On December 23, 2019, Moruti Mthalane (38-2, 25 KOs), the flyweight IBF champion, defends his title against former world champion Akira Yaegashi (28-6, 16 KOs).
Moruti Mthalane is coming in to the fight on a 15-fight win streak with a 62% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Masayuki Kuroda, 7 months and 10 days ago. Akira Yaegashi is on a 3-fight win streak with a 47% KO rate, with his last fight being a 2nd round TKO win over Sahaphap Bunop, 8 months and 15 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Moruti Mthalane at 99-1 winning odds. Akira Yaegashi really doesn't have much to present against Mthalane.
Moruti Mthalane stopped Akira Yaegashi via TKO in the 9th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his IBF flyweight title. Mthalane improves his record to 39-2 (26 KOs), while Yaegashi adds a loss to his record at 28-7.