Higa vs Tsutsumi

Who won Higa vs Tsutsumi?

Daigo Higa drew with Seiya Tsutsumi by majority draw in their 10 round contest on Monday, October 26th, 2020, at Korakuen Hall, Tokyo.

The scorecards were announced as 96-94, 95-95, 95-95, meaning it was a majority draw.

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).

Higa vs Tsutsumi stats

Back in October 2020, Daigo Higa stepped into the ring with a record of 16 wins, 1 loss, and 0 draws, 16 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Seiya Tsutsumi made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 5 wins and 1 draw, with 4 of those by knockout.

The stats suggested Higa had an advantage in power over Tsutsumi, with a 100% knockout percentage compared to Tsutsumi's 80%.

Daigo Higa was the same age as Seiya Tsutsumi, at 25 years old.

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

Both Daigo Higa and Seiya Tsutsumi fought out of an orthodox stance.

Higa was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 11 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 3 years and 9 months earlier than Tsutsumi, whose first professional fight was in 2018. He had fought 46 more professional rounds, totaling 136 compared to Tsutsumi's 90.

Daigo Higa went into the fight ranked number 9 by the WBA, and 8 by the WBC at bantamweight.

Higa vs Tsutsumi form

Daigo Higa had stopped 4 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Cristofer Rosales on April 15, 2018, by technical knockout in the 9th round in their WBC World Flyweight championship fight at Arena, Kanagawa, Japan.

Prior to 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.

Going into that contest, 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.

Before that, he had won against 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.

He had beaten Diomel Diocos on February 4, 2017, by technical knockout in the 4th round at Korakuen Hall.

Activity check

Higa's last 5 fights had come over a period of 3 years, 8 months and 22 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 8 months and 29 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 27 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 5.4 rounds on average.

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