On March 25, 2006, Veerapol Sahaprom (51-2-2, 35 KOs) gets a shot at the bantamweight WBC title held by Hozumi Hasegawa (19-2, 6 KOs).
Hozumi Hasegawa is coming in to the fight on a 16-fight win streak with a 28% KO rate; his last fight was a 7th round TKO victory over Gerardo Martinez, 6 months ago. Veerapol Sahaprom is on a 5-fight win streak with a 63% KO rate, with his last fight being a 1st round KO win over Scari Korori, 1 month and 8 days ago.
The winning odds are at 92.5-7.5 in favor of Hozumi Hasegawa. It is going to be very difficult for Veerapol Sahaprom to win this fight.
In the rematch, Hozumi Hasegawa stopped Veeraphol Sahaprom via TKO in the 9th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBC bantamweight title. Hasegawa improves his record to 20-2 (7 KOs), while Sahaprom adds a loss to his record at 51-3-2.