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.
Melvin Jerusalem defeated Yudai Shigeoka via unanimous decision in the rematch and successfully defended his WBC strawweight title. Jerusalem improves his record to 24-3, while Shigeoka adds a loss to his record at 9-2.