Who won Shimomachi vs Abe?
Toshiki Shimomachi beat Reiya Abe by majority decision in their 10 round contest on Saturday, May 2nd, 2026, at Tokyo Dome, Tokyo.
The scorecards were announced as 95-95, 96-94, 96-94 in favor of winner Toshiki Shimomachi.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 10 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 Naoya Inoue beating Junto Nakatani for the The Ring Junior Featherweight, WBC World Super Bantamweight, IBF World Junior Featherweight and WBO World Junior Featherweight championship. Also on the undercard Yoshiki Takei beat DeKang Wang, Takuma Inoue defeated Kazuto Ioka for the WBC World Bantamweight title, Kosuke Tomioka was victorious over Shogo Tanaka, and Sora Tanaka lost to Jin Sasaki.
Shimomachi vs Abe stats
Reiya Abe stepped into the ring with a record of 28 wins, 4 losses, and 2 draws.
Toshiki Shimomachi made his way to the ring with a record of 22 wins, 1 loss and 3 draws.
Reiya Abe was the older man by 4 years, at 33 years old.
Shimomachi had a height advantage of 2 inches over Abe. That also extended to a 1-inch reach advantage.
Both Reiya Abe and Toshiki Shimomachi fought out of a southpaw stance.
Abe was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 8 more fights, and made his debut in 2013, 2 years and 6 months earlier than Shimomachi, whose first professional fight was in 2015. He had fought 87 more professional rounds, totaling 238 compared to Shimomachi's 151.
Reiya Abe went into the fight ranked number 7 by the WBC, 15 by the WBO, and 8 by the IBF at featherweight.
Toshiki Shimomachi was ranked number 13 by the WBC, and 6 by the IBF in the 126lb division.
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Abe's last 2 fights had come over a period of 3 years and 24 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 1 year, 6 months and 14 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 20 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 10 rounds on average.
What time did Shimomachi vs Abe start?
The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 8:00 AM UTC at Tokyo Dome, Tokyo, 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.
Who broadcast Shimomachi vs Abe?
Shimomachi vs Abe was broadcast on DAZN in both the United States and the UK.
What were the odds on Shimomachi vs Abe?
Reiya Abe was a 13/8 (+160) underdog going into the contest, while Toshiki Shimomachi made his way into the ring at 4/9 (-230) with oddsmakers.
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