On April 30, 2010, Hozumi Hasegawa (28-2, 12 KOs), the bantamweight WBC champion, defends his title against former world champion Fernando Montiel (41-2-2, 31 KOs).
Hozumi Hasegawa is coming in to the fight on a 25-fight win streak with a 40% KO rate; his last fight was a 4th round TKO victory over Alvaro Perez, 4 months and 12 days ago. Fernando Montiel is on a 1-fight win streak with a 68% KO rate, with his last fight being a 1st round TKO win over Ciso Morales, 2 months and 17 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Fernando Montiel at 99-1 winning odds. Hozumi Hasegawa really doesn't have much to present against Montiel.
Fernando Montiel stopped the champion via TKO in the 4th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and is crowned the new WBC bantamweight champion. Montiel improves his record to 42-2-2 (32 KOs), while Hasegawa adds a loss to his record at 28-3.