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).
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.
This should be a confident win for Román González at 99-1 winning odds. Akira Yaegashi really doesn't have much to present against González.
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.