On October 7, 2018, Kenshiro Teraji (13-0, 7 KOs), the light-flyweight WBC champion, defends his title against former world champion Milan Melindo (37-3, 13 KOs).
Kenshiro Teraji is coming in to the fight on a 13-fight win streak with a 53% KO rate; his last fight was a 2nd round TKO victory over Ganigan López, 4 months and 12 days ago. Milan Melindo is on a 1-fight losing streak with a 32% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision loss to Ryoichi Taguchi, 9 months and 7 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Kenshiro Teraji at 99-1 winning odds. Milan Melindo really doesn't have much to present against Teraji.
Kenshiro Teraji stopped Milan Melindo via TKO in the 7th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBC light-flyweight title. Teraji improves his record to 14-0 (8 KOs), while Melindo adds a loss to his record at 37-4.