A bloodied Milan Melindo lost his International Boxing Federation (IBF) light flyweight belt to Japanese World Boxing Association (WBA) light flyweight champion Ryoichi Taguchi on New Year’s Eve unification bout via unanimous decision at the Ota-City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.

Melindo started the bout aggressive as he won the first two rounds but could not sustain the charge in the later rounds as the three judges gave the Japanese fighter the nods, 117-111, and 116-112.

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