On September 3, 2024, Yoshiki Takei (9-0, 8 KOs), the bantamweight WBO champion, defends his title against former world champion Daigo Higa (20-2-1, 19 KOs).
Yoshiki Takei is coming in to the fight on a 9-fight win streak with a 88% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Jason Moloney, 3 months and 28 days ago. Daigo Higa is on a 3-fight win streak with a 82% KO rate, with his last fight being a 4th round KO win over Navapon Khaikanha, 8 months and 3 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Yoshiki Takei at 99-1 winning odds. Daigo Higa really doesn't have much to present against Takei.
Yoshiki Takei defeated Daigo Higa via unanimous decision and successfully defended his WBO bantamweight title. Takei improves his record to 10-0, while Higa adds a loss to his record at 20-3-1.