On August 16, 2018, Ryosuke Iwasa (25-2, 16 KOs), the super-bantamweight IBF champion, defends his title against Irish challenger, TJ Doheny (19-0, 14 KOs).
Ryosuke Iwasa is coming in to the fight on a 6-fight win streak with a 59% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Ernesto Saulong, 5 months and 15 days ago. TJ Doheny is on a 19-fight win streak with a 73% KO rate, with his last fight being a 2nd round TKO win over Mike Oliver, 4 months and 30 days ago.
The winning odds are at 85.6-14.4 in favor of TJ Doheny. Ryosuke Iwasa may have moments of brilliance during the fight but it won't be enough for him to get the victory.
TJ Doheny defeated Ryosuke Iwasa via unanimous decision and wins the IBF title — in his first world-title fight. Doheny improves his record to 20-0, while Iwasa adds a loss to his record at 25-3.