Takami vs Santiago

Who won Takami vs Santiago?

Rene Santiago beat Kyosuke Takami by split decision in their 12 round contest on Wednesday, December 17th, 2025, at Kokugikan, Tokyo.

The scorecards were announced as 115-113, 117-111, 116-112 in favor of winner Rene Santiago.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Jr Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 108 pounds (7.7 stone or 49 kg).

This contest was for the unified jr flyweight championship of the world, with the WBA, and WBO belts on the line.

Santiago was making his 2nd defense of the WBO World Junior Flyweight Championship. He won this belt against Shokichi Iwata in March 2025. He had held this belt for 9 months and 16 days.

He was also defending WBA World Light Flyweight Championship for the first time. He won this belt against Kyosuke Takami in December 2025. He had held this title for 12 days.

This fight appeared on the undercard of Seiya Tsutsumi beating Nonito Donaire for the WBA World Bantamweight championship. Also on the undercard Anthony Olascuaga beat Taku Kuwahara for the WBO World Flyweight belt.

Takami vs Santiago stats

Kyosuke Takami stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 10 wins, zero losses, and 0 draws.

Rene Santiago made his way to the ring with a record of 14 wins, 4 losses and 0 draws.

Kyosuke Takami was the younger man by 10 years, at 23 years old.

Takami had a height advantage of 3 inches over Santiago.

Both Kyosuke Takami and Rene Santiago fought out of an orthodox stance.

Takami was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 8 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2022, 7 years and 7 months later than Santiago, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 58 fewer professional rounds, totaling 60 compared to Santiago's 118.

Activity check

Takami's last 2 fights had come over a period of 8 months and 9 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 4 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 16 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8 rounds on average.

Santiago's last 3 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 9 months and 15 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 7 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 34 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 11.3 rounds on average.

What time did Takami vs Santiago start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 11:00 AM UTC at Kokugikan, Tokyo, Japan, which was 6:00 AM EST or 3:00 AM PST on the West Coast of America, or 11:00 AM GMT in the UK.

What were the odds on Takami vs Santiago?

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