On April 16, 2013, Naoya Inoue (2-0, 2 KOs) and Yuki Sano (17-2-4, 12 KOs) meet in the ring in a 10-round bout.
Naoya Inoue is coming in to the fight on a 2-fight win streak with a 100% KO rate; his last fight was a 1st round KO victory over Ngaoprajan Chuwatana, 3 months and 11 days ago. Yuki Sano is on a 1-fight win streak with a 52% KO rate, with his last fight being a 4th round TKO win over Kitirat Kheawsawai, 1 year and 15 days ago.
Although the odds are slightly in favor of Yuki Sano at 54.7-45.3, it would be fair to consider this a 50-50 fight. Sano has a slightly better chance of winning, but Inoue could also certainly pull it off.
Naoya Inoue stopped Yūki Sano via TKO in the 10th round. Inoue improves his record to 3-0 (3 KOs), while Sano adds a loss to his record at 17-3-4.