The Ibf light-Flw champion Milan Melindo entered this fight with a boxing record of 37-2-0 (13 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.3 light flyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Ken Shiro). He lost to Javier Mendoza in 2015 (=Melindo vs Mendoza), but then he has won five consecutive bouts defeating Akira Yaegashi (=Yaegashi vs Melindo) and Hekkie Budler in 2017 (=Melindo vs Budler).
His opponent, the Wba light-Flw champion Ryoichi Taguchi, has an official record of 26-2-2 (12 knockouts) and he entered as the No.10 in the same weight class. He suffered his last defeat when he faced Naoya Inoue in 2013, since then he has collected eight victories and one draw, against Carlos Canizales at the end of 2016 (=Taguchi vs Canizales); after this fight he has beat Robert Barrera (=Taguchi vs Barrera). Taguchi vs Melindo is valid for the IBF and WBA Super World light flyweight titles. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Best fights of the week 52, year 2017
Selection of the best boxing, mma, k-1 and muay thai videos from the world’s most important fights of the week 52: (Mon-Sun) from December 25, 2017 to December 31, 2017. Boxing Fight of the Week: Sho Kimura vs Toshiyuki Igarashi Boxing Knockout of the Week: Naoya Inoue vs Yoan Boyeaux Mma Fight of … Read more