Who won Kameda vs Medina?
Tomoki Kameda beat Abigail Medina by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Monday 12th November 2018 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo.
The scorecards were announced as 117-111, 117-111, 116-112 in favor of winner Tomoki Kameda.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Super Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 122 pounds (8.7 stone or 55.3 KG).
This contest was for the vacant WBC super bantamweight championship of the world.
Kameda vs Medina stats
Back in November 2018, Tomoki Kameda stepped into the ring with a record of 35 wins, 2 loses and 0 draws, 20 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.
Abigail Medina made his way to the ring with a record of 19 wins, 3 loses and 2 draws, with 10 of those wins by knock out.
The stats suggested Kameda had a slight advantage in power over Medina, with a 57% knock out percentage over Medina's 53%.
Tomoki Kameda was the younger man by 3 years, at 27 years old.
Kameda had a height advantage of 1 inch over Medina.
Both Tomoki Kameda & Abigail Medina fought out of an orthodox stance.
Kameda was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 13 more fights, and made his debut in 2008, 1 month later than Medina, whose first professional fight was in 2008. He had fought 179 more professional rounds, 325 to Medina's 146.
Tomoki Kameda went into the fight ranked number 2 by the WBC and 8 by the WBO at super bantamweight.
Abigail Medina was ranked number 1 by the WBC in the 122lb division.
Kameda vs Medina form
Kameda had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance twice.
In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Pipat Chaiporn on 10th March 2017 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan.
Previous to that, he had been beaten by Jamie McDonnell on 6th September 2015 by unanimous decision in their WBA World Bantamweight championship fight at American Bank Center, Corpus Christi, United States.
Going into that contest, he had lost to Jamie McDonnell on 9th May 2015 by unanimous decision in their WBA World Bantamweight championship fight at State Farm Arena, Hidalgo.
Before that, he had defeated Alejandro Hernandez on 1st November 2014 by split decision in their WBO World Bantamweight championship fight at UIC Pavilion, Chicago.
He had beat Pungluang Sor Singyu on 12th July 2014 by knockout in the 7th round in their WBO World Bantamweight championship fight at MGM Grand, Las Vegas.
Activity check
Kameda's last 5 fights had come over a period of 4 years and 4 months, meaning he had been fighting on average every 10 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 53 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 10.6 rounds on average.
What time did Kameda vs Medina start?
The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 11:00 AM UTC at Korakuen Hall, 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 Kameda vs Medina?
Tomoki Kameda was a 29/100 (-340) favourite going into the contest, while Abigail Medina made his way into the ring at 12/5 (+240) with oddsmakers.
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