On July 15, 2018, the 25-year-old WBA (Regular) light-flyweight world champion, Carlos Cañizales (20-0-1, 16 KOs), faced Lü Bin, in a title defense fight.
Cañizales came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 76% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 27 days.
Carlos Cañizales stopped Lü Bin via TKO in the final round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBA (Regular) light-flyweight title. Cañizales improves his record to 21-0-1 (17 KOs)
On May 26, 2019, the 26-year-old WBA (Regular) light-flyweight world champion, Carlos Cañizales (21-0-1, 17 KOs), faced Sho Kimura, in a title defense fight.
Cañizales came in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 77% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 10 months and 11 days.
Carlos Cañizales defeated Sho Kimura via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBA (Regular) light-flyweight title. Cañizales improves his record to 22-0-1
On March 18, 2018, 25-year-old Carlos Cañizales (19-0-1, 16 KOs) and Reiya Konishi fought for the vacant WBA (Regular) light-flyweight title.
Cañizales came in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 80% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 5 months and 18 days.
Carlos Cañizales defeated Reiya Konishi via unanimous decision . Cañizales improves his record to 20-0-1
On December 31, 2016, a 23-year-old Carlos Cañizales (16-0, 13 KOs) got a shot at the light-flyweight WBA title held by 30-year-old Japanese boxer Ryoichi Taguchi (25-2-1, 11 KOs).
Cañizales came in to the fight on a 16-fight win streak with a 81% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 months and 30 days. Taguchi was on a 7-fight win streak with a 39% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months.
The fight ended in a split decision draw and both the fighters added a draw to their respective records — Cañizales is now 16-0-1 and Taguchi, 25-2-2.
On January 23, 2024, a 30-year-old Carlos Cañizales (26-1-1, 19 KOs) got a shot at the light-flyweight WBA (Unified), WBC, and The Ring title held by 32-year-old Japanese boxer Kenshiro Teraji (22-1, 14 KOs).
Cañizales came in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 67% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 7 months and 14 days. Teraji was on a 4-fight win streak with a 60% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 4 months and 5 days.
Kenshiro Teraji defeated Carlos Canizales via majority decision and successfully defended his WBA (Unified), WBC, and The Ring light-flyweight titles. Teraji improves his record to 23-1, while Cañizales adds a loss to his record at 26-2-1.
On March 26, 2022, a 29-year-old Carlos Cañizales (23-1-1, 17 KOs) and Ganigan López met in the ring in a flyweight bout.
Cañizales came in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 68% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 26 days.
Carlos Cañizales stopped Ganigan López via KO in the 4th round. Cañizales improves his record to 24-1-1 (18 KOs)
On August 20, 2022, a 29-year-old Carlos Cañizales (24-1-1, 18 KOs) and Armando Hernandez Torres met in the ring in a light-flyweight bout.
Cañizales came in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 69% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 4 months and 25 days.
Carlos Cañizales stopped Armando Hernandez Torres via TKO in the 1st round. Cañizales improves his record to 25-1-1 (19 KOs)
On January 29, 2016, a 22-year-old Carlos Cañizales (10-0, 9 KOs) and Edicson Fuenmayor met in the ring for the 3rd time,.
Cañizales came in to the fight on a 10-fight win streak with a 90% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 19 days.
In the rematch, Carlos Cañizales stopped Edicson Fuenmayor via TKO in the 1st round. Cañizales improves his record to 11-0 (10 KOs)
On June 20, 2015, a 22-year-old Carlos Cañizales (8-0, 8 KOs) and Kendry Perez met in the ring.
Cañizales came in to the fight on a 8-fight win streak with a 100% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 1 month and 11 days.
Carlos Cañizales stopped Kendry Perez via TKO in the 1st round. Cañizales improves his record to 9-0 (9 KOs)
On March 28, 2015, a 22-year-old Carlos Cañizales (6-0, 6 KOs) and Vicente Mirabal met in the ring for the 2nd time,.
Cañizales came in to the fight on a 6-fight win streak with a 100% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 21 days.
In the rematch, Carlos Cañizales stopped Vicente Mirabal via TKO in the 1st round. Cañizales improves his record to 7-0 (7 KOs)