On December 31, 2018, Hiroto Kyoguchi (11-0, 8 KOs) gets a shot at the light-flyweight WBA (Super) and The Ring titles held by Hekkie Budler (32-3, 10 KOs).
Hekkie Budler is coming in to the fight on a 1-fight win streak with a 28% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Ryoichi Taguchi, 7 months and 11 days ago. Hiroto Kyoguchi is on a 11-fight win streak with a 72% KO rate, with his last fight being a 4th round TKO win over Tibo Monabesa, 3 months and 6 days ago.
The winning odds are at 94.6-5.4 in favor of Hiroto Kyoguchi. It is going to be very difficult for Hekkie Budler to win this fight.
Hiroto Kyoguchi stopped the champion via TKO in the 10th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and is crowned the new WBA (Super) and The Ring light-flyweight champion. Kyoguchi improves his record to 12-0 (9 KOs), while Budler adds a loss to his record at 32-4.