On September 18, 2023, Kenshiro Teraji (21-1, 13 KOs), the light-flyweight WBA (Unified), WBC, and The Ring champion, defends his titles against former world champion Hekkie Budler (35-4, 11 KOs).
Kenshiro Teraji is coming in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 59% KO rate; his last fight was a 9th round TKO victory over Anthony Olascuaga, 5 months and 10 days ago. Hekkie Budler is on a 3-fight win streak with a 28% KO rate, with his last fight being a 1st round KO win over Wichet Sengprakhon, 4 months and 13 days ago.
The odds of winning are at 97.7-2.3 in favor of Kenshiro Teraji. Hekkie Budler won't be able to do much against Teraji.
Kenshiro Teraji stopped Hekkie Budler via TKO in the 9th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and successfully defended his WBA (Unified), WBC, and The Ring light-flyweight titles. Teraji improves his record to 22-1 (14 KOs), while Budler adds a loss to his record at 35-5.