On May 6, 2024, Jason Moloney (27-2, 19 KOs), the bantamweight WBO champion, defends his title against the reigning WBO bantamweight champion Yoshiki Takei (8-0, 8 KOs).
Jason Moloney is coming in to the fight on a 6-fight win streak with a 65% KO rate; his last fight was a majority decision win over Saul Sanchez, 3 months and 23 days ago. Yoshiki Takei is on a 8-fight win streak with a 100% KO rate, with his last fight being a 2nd round KO win over Mario Diaz Maldonado, 4 months and 10 days ago.
The winning odds are at 79.3-20.7 in favor of Yoshiki Takei. It is going to be a competitive fight and Jason Moloney will put up a very good fight, but Takei will prevail.
Yoshiki Takei defeated Jason Moloney via unanimous decision and wins the WBO title — in his first world-title fight. Takei improves his record to 9-0, while Moloney adds a loss to his record at 27-3.