Pradabsri vs Shigeoka

Who won Pradabsri vs Shigeoka?

Yudai Shigeoka beat Panya Pradabsri by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday, October 7th, 2023, at Ota-City General Gymnasium, Tokyo.

The scorecards were announced as 119-109, 119-109, 117-111 in favor of winner Yudai Shigeoka.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Minimumweight division, which meant the weight limit was 105 pounds (7.5 stone or 47.6 kg).

This contest was for the WBC minimumweight championship of the world.

This fight appeared on the undercard of Daniel Valladares losing to Ginjiro Shigeoka for the IBF World Minimumweight championship. Also on the undercard Tomoki Kameda lost to Lerato Dlamini.

Pradabsri vs Shigeoka stats

Back in October 2023, Panya Pradabsri stepped into the ring with a record of 40 wins, 1 loss, and 0 draws.

Yudai Shigeoka made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 7 wins and 0 draws.

Panya Pradabsri was the older man by 6 years, at 32 years old.

Shigeoka had a height advantage of 1 inch over Pradabsri. Despite this, he had a 1-inch reach advantage.

Panya Pradabsri fought out of the orthodox stance, while Yudai Shigeoka was a southpaw.

Pradabsri was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 34 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 5 years and 9 months earlier than Shigeoka, whose first professional fight was in 2019. He had fought 206 more professional rounds, totaling 278 compared to Shigeoka's 72.

Pradabsri vs Shigeoka form

Pradabsri had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 4 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Norihito Tanaka on June 28, 2023, by technical knockout in the 8th round in their WBC World Minimumweight championship fight at Rayong, Thailand.

Prior to that, he had defeated Norihito Tanaka on August 31, 2022, by unanimous decision in their WBC World Minimumweight championship fight at Nakhon Ratchasima.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Wanheng Menayothin on March 29, 2022, by unanimous decision in their WBC World Minimumweight championship fight at City Hall Ground, Nakhon Sawan.

Before that, he had won against Danai Ngiabphukhiaw on November 2, 2021, by unanimous decision in their WBC World Minimumweight championship fight at Nakhon Sawan, Nakhon Sawan.

He had beaten Wanheng Menayothin on November 27, 2020, by unanimous decision in their WBC World Minimumweight championship fight at City Hall Ground, Nakhon Sawan.

Shigeoka had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 4 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Wilfredo Mendez on April 16, 2023, by knockout in the 7th round in their WBC Interim World Minimumweight championship fight at Yoyogi #2 Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan.

Prior to that, he had defeated Tatsuro Nakashima on November 17, 2022, by knockout in the 3rd round at Korakuen Hall, Tokyo.

Going into that contest, he had won against Cris Ganoza on July 6, 2022, by technical knockout in the 3rd round at Prefectural Gymnasium, Kumamoto.

Before that, he had defeated Tsubasa Koura on November 12, 2021, by majority decision in their 12 round contest at Korakuen Hall, Tokyo.

He had beaten Ryu Horikawa on February 11, 2021, by technical knockout in the 5th round at Korakuen Hall, Tokyo.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Yudai Shigeoka had been fighting more than Panya Pradabsri.

Going into this contest, Panya Pradabsri had last fought 3 months and 9 days ago, while Yudai Shigeoka's last outing had been 5 months and 21 days ago.

Pradabsri's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 10 months and 10 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 6 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 56 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 11.2 rounds on average.

Shigeoka's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 7 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 30 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 6 rounds on average.

What time did Pradabsri vs Shigeoka start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 10:00 AM UTC at Ota-City General Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan, which was 6:00 AM EST or 3:00 AM PST on the West Coast of America, or 11:00 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Pradabsri vs Shigeoka?

Panya Pradabsri was a 7/5 (+140) underdog going into the contest, while Yudai Shigeoka made his way into the ring at 1/2 (-200) with oddsmakers.