Kohei Kono entered this fight with a boxing record of 30-8-1 (13 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.10 super flyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Naoya Inoue). He lost to Liborio Solis in 2013 (4-stars-fight, Kono vs Solis), but then he has collected two victories and one draw, against Norberto Jimenez in his last fight (=Kono vs Jimenez).
His opponent, the former world champion in three different weight classes Koki Kameda, has an official record of 33-1-0 (18 knockouts) and he entered as the No.19 in the same weight class. He suffered his only defeat in 2010 when he faced Pongsaklek Wonjongkam (via majority decision), since then he has won 11 consecutive bouts beating Omar Salado in his last one. Kono vs Kameda is valid for the WBA World super flyweight title; undercard of Andrzej Fonfara vs Nathan Cleverly. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Koki Kameda fight videos
2013 BOXING fight – Koki Kameda vs Jung-Oh Son – full fight Video WBA
Review: 2013-11-19, great fight with one knockdown and some nice toe-to-toe exchanges: Koki Kameda vs Jung-Oh Son gets three stars. Koki Kameda ranked as the No.9 bantamweight in the world, entered the fight with a record of 31-1-0 (17 knockouts) while Jung-Oh Son had a record of 20-4-2 (6 knockouts). Kameda vs Son is valid for the WBA World bantamweight title. Watch the video!
2013 BOXING fight – Koki Kameda vs John Mark Apolinario – full fight Video WBA
Review: 2013-07-23, we want to see more action to give three stars: Koki Kameda vs John Mark Apolinario gets two. Koki Kameda (30-1-0, 17 KOs) entered as the No.11 bantamweight in the world while John Mark Apolinario (17-2-3, 4 KOs) entered as the No.73. Kameda vs Apolinario is valid for the WBA World bantamweight title. Watch the video!