On February 24, 2025, Seiya Tsutsumi (12-0-2, 8 KOs), the bantamweight WBA champion, defends his title against former world champion Daigo Higa (20-3-1, 19 KOs).
Seiya Tsutsumi is coming in to the fight on a 7-fight win streak with a 57% KO rate; his last fight was a unanimous decision win over Takuma Inoue, 4 months and 11 days ago. Daigo Higa is on a 1-fight losing streak with a 79% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision loss to Yoshiki Takei, 5 months and 21 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Seiya Tsutsumi at 99-1 winning odds. Daigo Higa really doesn't have much to present against Tsutsumi.
Seiya Tsutsumi defeated Daigo Higa via unanimous decision in the rematch and successfully defended his WBA bantamweight title. Tsutsumi improves his record to 13-0-2, while Higa adds a loss to his record at 20-4-1.