Akira Yaegashi vs Román González
On September 5, 2014, Román González (39-0, 33 KOs) gets a shot at the flyweight WBC and The Ring titles held by Akira Yaegashi (20-3, 10 KOs).
Yaegashi vs González Stats
Akira Yaegashi is coming in to the fight on a 5-fight win streak with a 43% KO rate; his last fight was a 9th round KO victory over Odilon Zaleta, 4 months and 30 days ago. Román González is on a 39-fight win streak with a 84% KO rate, with his last fight being a 3rd round TKO win over Juan Purisima, 4 months and 30 days ago.
Yaegashi vs González Prediction & Odds
The winning odds are at 86.4-13.6 in favor of Román González. Akira Yaegashi may have moments of brilliance during the fight but it won't be enough for him to get the victory.
Yaegashi vs González Result
Román González stopped the champion via TKO in the 9th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and is crowned the new WBC and The Ring flyweight champion. González improves his record to 40-0 (34 KOs), while Yaegashi adds a loss to his record at 20-4.