Kira vs Canizales

Who won Kira vs Canizales?

Daiya Kira beat Carlos Canizales by technical knockout in the 7th round on Wednesday, September 2nd, 2026, at Yokohama Buntai, Yokohama.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Jr Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 108 pounds (7.7 stone or 49 kg).

This contest was for the WBA jr flyweight championship of the world.

Kira's captured the WBA World Light Flyweight Championship, winning the belt against in this fight. He had held this belt for 6 days.

The undercard featured the clash of Ishii vs Mendez for the WBA World Minimumweight championship.

Kira vs Canizales stats

Daiya Kira stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 4 wins, zero losses, and 0 draws, 3 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Carlos Canizales made his way to the ring with a record of 28 wins, 3 losses and 1 draw, with 20 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggested Kira had a slight advantage in power over Canizales, with a 75% knockout percentage compared to Canizales' 71%.

Daiya Kira was the younger man by 10 years, at 23 years old.

Kira had a height advantage of 1 inch over Canizales.

Both Daiya Kira and Carlos Canizales fought out of an orthodox stance.

Kira was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 28 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2019, 4 years and 11 months later than Canizales, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 174 fewer professional rounds, totaling 19 compared to Canizales' 193.

Daiya Kira went into the fight ranked number 1 by the WBA, and 7 by the WBO at jr flyweight.

Carlos Canizales was ranked number 2 by the WBA in the 108lb division.

Kira vs Canizales form

Canizales had beaten 2 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 1 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had beaten Panya Pradabsri on August 1, 2025, by knockout in the 5th round in their WBC World Light Flyweight championship fight at El Poliedro, Caracas, Venezuela.

Prior to that, he had been beaten by Panya Pradabsri on December 26, 2024, by majority decision in their WBC World Light Flyweight championship fight at Rajadamnern Stadium, Bangkok, Thailand.

Going into that contest, he had lost to Kenshiro Teraji on January 23, 2024, by majority decision in their WBA Super World Light Flyweight, WBC World Light Flyweight and The Ring Junior Flyweight championship fight at EDION Arena Osaka, Osaka, Japan.

Before that, he had beaten Daniel Matellon on June 9, 2023, by technical decision in their 8 round contest at Casino Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina.

He had been beaten by Esteban Bermudez on May 28, 2021, by knockout in the 6th round in their WBA World Light Flyweight championship fight at Mexico City, Distrito Federal, Mexico.

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Canizales' last 5 fights had come over a period of 5 years, 3 months and 5 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 1 year and 19 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 43 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 8.6 rounds on average.

What time did Kira vs Canizales start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 12:00 PM UTC at Yokohama Buntai, Yokohama, Japan, which was 8:00 AM EST or 5:00 AM PST on the West Coast of America, or 1:00 PM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Kira vs Canizales?

Daiya Kira was a 3/10 (-330) favorite going into the contest, while Carlos Canizales made his way into the ring at 9/4 (+230) with oddsmakers.