On April 6, 2012, Shinsuke Yamanaka (15-0-2, 11 KOs), the bantamweight WBC champion, defends his title against former world champion Vic Darchinyan (37-4-1, 27 KOs).
Shinsuke Yamanaka is coming in to the fight on a 10-fight win streak with a 64% KO rate; his last fight was a 11th round TKO victory over Christian Esquivel, 5 months ago. Vic Darchinyan is on a 1-fight losing streak with a 64% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision loss to Anselmo Moreno, 4 months and 3 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Shinsuke Yamanaka at 99-1 winning odds. Vic Darchinyan really doesn't have much to present against Yamanaka.
Shinsuke Yamanaka defeated Vic Darchinyan via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBC bantamweight title. Yamanaka improves his record to 16-0-2, while Darchinyan adds a loss to his record at 37-5-1.