Daiki Kameda Dominates, Koki Kameda Crushes Santos

By Jhonny Gonzalez

At the Prefectural Gymnasium in Osaka, Japan, the Kameda brothers put on a show against their Mexican opponents.

Former two division champion Koki Kameda (23-1, 15KOs) was fighting for the first time at the super flyweight limit and knocked out Cecilio Santos (24-15) in four rounds of boxing action. Kameda picks up a win after suffering the first defeat of his career, and losing his WBC title, to Pongsaklek Wonjongkam by majority decision in March.

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Saturday | Jan 31, 2026

In the main event, younger brother Daiki Kameda (17-2, 11KOs), the WBA flyweight champion, won a ten round non-title bout with a dominating performance over Rosendo Vega (16-6). The scores were 100-90, 100-90 and 100-91. Daiki Kameda now has a tough defense scheduled for September 25 against mandatory challenger Takefumi Sakata (36-5, 17KOs).

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