Mexicans Willibaldo Garcia Perez and Rene Calixto Bibiano battled to a 12-round draw in a bout for the vacant IBF super-flyweight title in Twin Messe, Shizuoka, Japan.

Following a fast-paced contest, the judges couldn’t split them, scoring 114-114, 118-110 for Garcia Perez, and 116-112 for Bibiano.

The fight got hard fast, with Garcia enduring some testing moments in the middle rounds as it became increasingly physical and gruelling. Bibiano stood up to some clean shots, such as a long right hand at the end of the seventh, but stood firm, while Garcia Perez walked through a big right hook in the 10th and simply marched forward.

Garcia Perez is now 22-5-2 (13 KOs) while Bibiano is 23-0-1 (9 KOs).