Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-10-22, nice exchanges between Daigo Higa and Thomas Masson: it gets three stars.The undefeated Wbc Flw champion Daigo Higa entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 13-0-0 (13 KOs=100%) and he is ranked as the No.3 flyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Donnie Nietes). He has already fought twice in 2017 beating Diomel Diocos and Juan Hernandez Navarrete (=Navarrete vs Higa).
His opponent, Thomas Masson, has a record of 17-3-1 (5 knockouts) and he entered as the No.23 in the same weight class. He suffered his last loss when he faced Badis Ouari in 2012, since then he has collected nine consecutive victories defeating Joseafat Reyes and Oleksandr Hryshchuk in 2017. Higa vs Masson is valid for the WBC World flyweight title (Higa’s first defense); undercard of Hassan N’Dam vs Ryota Murata 2. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Date: 2017-10-22
Where: Kokugikan, Tokyo, Japan
Division: flyweight (112 lbs, 50.8 kg)
Title: WBC World flyweight title
Higa’s previous fight: Juan Hernandez Navarrete vs Daigo Higa
Higa’s next fight: Daigo Higa vs Moises Fuentes
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Higa vs Masson full fight video:
(Free embeddable video hosted on Youtube and not uploaded by AllTheBestFights)
Boy, this man packs some power in his punches, especially on those uppercuts.
Really an entertaining and competitive fight displaying excellent punch combinations from both sides. Daigo is a very strong puncher supported also by very sound skills. He did an intelligent and excellent body work which shows up on the final rounds however his punches at the head ended the fight earlier. Daigo in the short distance is an unbeatable fighter because is quite fast and connects punches all over with excellent accuracy. Thomas put a really good fight in the first half but was was overwhelmed in the second part.