalane was on a 15-fight win streak with a 62% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 7 months and 10 days.
Moruti Mthalane stopped Akira Yaegashi via TKO in the 9th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his IBF flyweight title. Mthalane improves his record to 39-2 (26 KOs), while Yaegashi adds a loss to his record at 28-7.
On May 21, 2017, the 34-year-old IBF light-flyweight world champion, Akira Yaegashi (25-5, 13 KOs), faced a 29-year-old Filipino boxer Milan Melindo (35-2, 12 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Yaegashi came in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 43% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 21 days. Melindo was on a 3-fight win streak with a 32% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 25 days.
Milan Melindo made quick work of Akira Yaegashi, stopping the champion via TKO in the 1st. Melindo improves his record to 36-2 (13 KOs), while Yaegashi adds a loss to his record at 25-6.
On December 30, 2014, 31-year-old Akira Yaegashi (20-4, 10 KOs) and 25-year-old Pedro Guevara (23-1-1, 15 KOs) fought for the vacant WBC light-flyweight title.
Yaegashi came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 41% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 25 days. Guevara was on a 5-fight win streak with a 60% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 10 days.
Pedro Guevara stopped Akira Yaegashi via KO in the 7th round of the 12-round world-title fight. Guevara improves his record to 24-1-1 (16 KOs), while Yaegashi adds a loss to his record at 20-5.
On September 5, 2014, the 31-year-old WBC and The Ring flyweight world champion, Akira Yaegashi (20-3, 10 KOs), faced a 27-year-old Nicaraguan boxer Román González (39-0, 33 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Yaegashi came in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 43% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 30 days. González was on a 39-fight win streak with a 84% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 30 days.
Román González stopped the champion via TKO in the 9th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and is crowned the new WBC and The Ring flyweight champion. González improves his record to 40-0 (34 KOs), while Yaegashi adds a loss to his record at 20-4.
On June 20, 2012, the 29-year-old WBA strawweight champion, Akira Yaegashi (15-2, 8 KOs), and the 23-year-old WBC strawweight champion Kazuto Ioka (9-0, 6 KOs) met in a title-unification fight.
Yaegashi came in to the fight on a 8-fight win streak with a 47% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 7 months and 27 days. Ioka was on a 9-fight win streak with a 66% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 20 days.
Kazuto Ioka defeated Akira Yaegashi via unanimous decision and unifies the WBA and WBC strawweight titles. Ioka improves his record to 10-0, while Yaegashi adds a loss to his record at 15-3.
On July 1, 2008, a 25-year-old Akira Yaegashi (7-1, 5 KOs) and Masatate Tsuji met in the ring.
Yaegashi came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 62% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 1 day.
Akira Yaegashi lost to Masatate Tsuji via majority decision in the 6-round fight, and adds a loss to his record at 7-2.
On June 4, 2007, a 24-year-old Akira Yaegashi (6-0, 5 KOs) got a shot at the strawweight WBC title held by Eagle Den Junlaphan.
Yaegashi came in to the fight on a 6-fight win streak with a 83% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 17 days.
Akira Yaegashi was defending his strawweight titles and, fighting for the strawweight WBC titles against Eagle Den Junlaphan and lost via unanimous decision in the 12-round strawweight fight, and adds a loss to his record at 6-1.