Kameda vs Dlamini

Who won Kameda vs Dlamini?

Lerato Dlamini beat Tomoki Kameda by split decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday 7th October 2023 at Ota-City General Gymnasium in Tokyo.

The scorecards were announced as 112-116, 115-113, 112-116 in favor of winner Lerato Dlamini.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Featherweight division, which meant the weight limit was 126 pounds (9 stone or 57.1 KG).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Daniel Valladares losing to Ginjiro Shigeoka for the IBF World Minimumweight championship. Also, on the undercard Panya Pradabsri lost to Yudai Shigeoka for the WBC World Minimumweight belt.

Kameda vs Dlamini stats

Back in October 2023, Tomoki Kameda stepped into the ring with a record of 40 wins, 3 loses and 0 draws.

Lerato Dlamini made his way to the ring with a record of 19 wins, 2 loses and 0 draws.

Tomoki Kameda was the older man by 2 years, at 32 years old.

Kameda had a height advantage of 2 inches over Dlamini.

Both Tomoki Kameda & Lerato Dlamini fought out of an orthodox stance.

Kameda was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 22 more fights, and made his debut in 2008, 6 years and 8 months earlier than Dlamini, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 190 more professional rounds, 325 to Dlamini's 135.

Tomoki Kameda went into the fight ranked number 5 by the WBA, 14 by the WBC and 5 by the IBF at featherweight.

Lerato Dlamini was ranked number 8 by the IBF in the 126lb division.

Kameda vs Dlamini form

Tomoki Kameda had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had lost to Rey Vargas on 13th July 2019 by unanimous decision in their WBC World Super Bantamweight championship fight at Dignity Health Sports Park, California, United States.

Previous to that, he had won against Abigail Medina on 12th November 2018 by unanimous decision in their WBC Interim World Super Bantamweight championship fight at Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan.

Going into that contest, he had beat Pipat Chaiporn on 10th March 2017 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Korakuen Hall, Tokyo.

Before 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.

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.

Activity check

Kameda's last 5 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 4 months and 28 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year, 8 months and 6 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 58 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 11.6 rounds on average.

What time did Kameda vs Dlamini start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 9:00 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 BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Kameda vs Dlamini?

Tomoki Kameda was a 1/4 (-400) favourite going into the contest, while Lerato Dlamini made his way into the ring at 11/4 (+280) with oddsmakers.