Higa vs Khaikanha

Who won Higa vs Khaikanha?

Daigo Higa beat Nawaphon Kaikanha by knockout in the 4th round on Sunday, December 31st, 2023, at Ota-City General Gymnasium, Tokyo.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 rounds in the Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 118 pounds (8.4 stone or 53.5 kg).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Kazuto Ioka's and Josber Perez's clash for the WBA World Super Flyweight championship.

Higa vs Khaikanha stats

Back in December 2023, Daigo Higa stepped into the ring with a record of 20 wins, 2 losses, and 1 draw.

Nawaphon Kaikanha made his way to the ring with a record of 58 wins, 3 losses and 1 draw.

Daigo Higa was the younger man by 4 years, at 29 years old.

Kaikanha had a height advantage of 2 inches over Higa. Despite this, both fighters had equal reach.

Both Daigo Higa and Nawaphon Kaikanha fought out of an orthodox stance.

Higa was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 39 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2014, 3 years and 5 months later than Kaikanha, whose first professional fight was in 2010. He had fought 176 fewer professional rounds, totaling 136 compared to Kaikanha's 312.

Daigo Higa went into the fight ranked number 7 by the WBA, 5 by the WBO, and 12 by the IBF at bantamweight.

Nawaphon Kaikanha was ranked number 5 by the WBC in the 118lb division.

Higa vs Khaikanha form

Daigo Higa had stopped 3 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Yuki Strong Kobayashi on December 31, 2020, by knockout in the 5th round at Ota-City General Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan.

Prior to that, he had drawn with Seiya Tsutsumi on October 26, 2020, by majority draw in their 10 round contest at Korakuen Hall, Tokyo.

Going into that contest, he had been beaten by Cristofer Rosales on April 15, 2018, by technical knockout in the 9th round in their WBC World Flyweight championship fight at Arena, Kanagawa.

Before that, he had defeated Moises Fuentes on February 4, 2018, by technical knockout in the 1st round in their WBC World Flyweight championship fight at Prefectural Budokan, Okinawa.

He had beaten Thomas Masson on October 22, 2017, by technical knockout in the 7th round in their WBC World Flyweight championship fight at Kokugikan, Tokyo.

Activity check

Higa's last 5 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 2 months and 9 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 1 year, 2 months and 28 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 32 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 6.4 rounds on average.

Kaikanha's last 3 fights had come over a period of 6 years, 9 months and 27 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 2 years, 3 months and 10 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 26 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8.7 rounds on average.

What time did Higa vs Khaikanha start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 10:00 AM UTC at Ota-City General Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan, which was 5:00 AM EST or 2:00 AM PST on the West Coast of America, or 10:00 AM GMT in the UK.

What were the odds on Higa vs Khaikanha?

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