Kyoguchi retained his WBA light flyweight title in the main event of the Matchroom/DAZN card that was his mandatory defense against Bermudez, who became the top contender and winner of a now-defunct minor title after an upset victory over Carlos Canizales last year.
Bermudez bled from the mouth and nose in the first round and would sustain a cut over his right eye from Kyoguchi's punches and a slice along his hairline from an early-round clash of heads and showed a tremendous amount of courage in fighting through what announcer Corey Erdman called a "Crimson Mask", which made me laugh as I remembered Gordon Solie using that term when someone was bleeding on the old "Georgia Championship Wrestling" show on WTBS.
Kyoguchi landed right uppercut after right uppercut that couldn't miss Bermudez and with much of the fight held at close range, the champion won almost every exchange despite the toughness of Bermudez but it was never easy work for Kyoguchi, who won almost every round despite losing a point in the sixth round for head clashes, which seemed like a poor decision by the referee as both fighters were charging into each other and another point lost in the seventh round.
The seventh-round cost Kyoguchi a knockdown as Bermudez was on his way to the floor when the champion landed two punches to the back of the head and after the deserved deduction, Kyoguchi had watched a 10-8 round turn into a 9-9 round on the scorecards.
Kyoguchi left his corner in a rage to start round eight and with a violent volley drove Bermudez back into the ropes and the referee determined the challenger unable to continue less than half a minute into the eighth round.
The best fight that can be made in the light flyweight division right now would be an all-Japanese unification fight with the talented WBC champion Ken Shiro in what would be a guaranteed all-action encounter.
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