On May 3, 2007, Hozumi Hasegawa (21-2, 7 KOs), the bantamweight WBC champion, defends his title against South African challenger, Simpiwe Vetyeka (16-0, 9 KOs).
Hozumi Hasegawa is coming in to the fight on a 18-fight win streak with a 30% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Genaro Garcia, 5 months and 20 days ago. Simpiwe Vetyeka is on a 16-fight win streak with a 56% KO rate, with his last fight being a 4th round TKO win over Sakhumzi Bongwana, 4 months and 24 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Hozumi Hasegawa at 99-1 winning odds. Simpiwe Vetyeka really doesn't have much to present against Hasegawa.
Hozumi Hasegawa defeated Simpiwe Vetyeka via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBC bantamweight title. Hasegawa improves his record to 22-2, while Vetyeka adds a loss to his record at 16-1.