On December 14, 2021, Wilfredo Méndez (16-1, 6 KOs), the strawweight WBO champion, defends his title against Japanese challenger, Masataka Taniguchi (14-3, 9 KOs).
Wilfredo Méndez is coming in to the fight on a 7-fight win streak with a 35% KO rate; his last fight was a 9th round TKO victory over Gabriel Mendoza, 1 year, 10 months, and 6 days ago. Masataka Taniguchi is on a 3-fight win streak with a 52% KO rate, with his last fight being a 5th round TKO win over Tatsuro Nakashima, 6 months and 7 days ago.
The odds of winning are at 98.7-1.3 in favor of Masataka Taniguchi. Wilfredo Méndez won't be able to do much against Taniguchi.
Masataka Taniguchi stopped the champion via TKO in the 11th round of the 12-round world-title fight, winning the first world title of his career, and is crowned the new WBO strawweight champion. Taniguchi improves his record to 15-3 (10 KOs), while Méndez adds a loss to his record at 16-2.