On March 31, 2024, the 26-year-old WBC strawweight world champion, Yudai Shigeoka (8-0, 5 KOs), faced a 30-year-old Filipino boxer Melvin Jerusalem (21-3, 12 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Shigeoka came in to the fight on a 8-fight win streak with a 62% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 24 days. Jerusalem was on a 1-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 5 months and 2 days.
Melvin Jerusalem defeated Yudai Shigeoka via split decision and wins the WBC title. Jerusalem improves his record to 22-3, while Shigeoka adds a loss to his record at 8-1.