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 May 28, 2021, the 28-year-old WBA (Regular) light-flyweight world champion, Carlos Cañizales (22-0-1, 17 KOs), faced a 25-year-old Mexican boxer Esteban Bermudez (13-3-2, 9 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Cañizales came in to the fight on a 6-fight win streak with a 73% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 2 years and 2 days. Bermudez was on a 0-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 2 months and 15 days.
Esteban Bermudez stopped the champion via TKO in the 6th round of the 12-round world-title fight, winning the first world title of his career, and is crowned the new WBA (Regular) light-flyweight champion. Bermudez improves his record to 14-3-2 (10 KOs), while Cañizales adds a loss to his record at 22-1-1.