Yabuki came out with intent. Before the crowd had settled, he had Calixto on the canvas twice in the first three minutes — a right hand, then a follow-up barrage that sent the Mexican challenger down a second time. The Aichi Sky Expo erupted. Yabuki had predicted a knockout. He had the ammunition. Through the midpoint of the fight he was cruising, his power on display against a Calixto who showed genuine toughness but couldn't match the champion's speed or output. Then Yabuki eased. The second half saw the urgency disappear. Calixto kept trying to turn the tide; Yabuki kept the lead without pressing for the finish. The scorecards — 118-108, 118-108, 116-110 — were dominant. But Yabuki will know the knockout he promised didn't come. The belt stayed home. The story felt unfinished.

Garcia made it uncomfortable from the opening bell — forward pressure, ambition, combinations designed to impose rather than score. Moloney countered, moved, stayed disciplined. He built a lead through the first half. Then the seventh round arrived and something shifted. Garcia pressed harder. Moloney began to look worn. By the eighth, cuts had opened above both of Moloney's eyes — one from a head clash, both adding to the feeling that this fight was slipping. The ninth and tenth rounds were Garcia's. The crowd, already satisfied by Yabuki, had little invested in the Australian. Moloney dug. The twelfth round was the fight. He needed it, found it, and took it on all three cards. When the majority decision was announced — 115-113 twice, 114-114 on the third card — Moloney dropped to his knees, covered his face, then looked up at the belt being presented and raised both fists toward the ceiling. That image belongs to the night.

Nery arrived 3.4 pounds over the contracted 124-pound catchweight — the weight story started before the opening bell. It ended at 0:42 of the fourth round with Nery on the canvas for the sixth time. Casimero dropped him three times in round one alone, once more in round two, once more in round three, then finished him with a left hook in round four that referee Nobuto Ikehara had seen enough of. Six knockdowns in four rounds. Casimero, 37 years old, came in focused and left calling out Naoya Inoue. Nery's Japan chapter is finished.