The undefeated Wbc Flw champion Daigo Higa entered this fight with a perfect record of 15-0-0 (15 KOs=100%) and he is ranked as the No.2 flyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Donnie Nietes). In his last three fights he has beat Juan Hernandez Navarrete (Navarrete vs Higa), Thomas Masson (Higa vs Masson) and Moises Fuentes (Daigo Higa vs Moises Fuentes).
His opponent, Cristofer Rosales, has a boxing record of 26-3-0 (17 knockouts) and he entered as the No.9 in the same weight class. He lost to Andrew Selby last year (Selby vs Rosales) but then he has defeated Martin Tecuapetla, Mohammed Obbadi and Alexander Taylor. Higa vs Rosales is valid for the WBC World flyweight title (Higa’s third defense); undercard of Ryota Murata vs Emanuele Blandamura. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Date: 2018-04-15
Where: Arena, Yokohama, Japan
Division: flyweight (112 lbs, 50.8 kg)
Title: WBC World flyweight title
Higa’s previous fight: Daigo Higa vs Moises Fuentes
Rosales’ next fight: Cristofer Rosales vs Paddy Barnes
Higa vs Rosales full fight video:
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Full of action and a pretty good fight involving two warriors that never stopped throwing punches. The fight was very close since Rosales never took advantage of his longer reach offering Higa the opportunity to have a short distance fight during the whole bout. The strength of Rosales finally prevailed. 3 stars minimum.
Great fight, total war from rounds 4 to 9. Both were taking very hard body shots. I guess Higa’s corner stopped the bout since he had gassed out.
Great fight !
Rosales has all the atributes of an outstanding boxer. He can fight from the outside or the inside. He really cranked it up in the later rounds much to the disappointment of the Japanese commentators.
Great fight worth four stars in my opnion. Higa was clearly outclassed after the later half of the first round.