On December 30, 2018, a 25-year-old Tasana Salapat (48-0, 33 KOs) and a 23-year-old Japanese boxer Takuma Inoue (12-0, 3 KOs) met in the ring in a bantamweight bout.
Salapat came in to the fight on a 48-fight win streak with a 68% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 9 days. Inoue was on a 12-fight win streak with a 25% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 3 months and 19 days.
Takuma Inoue defeated Petch Sor Chitpattana via unanimous decision in the 12-round bantamweight fight. Inoue improves his record to 13-0, while Salapat adds a loss to his record at 48-1.