Oguni vs Nghitumbwa

Who won Oguni vs Nghitumbwa?

Fillipus Nghitumbwa beat Yukinori Oguni by technical knockout in the 1st round on Sunday, October 13th, 2024, at Yokohama Budokan, Yokohama.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 8 rounds in the Super Bantamweight division, which meant the weight limit was 122 pounds (8.7 stone or 55.3 kg).

This fight appeared on the undercard of Vince Paras losing to Hiroto Kyoguchi. Also on the undercard John Riel Casimero beat Saul Sanchez.

Oguni vs Nghitumbwa stats

Yukinori Oguni stepped into the ring with a record of 21 wins, 2 losses, and 3 draws.

Fillipus Nghitumbwa made his way to the ring with a record of 14 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws.

Yukinori Oguni was the older man by 7 years, at 36 years old.

Oguni had a height advantage of 3 inches over Nghitumbwa. Despite this, Nghitumbwa had a 2-inch reach advantage.

Both Yukinori Oguni and Fillipus Nghitumbwa fought out of an orthodox stance.

Oguni was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 10 more fights, and made his debut in 2009, 7 years and 10 months earlier than Nghitumbwa, whose first professional fight was in 2017. He had fought 119 more professional rounds, totaling 192 compared to Nghitumbwa's 73.

Fillipus Nghitumbwa was ranked number 9 by the WBO in the 122lb division.

Oguni vs Nghitumbwa form

Oguni had beaten 3 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight before this contest, he had drawn with John Riel Casimero on October 12, 2023, by technical draw in their 4 round contest at Ariake Arena, Koto-Ku, Japan.

Prior to that, he had been beaten by Ryosuke Iwasa on September 13, 2017, by technical knockout in the 6th round in their IBF World Junior Featherweight championship fight at EDION Arena Osaka, Osaka.

Going into that contest, he had won against Jonathan Guzman on December 31, 2016, by unanimous decision in their IBF World Junior Featherweight championship fight at Shimazu Arena, Kyoto.

Before that, he had beaten JP Macadumpis on August 2, 2016, by knockout in the 1st round at Shinjuku FACE.

He had defeated Pipat Chaiporn on April 19, 2016, by technical knockout in the 5th round at Korakuen Hall.

Activity check

Oguni's last 5 fights had come over a period of 8 years, 5 months and 24 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 1 year, 8 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 28 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 5.6 rounds on average.

What time did Oguni vs Nghitumbwa start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 8:00 AM UTC at Yokohama Budokan, Yokohama, Japan, which was 4:00 AM EST or 1:00 AM PST on the West Coast of America, or 9:00 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Oguni vs Nghitumbwa?

Yukinori Oguni was a 3/2 (+150) underdog going into the contest, while Fillipus Nghitumbwa made his way into the ring at 8/15 (-190) with oddsmakers.