Saitama, Japan is treated to an exciting evening of Tuesday night boxing with several local fighters competing across six fights including three title clashes.
The night’s headline bout is for light flyweight glory with the WBC and WBA belts on the line to be unified between Hiroto Kyoguchi and Kenshiro Teraji. With only one loss between these two competitors across 36 professional fights, we can expect a hard fought, intriguing match up between Kyoguchi and Teraji.
We preview the odds for this fight from bookmaker William Hill and also look at what each fighter needs to do to walk away victorious.
※ Current Odds Date & Time: October 31st, 11:00 P.M. (EST)
Looking at the odds from William Hill for this fight, it’s clear that this fight will be tightly contested.
Hiroto Kyoguchi is the slight favourite over Kenshiro Teraji with outright odds of 1.61 against 2.37 to win. Heading into this fight, Kyoguchi is unbeaten and seeks his fifth defense of the WBA belt in four years. The 28-year-old Japanese national has accrued an impeccable professional record of 16-0-0 since debuting in 2016 and has plowed through all the competition in his way. Recently, Kyoguchi defended his WBA belt with an eight round knockout over Esteban Bermudez.
Kenshiro Teraji, on the other hand, has more time in the ring and a few more rotations around the sun than Kyoguchi. At 30 years of age and with a professional record of 19-1-0, Teraji comes into this match-up eager to bounce back from his first career loss a little over a year ago to Masamichi Yabuki. Since then, Teraji won the rematch against Yabuki and has consolidated his hold on the WBO belt.
※ Current Odds Date & Time: October 31st, 11:00 P.M. (EST)
In terms of how this fight is likely to unfold, William Hill has this clash going all the way with the two most likely methods of victory being either fighter winning by decision. Kyoguchi has the strongest odds to win on points at 2.60 while Teraji is behind at 3.60. The next most likely result is for Kyoguchi to win by knockout at 4.00.
Across his 16 professional fights, Kyoguchi has won by knockout all but five times. However, before knocking out Bermudez in June 2022, Kyoguchi had failed to land a knockout blow since 2018. Teraji will be hoping that Kyoguchi has lost his killer edge and the more experienced fighter will be able to capitalize on this.
The bookies look on track here in that this one will likely go the way of Kyoguchi. A bet in favour of the 28-year-old winning by knockout is a strong option. He has an excellent track record and is motivated to put on a show, returning to Japan for a fight for the first time in over three years.
Look for this to be a close, entertaining match before Kyoguchi gets the job done in the last few rounds.
