Who won Valladares vs 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 IBF minimumweight championship of the world.

The undercard featured the clash of Taniguchi vs Jerusalem for the WBO World Minimumweight championship.

Valladares vs Shigeoka stats

Daniel Valladares stepped into the ring with a record of 27 wins, 3 loses and 1 draw.

Ginjiro Shigeoka made his way to the ring with an unblemished record of 8 wins and 0 draws.

Daniel Valladares was the older man by 4 years, at 27 years old.

Valladares had a height advantage of 3 inches over Shigeoka.

Daniel Valladares fought out of the orthodox stance, while Ginjiro Shigeoka was a southpaw.

Valladares was the more experienced professional fighter, having had 23 more fights, and made his debut in 2014, 4 years and 7 months earlier than Shigeoka, whose first professional fight was in 2018. He had fought 140 more professional rounds, 177 to Shigeoka's 37.

Ginjiro Shigeoka was ranked number 4 by the WBA, 5 by the WBO and 5 by the IBF in the 105lb division.

Valladares vs Shigeoka form

Valladares had beaten 4 of his last 5 opponents, stopping 2 of them, going the distance twice.

In his last fight leading up to this contest, he had won against Rene Mark Cuarto on 1st July 2022 by split decision in their IBF World Minimumweight championship fight at Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico.

Previous to that, he had won against Jose Javier Torres on 28th August 2021 by unanimous decision in their 10 round contest at Parque La Ruina, Sonora.

Going into that contest, he had beat Julian Yedras on 14th May 2021 by technical knockout in the 3rd round at Gimnasio Mario J. Montemayor, Nuevo León.

Before that, he had defeated Abraham Manriquez Gonzalez on 5th March 2021 by technical knockout in the 4th round at Salon de Fiestas Figlos Stase, Sinaloa.

He had been beaten by Mario Gutierrez Gomez on 19th December 2020 by majority decision in their 10 round contest at Cintermex, Nuevo León.

Activity check

Valladares' last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 3 months and 10 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 15 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 39 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 7.8 rounds on average.

What time did Valladares vs Shigeoka start?

The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 11:00 AM UTC at EDION Arena Osaka, Osaka, 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 Valladares vs Shigeoka?

Daniel Valladares was a 7/2 (+350) underdog going into the contest, while Ginjiro Shigeoka made his way into the ring at 1/6 (-590) with oddsmakers.