UNBEATEN Japanese flyweight Daigo Higa smashed Filipino challenger Romel Oliveros to win by a second-round technical knockout in a World Youth flyweight title fight in Tokyo to improve his record to 9-0, all wins by knockout.
Higa was coming off a 10th-round TKO over another Filipino Renren Tesorio last Nov. 7 in Tokyo, while Oliveros, who dropped to 6-2-1 with a single knockout following his loss, was beaten in his last fight by another Japanese Takayuki Okumoto on Dec. 5, 2015, dropping a unanimous 10-round decision.
The best fight of Higa’s impressive young career so far was when he travelled to Thailand to face a fellow unbeaten fighter, impressively bullying Kongfah CP Freshmart and bludgeoning his rival into a seventh-round defeat.
“Prior to the bout, I thought that I could not win against him without a KO since it was an away match. However, I managed to go forward to beat him anyway and, therefore, I was able to fight, according to my prior wishes. In addition, I could punch both head and body and have my body move quickly,” Higa said.
No Japanese fighter has won a world title fight in Thailand, and the win by Higa was considered a significant victory.