Tsuboi vs Malajika

Who won Tsuboi vs Malajika?

Ricardo Malajika beat Tomoya Tsuboi by split decision in their 12 round contest on Sunday, September 27th, 2026, at Toyota Arena Tokyo, Koto-Ku.

The scorecards were announced as 116-112, 115-113, 115-113 in favor of winner Ricardo Malajika.

The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Super Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 115 pounds (8.2 stone or 52.2 kg).

This contest was for the WBC super flyweight championship of the world.

Malajika's captured the WBC World Super Flyweight Championship, winning the belt against in this fight. He had held this belt for 15 days.

This fight appeared on the undercard of Takuma Inoue beating Tenshin Nasukawa for the WBC World Bantamweight championship. Also on the undercard Ryosuke Nishida lost to Sam Goodman for the IBF Interim World Junior Featherweight belt, and Ryusei Matsumoto defeated Russell Acosta for the WBO Interim World Minimumweight title.

Tsuboi vs Malajika stats

Tomoya Tsuboi stepped into the ring with an undefeated record of 3 wins, zero losses, and 0 draws, 2 of those wins coming by way of knockout.

Ricardo Malajika made his way to the ring with a record of 17 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws, with 12 of those wins by knockout.

The stats suggested Malajika had a slight advantage in power over Tsuboi, with a 71% knockout percentage compared to Tsuboi's 67%.

Tomoya Tsuboi was the older man by 2 years, at 30 years old.

Both Tomoya Tsuboi and Ricardo Malajika fought out of an orthodox stance.

Tsuboi was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 16 fewer fights, and made his debut in 2025, 6 years and 4 months later than Malajika, whose first professional fight was in 2018. He had fought 97 fewer professional rounds, totaling 34 compared to Malajika's 131.

Tomoya Tsuboi went into the fight ranked number 3 by the WBA, 1 by the WBC, and 1 by the WBO at super flyweight.

Ricardo Malajika was ranked number 2 by the WBC in the 115lb division.

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Tsuboi's last 3 fights had come over a period of 1 year, 3 months and 19 days, which means he had been fighting approximately every 5 months and 7 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 20 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 6.7 rounds on average.

What time did Tsuboi vs Malajika start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 10:00 AM UTC at Toyota Arena Tokyo, Koto-Ku, 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.

Who broadcast Tsuboi vs Malajika?

Tsuboi vs Malajika was broadcast on DAZN in both the United States and the UK.

What were the odds on Tsuboi vs Malajika?

Tomoya Tsuboi was a 1/5 (-500) favorite going into the contest, while Ricardo Malajika made his way into the ring at 4/1 (+400) with oddsmakers.