Hiroto Kyoguchi: record, next fight and profile →
Josh Warrington will defend his IBF World Featherweight title against Luis Alberto Lopez at the First Direct Arena in Leeds on Saturday December 10, live worldwide on DAZN – and Matchroom and DAZN can announce that the Light-Flyweight unification clash between Hiroto Kyoguchi and Kenshiro Teraji will be broadcast live on DAZN in Europe when the pair clash in Saitama, Japan on Tuesday November 1.
The light flyweight division takes center stage Tuesday, Nov. 1, as two championship fights with three world titles at stake headline a loaded card from Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.
The junior flyweight division is set to officially crown a true divisional king. BoxingScene.com has learned that a condensed tournament is in play beginning with a November 1 title fight doubleheader to take place at a location to be determined in Japan. Two of the fights will feature three reigning 108-pound titleholders, including a terrific unification bout between two-time WBC champ Kenshiro Teraji and WBA ‘Super’ champion Hiroto Kyoguchi.
Hiroto Kyoguchi has two goals for the rest of 2022 and his career moving forward—greater in-ring activity and more belts. The reigning WBA junior flyweight titlist saw his stock skyrocket following an eighth-round stoppage of Esteban Bermudez on the road in Guadalajara, Mexico. Their June 10 DAZN event saw Tokyo’s Kyoguchi (16-0, 11KOs) return to the ring for the first time in fifteen months, which followed a near two-year ring absence.
Hiroto Kyoguchi and his team caught many in the industry by surprise upon revealing the news that a title unification cards could be next in the cards for the WBA junior flyweight titlist.
On Friday night, Hiroto Kyoguchi retained his WBA junior flyweight title by stoppage over Esteban Bermudez in a bloody battle at the Domo Alcade in Guadalajara, Mexico.
By Jake Donovan - Hiroto Kyoguchi couldn’t wait to follow the lead of Naoya Inoue. Just three days after watching his close friend and pound-for-pound king score an empathic second-round knockout of Nonito Donaire in Saitama, Japan, Kyoguchi hit the road for a statement-making performance of his own. It came in the form of an eighth-round knockout of Mexico’s Esteban Bermudez in a WBA junior flyweight title unification bout. Kyoguchi
Jr. flyweight has been a quiet gem for a few years with some talented titlists, good fights, and a few surprising upsets. It hasn’t been what it could be. The talent pool has been there for the sort of action that broke out about a dozen years ago when fighters like Ivan Calderon, Hugo Cazares, and Giovanni Segura made some classic encounters. It could be there again if the unification fever hitting the sport permeates to 108 lbs.
Hiroto Kyoguchi was eager to conquer America for his first fight under manager Eddy Reynoso last year in Dallas. Now, he can’t wait to impress his manager a little closer to home. The two-division and reigning WBA ‘Super’ junior flyweight champion is set for his title consolidation bout with WBA ‘World’ titlist Esteban Bermudez. The bout takes place Friday on DAZN from Domo Alcalde in Guadalajara, Mexico.