On May 28, 2021, Carlos Cañizales (22-0-1, 17 KOs), the light-flyweight WBA (Regular) champion, defends his title against Mexican challenger, Esteban Bermudez (13-3-2, 9 KOs).
Carlos Cañizales is coming in to the fight on a 6-fight win streak with a 73% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Sho Kimura, 2 years and 2 days ago. Esteban Bermudez is coming off a draw with a 50% KO rate, with his last fight being a technical decision loss to Luis Manuel Macias, 2 months and 15 days ago.
The odds of winning are at 97-3 in favor of Esteban Bermudez. Carlos Cañizales won't be able to do much against Bermudez.
Esteban Bermudez stopped the champion via TKO in the 6th round of the 12-round world-title fight, winning the first world title of his career, and is crowned the new WBA (Regular) light-flyweight champion. Bermudez improves his record to 14-3-2 (10 KOs), while Cañizales adds a loss to his record at 22-1-1.