On April 15, 2018, Daigo Higa (15-0, 15 KOs), the flyweight WBC champion, defends his title against Nicaraguan challenger, Cristofer Rosales (26-3, 17 KOs).
Daigo Higa is coming in to the fight on a 15-fight win streak with a 100% KO rate; his last fight was a 1st round KO victory over Moisés Fuentes, 2 months and 11 days ago. Cristofer Rosales is on a 3-fight win streak with a 58% KO rate, with his last fight being a 8th round TKO win over Alexander Taylor, 4 months and 22 days ago.
The winning odds are at 93-7 in favor of Cristofer Rosales. It is going to be very difficult for Daigo Higa to win this fight.
Cristofer Rosales stopped Daigo Higa via TKO in the 9th round of the 12-round world-title fight. Rosales improves his record to 27-3 (18 KOs), while Higa adds a loss to his record at 15-1.