On March 30, 2025, Melvin Jerusalem (23-3, 12 KOs), the strawweight WBC champion, defends his title against former world champion Yudai Shigeoka (9-1, 5 KOs).
Melvin Jerusalem is coming in to the fight on a 3-fight win streak with a 46% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Luis Castillo, 6 months and 8 days ago. Yudai Shigeoka is on a 1-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Samuel Salva, 7 months and 6 days ago.
The winning odds are at 93.9-6.1 in favor of Yudai Shigeoka. It is going to be very difficult for Melvin Jerusalem to win this fight.