On October 13, 2024, Takuma Inoue (20-1, 5 KOs), the bantamweight WBA champion, defends his title against the reigning WBA bantamweight champion Seiya Tsutsumi (11-0-2, 8 KOs).
Takuma Inoue is coming in to the fight on a 7-fight win streak with a 23% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Sho Ishida, 5 months and 7 days ago. Seiya Tsutsumi is on a 6-fight win streak with a 61% KO rate, with his last fight being a 4th round TKO win over Weerawat Noolae, 3 months and 6 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Takuma Inoue at 99-1 winning odds. Seiya Tsutsumi really doesn't have much to present against Inoue.
Seiya Tsutsumi defeated Takuma Inoue via unanimous decision and wins the WBA title — in his first world-title fight. Tsutsumi improves his record to 12-0-2, while Inoue adds a loss to his record at 20-2.