On April 23, 2014, Kiko Martínez (30-4, 22 KOs), the super-bantamweight IBF champion, defends his title against former world champion Hozumi Hasegawa (33-4, 15 KOs).
Kiko Martínez is coming in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 64% KO rate; his last fight was a 9th round KO victory over Jeffrey Mathebula, 4 months and 2 days ago. Hozumi Hasegawa is on a 4-fight win streak with a 40% KO rate, with his last fight being a 1st round TKO win over Genaro Camargo, 8 months and 11 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Kiko Martínez at 99-1 winning odds. Hozumi Hasegawa really doesn't have much to present against Martínez.
Kiko Martínez stopped Hozumi Hasegawa via TKO in the 7th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his IBF super-bantamweight title. Martínez improves his record to 31-4 (23 KOs), while Hasegawa adds a loss to his record at 33-5.