On May 4, 2024, Emmanuel Rodríguez (22-2, 13 KOs), the bantamweight IBF champion, defends his title against the reigning IBF bantamweight champion Ryosuke Nishida (8-0, 1 KOs).
Emmanuel Rodríguez is coming in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 54% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Melvin Lopez, 8 months and 22 days ago. Ryosuke Nishida is on a 8-fight win streak with a 12% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Christian Jimenez, 8 months and 23 days ago.
The winning odds are at 94-6 in favor of Ryosuke Nishida. It is going to be very difficult for Emmanuel Rodríguez to win this fight.
Ryosuke Nishida defeated Emmanuel Rodríguez via unanimous decision and wins the IBF title — in his first world-title fight. Nishida improves his record to 9-0, while Rodríguez adds a loss to his record at 22-3.