Takei vs Medina

Who won Takei vs Medina?

Christian Medina beat Yoshiki Takei by technical knockout in the 4th round on Sunday, September 14th, 2025, at IG Arena, Nagoya.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 118 pounds (8.4 stone or 53.5 kg).

This contest was for the WBO bantamweight championship of the world.

Medina was defending his his WBO World Bantamweight Championship for the first time. He won this belt against Yoshiki Takei in September 2025. He had held this belt for 2 days.

This fight appeared on the undercard of Naoya Inoue's and Murodjon Akhmadaliev's clash for the The Ring Junior Featherweight, WBO World Junior Featherweight, IBF World Junior Featherweight and WBC World Super Bantamweight championship.

Takei vs Medina stats

Yoshiki Takei stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 11 wins, zero losses, and 0 draws.

Christian Medina made his way to the ring with a record of 25 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws.

Yoshiki Takei was the older man by 8 years, at 29 years old.

Takei had a height advantage of 2 inches over Medina. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.

Yoshiki Takei fought out of the southpaw stance, while Christian Medina was an orthodox fighter.

Takei was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 18 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2021, 3 years and 3 months later than Medina, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 67 fewer professional rounds, totaling 55 compared to Medina's 122.

Christian Medina was ranked number 1 by the WBO in the 118lb division.

Takei vs Medina form

Takei had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 3 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Yuttapong Tongdee on May 28, 2025, by technical knockout in the 1st round in their WBO World Bantamweight championship fight at Yokohama Buntai, Yokohama, Japan.

Prior to that, he had defeated Daigo Higa on September 3, 2024, by unanimous decision in their WBO World Bantamweight championship fight at Ariake Arena, Koto-Ku.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Jason Moloney on May 6, 2024, by unanimous decision in their WBO World Bantamweight championship fight at Tokyo Dome, Tokyo.

Before that, he had won against Mario Diaz on December 26, 2023, by knockout in the 2nd round at Ariake Arena, Koto-Ku.

He had beaten Ronnie Baldonado on July 25, 2023, by knockout in the 3rd round at Arena, Yokohama.

Activity check

Takei's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 1 month and 20 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 5 months and 5 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 30 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 6 rounds on average.

Medina's last 2 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 1 month and 3 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 14 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7 rounds on average.

What time did Takei vs Medina start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 11:00 AM UTC at IG Arena, Nagoya, Japan, which was 7:00 AM EST or 4:00 AM PST on the West Coast of America, or 12:00 PM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Takei vs Medina?

Yoshiki Takei was a 2/13 (-670) favorite going into the contest, while Christian Medina made his way into the ring at 9/2 (+450) with oddsmakers.