On May 20, 2017, Kosei Tanaka (8-0, 5 KOs), the light-flyweight WBO champion, defends his title against Puerto Rican challenger, Ángel Acosta (16-0, 16 KOs).
Kosei Tanaka is coming in to the fight on a 8-fight win streak with a 62% KO rate; his last fight was a 5th round TKO victory over Moisés Fuentes, 4 months and 20 days ago. Ángel Acosta is on a 16-fight win streak with a 100% KO rate, with his last fight being a 10th round TKO win over Japhet Uutoni, 3 months and 9 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Kosei Tanaka at 99-1 winning odds. Ángel Acosta really doesn't have much to present against Tanaka.
Kosei Tanaka defeated Ángel Acosta via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBO light-flyweight title. Tanaka improves his record to 9-0, while Acosta adds a loss to his record at 16-1.