Classy WBC Flyweight champion Roman Gonzalez remained perfect and made the the title by stopping reigning champion Akira Yaegashi at Yoyogi #2 Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.
Gonzalez dropped Yaegashi in round three from a perfect left hook. With his right eye swelled, Yaegashi took a vicious 6-punch combination that was capped off ny a left uppercut that deposited him on the seat of his pants and the fight was stopped at 2:24 of round nine.
Gonzalez, 112 lbs lbs of Managua, NIC is now a 3-division champion with a record of 40-0 with 34 knockouts. Yaegashi, 112 lbs of Yokohama, JAP is now 20-4.
Naoya Inoue made the 1st defense of the WBC Flyweight title with an 11th round stoppage over Samarlek Kokietgym.
Kokietgym was dropped in round’s four and six and the fight was stopped at 1:08 of round 11.
Inoue, 107 3/4 lbs of Yokohama, JAP is now 7-0 with 6 knockouts. Kokietgym, 107 1/4 ls 17-5.
