Higa vs Fuentes

Who won Higa vs Fuentes?

Daigo Higa beat Moises Fuentes by technical knockout in the 1st round on Sunday, February 4th, 2018, at Prefectural Budokan, Okinawa.

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 vacant WBC flyweight championship of the world.

Higa vs Fuentes stats

Back in February 2018, Daigo Higa stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 14 wins, zero losses, and 0 draws.

Moises Fuentes made his way to the ring with a record of 25 wins, 4 losses and 1 draw.

Daigo Higa was the younger man by 8 years, at 23 years old.

Fuentes had a height advantage of 4 inches over Higa. That also extended to a 3-inch reach advantage.

Both Daigo Higa and Moises Fuentes fought out of an orthodox stance.

Higa was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 16 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2014, 7 years later than Fuentes, whose first professional fight was in 2007. He had fought 48 fewer professional rounds, totaling 136 compared to Fuentes' 184.

Moises Fuentes was ranked number 9 by the WBC in the 112lb division.

Higa vs Fuentes form

Daigo Higa had stopped all of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Thomas Masson on October 22, 2017, by technical knockout in the 7th round in their WBC World Flyweight championship fight at Kokugikan, Tokyo, Japan.

Prior to that, he had defeated Juan Hernandez Navarrete on May 20, 2017, by technical knockout in the 6th round in their WBC World Flyweight championship fight at Ariake Colosseum, Tokyo.

Going into that contest, he had beaten Diomel Diocos on February 4, 2017, by technical knockout in the 4th round at Korakuen Hall.

Before that, he had won against Felipe Cagubcob Jr on November 5, 2016, by knockout in the 4th round at Korakuen Hall.

He had beaten Ardin Diale on July 2, 2016, by knockout in the 4th round at Korakuen Hall.

Activity check

Higa's last 5 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 7 months and 2 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 3 months and 26 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 25 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 5 rounds on average.

What time did Higa vs Fuentes start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 11:00 AM UTC at Prefectural Budokan, Okinawa, 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 Higa vs Fuentes?

Daigo Higa was a 3/50 (-1700) favorite going into the contest, while Moises Fuentes made his way into the ring at 7/1 (+700) with oddsmakers.