On May 6, 2015, Ryoichi Taguchi (21-2-1, 8 KOs), the light-flyweight WBA champion, defends his title against former world champion Kwanthai Sithmorseng (47-3-1, 25 KOs).
Ryoichi Taguchi is coming in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 33% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Alberto Rossel, 4 months and 6 days ago. Kwanthai Sithmorseng is on a 3-fight win streak with a 49% KO rate, with his last fight being a 2nd round KO win over Ponidi, 3 months ago.
This should be a confident win for Ryoichi Taguchi at 99-1 winning odds. Kwanthai Sithmorseng really doesn't have much to present against Taguchi.
Ryoichi Taguchi stopped Kwanthai Sithmorseng via TKO in the 8th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBA light-flyweight title. Taguchi improves his record to 22-2-1 (9 KOs), while Sithmorseng adds a loss to his record at 47-4-1.