Lardizabal vs Yabuki

Who won Lardizabal vs Yabuki?

Masamichi Yabuki beat Angel Ayala Lardizabal by technical knockout in the 12th round on Saturday, March 29th, 2025, at Aichi Sky Expo, Nagoya.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 112 pounds (8 stone or 50.8 kg).

This contest was for the IBF flyweight championship of the world.

Yabuki was defending his his IBF World Flyweight Championship for the first time. He won this belt against Angel Ayala Lardizabal in March 2025. He had held this belt for 21 days.

Lardizabal vs Yabuki stats

Angel Ayala Lardizabal stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 18 wins, zero losses, and 0 draws.

Masamichi Yabuki made his way to the ring with a record of 17 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws.

Angel Ayala Lardizabal was the younger man by 8 years, at 24 years old.

Lardizabal had a height advantage of 5 inches over Yabuki. That also extended to a 5-inch reach advantage.

Both Angel Ayala Lardizabal and Masamichi Yabuki fought out of an orthodox stance.

Lardizabal was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 3 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2019, 2 years and 11 months later than Yabuki, whose first professional fight was in 2016. He had fought the same amount of professional rounds, totaling 0 compared to Yabuki's 0.

Lardizabal vs Yabuki form

Yabuki had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 3 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Sivenathi Nontshinga on October 12, 2024, by technical knockout in the 9th round in their IBF World Junior Flyweight championship fight at Aichi Sky Expo, Tokoname, Japan.

Prior to that, he had been beaten by Kenshiro Teraji on March 19, 2022, by technical knockout in the 3rd round in their WBC World Light Flyweight championship fight at City Gym, Kyoto.

Going into that contest, he had won against Kenshiro Teraji on September 22, 2021, by technical knockout in the 10th round in their WBC World Light Flyweight championship fight at City Gym, Kyoto.

Before that, he had beaten Toshimasa Ouchi on December 26, 2020, by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Aioi Hall, Aichi.

He had defeated Tsuyoshi Sato on July 26, 2020, by knockout in the 1st round at Aioi Hall, Aichi.

Activity check

Lardizabal's last 2 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 5 months and 15 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 8 months and 23 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 18 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 9 rounds on average.

Yabuki's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years, 8 months and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 11 months and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 33 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 6.6 rounds on average.

What time did Lardizabal vs Yabuki start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 10:00 AM UTC at Aichi Sky Expo, Nagoya, Japan, which was 6:00 AM EST or 3:00 AM PST on the West Coast of America, or 10:00 AM GMT in the UK.

What were the odds on Lardizabal vs Yabuki?

Angel Ayala Lardizabal was a 1/1 (+100) underdog going into the contest, while Masamichi Yabuki made his way into the ring at 2/3 (-150) with oddsmakers.