Pradabsri vs Shigeoka

Who won Pradabsri vs Shigeoka?

Yudai Shigeoka beat Panya Pradabsri by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Saturday 7th October 2023 at Ota-City General Gymnasium in Tokyo.

The scorecards were announced as 109-119, 109-119, 111-117 in favor of winner Yudai Shigeoka.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Minimumweight division, which meant the weight limit was 105 pounds (7.5 stone or 47.6 KG).

This contest was for the WBC minimumweight championship of the world.

This fight appeared on the undercard of Daniel Valladares losing to Ginjiro Shigeoka for the IBF World Minimumweight championship. Also, on the undercard Tomoki Kameda lost to Lerato Dlamini.

Pradabsri vs Shigeoka stats

Back in October 2023, Panya Pradabsri stepped into the ring with a record of 40 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws.

Yudai Shigeoka made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 7 wins and 0 draws.

Panya Pradabsri was the older man by 6 years, at 33 years old.

Shigeoka had a height advantage of 1 inch over Pradabsri. Despite this, he had 1-inch reach advantage.

Panya Pradabsri fought out of the orthodox stance, while Yudai Shigeoka was a southpaw.

Pradabsri was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 34 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 5 years and 9 months earlier than Shigeoka, whose first professional fight was in 2019. He had fought 211 more professional rounds, 273 to Shigeoka's 62.

Pradabsri vs Shigeoka form

Pradabsri had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 1 of them, going the distance 4 times.

In his last fight before this contest, he had defeated Norihito Tanaka on 28th June 2023 by technical knockout in the 8th round in their WBC World Minimumweight championship fight at Rayong, Thailand.

Previous to that, he had defeated Norihito Tanaka on 31st August 2022 by unanimous decision in their WBC World Minimumweight championship fight at Nakhon Ratchasima.

Going into that contest, he had beat Wanheng Menayothin on 29th March 2022 by unanimous decision in their WBC World Minimumweight championship fight at City Hall Ground, Nakhon Sawan.

Before that, he had won against Danai Ngiabphukhiaw on 2nd November 2021 by unanimous decision in their WBC World Minimumweight championship fight at Nakhon Sawan, Nakhon Sawan.

He had beat Wanheng Menayothin on 27th November 2020 by unanimous decision in their WBC World Minimumweight championship fight at City Hall Ground, Nakhon Sawan.

Shigeoka had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 4 of them, going the distance once.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had defeated Wilfredo Mendez on 16th April 2023 by knockout in the 7th round in their WBC Interim World Minimumweight championship fight at Yoyogi #2 Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan.

Previous to that, he had defeated Tatsuro Nakashima on 17th November 2022 by knockout in the 3rd round at Korakuen Hall, Tokyo.

Going into that contest, he had won against Cris Ganoza on 6th July 2022 by technical knockout in the 3rd round at Prefectural Gymnasium, Kumamoto.

Before that, he had defeated Tsubasa Koura on 12th November 2021 by majority decision in their 12 round contest at Korakuen Hall, Tokyo.

He had beat Ryu Horikawa on 11th February 2021 by technical knockout in the 5th round at Korakuen Hall, Tokyo.

Activity check

In terms of activity leading into the fight, Yudai Shigeoka had been fighting more than Panya Pradabsri.

Going to this contest, Panya Pradabsri had last fought 3 months and 9 days ago, while Yudai Shigeoka's last outing had been 5 months and 21 days ago.

Pradabsri's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 10 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 27 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 56 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 11.2 rounds on average.

Shigeoka's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 7 months and 26 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 6 months and 12 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 30 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 6 rounds on average.

What time did Pradabsri vs Shigeoka start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 10:00 AM UTC at Ota-City General Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan, which was 6:00 AM EST or 3:00 AM PST on the West Coast of America, or 11:00 AM BST in the UK.

What were the odds on Pradabsri vs Shigeoka?

Panya Pradabsri was a 7/5 (+140) underdog going into the contest, while Yudai Shigeoka made his way into the ring at 11/20 (-180) with oddsmakers.