Takei vs Maldonado

Who won Takei vs Maldonado?

Yoshiki Takei beat Mario Diaz by knockout in the 2nd round on Tuesday, December 26th, 2023, at Ariake Arena, Tokyo.

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 Naoya Inoue beating Marlon Tapales for the IBF World Junior Featherweight, WBA Super World Super Bantamweight, WBC World Super Bantamweight and WBO World Junior Featherweight championship. Also on the undercard Kanamu Sakama beat John Paul Gabunilas, and Seiya Tsutsumi defeated Kazuki Anaguchi.

Takei vs Maldonado stats

Back in December 2023, Yoshiki Takei stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 7 wins, zero losses, and 0 draws.

Mario Diaz made his way to the ring with a record of 21 wins, 6 losses and 0 draws.

Yoshiki Takei was the older man by 28 years, at 28 years old.

Takei had a height advantage of 2 inches over Diaz.

Yoshiki Takei fought out of the southpaw stance, while Mario Diaz was an orthodox fighter.

Takei was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 20 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2021, 6 years and 6 months later than Diaz, whose first professional fight was in 2014. He had fought 83 fewer professional rounds, totaling 38 compared to Diaz's 121.

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Takei's last 3 fights had come over a period of 1 year and 4 months, which means he had been fighting approximately every 5 months and 11 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 19 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 6.3 rounds on average.

What time did Takei vs Maldonado start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 11:00 AM UTC at Ariake Arena, Tokyo, Japan, which was 6:00 AM EST or 3:00 AM PST on the West Coast of America, or 11:00 AM GMT in the UK.

What were the odds on Takei vs Maldonado?

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