On May 4, 2024, the 31-year-old IBF bantamweight world champion, Emmanuel Rodríguez (22-2, 13 KOs), faced a 27-year-old Japanese boxer Ryosuke Nishida (8-0, 1 KO), in a title defense fight.
Rodríguez came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 54% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 8 months and 22 days. Nishida was on a 8-fight win streak with a 12% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 8 months and 23 days.
Ryosuke Nishida defeated Emmanuel Rodríguez via unanimous decision and wins the IBF title — in his first world-title fight. Nishida improves his record to 9-0, while Rodríguez adds a loss to his record at 22-3.
On December 19, 2020, a 28-year-old Emmanuel Rodríguez (19-1, 12 KOs) and a 24-year-old Filipino boxer Reymart Gaballo (23-0, 20 KOs) met in the ring in a bantamweight bout.
Rodríguez came in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 60% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 year, 7 months, and 1 day. Gaballo was on a 23-fight win streak with a 87% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 1 year and 5 days.
Reymart Gaballo defeated Emmanuel Rodríguez via split decision in the 12-round bantamweight fight. Gaballo improves his record to 24-0, while Rodríguez adds a loss to his record at 19-2.
On May 18, 2019, the 26-year-old IBF bantamweight world champion, Emmanuel Rodríguez (19-0, 12 KOs), faced a 26-year-old Japanese boxer Naoya Inoue (17-0, 15 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Rodríguez came in to the fight on a 19-fight win streak with a 63% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 6 months and 28 days. Inoue was on a 17-fight win streak with a 88% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 7 months and 11 days.
Naoya Inoue made very easy work of Emmanuel Rodríguez, stopping Rodríguez via TKO in the 2nd. Inoue improves his record to 18-0 (16 KOs), while Rodríguez adds a loss to his record at 19-1.