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Home > Match Information > WBA female flyweight champ Fujioka loses to WBC ruler Esparza in title unification match in Texas

WBA female flyweight champ Fujioka loses to WBC ruler Esparza in title unification match in Texas

Apr 11, 2022 9:10 am

World Boxing Association female flyweight champion Naoko Fujioka of Shinji Takehara and Takanori Hatakeyama Boxer Fitness Gym dropped a 10-round unanimous decision to World Boxing Council female flyweight champion Marlen Esparza of the United States in the title unification fight on Apr. 9 (10 Japan time) in San Antonio, Texas.

While both fighters exchanged fierce blows from the opening bell at Alamodome, the 32-year-old Esparza got the better of it and captured the WBA title too, as two of the three judges scored the fight 100-90, respectively, and the remaining one had it 97-93, all in favor of the American. There were no knockdowns in the fight.

It was the 46-year-old Fujioka’s first defeat in four years and a half. Fujioka, who had won the world titles in five different weight divisions for the first time in Japan, dropped to 19 wins, including seven knockouts, against three losses and a draw.

With the victory, Esparza, 32, made her second successful defense of the WBC title and improved her record to a 12-1 win-loss tally with one KO. She is the 2012 London Olympics flyweight bronze medalist.  Photo by GBP

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