TOKYO (AFP) - Japan’s Hiroto Kyoguchi successfully defended his WBA light-flyweight world title with an eighth-round stoppage of Mexico’s Esteban Bermudez in Guadalajara.
It was a fourth title defense for 28-year-old Kyoguchi.
Bermudez, blood pouring from his face, was checked by a doctor after the seventh but was allowed to continue.
However, the referee stepped in after a relentless start to the next round from Kyoguchi, whose record is now 16-0.