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Batista made Tsutsumi work in the opening round, landing several clean punches and finishing the frame aggressively with extra shots after the bell that went unpunished. It was one of the few difficult moments Tsutsumi faced all night.<\/p>\n The momentum shifted quickly in the second round.<\/p>\n The 26-year-old Ring Magazine ambassador patiently broke Batista down with accurate power punching before scoring the first knockdown. Batista beat the count, but Tsutsumi wasted little time putting him back on the canvas with another heavy combination.<\/p>\n With Batista unable to defend himself after the second knockdown, the referee stepped in to stop the contest, giving Tsutsumi a second-round technical knockout victory.<\/p>\n The impressive performance reinforced Tsutsumi\u2019s standing as one of Japan\u2019s top super featherweight prospects and moved him a step closer to his first world championship opportunity. Tsutsumi has previously expressed interest in facing Anthony Cacace as he continues his climb toward the top of the division.<\/p>\n The victory gives Tsutsumi his seventh knockout in nine professional fights and adds another unbeaten opponent to his r\u00e9sum\u00e9, while Batista falls to 14-1 after suffering the first loss of his career.<\/p>\n Robert Segal is a boxing journalist at Boxing News 24 with more than a decade of experience covering fight news, previews, and analysis. Known for his straightforward reporting and ringside perspective, he delivers authoritative coverage of champions, contenders, and emerging talent worldwide.<\/p>\n Click here to subscribe to our FREE newsletter<\/a>Related Boxing News:<\/p>\n \t\t\tCategories – Boxing Results<\/a> \t\t<\/p>\n Boxing News 24<\/a> \u00bb – Boxing Results<\/a> \u00bb Hayato Tsutsumi Stops Felix Batista In Two, Earns WBA Title Shot<\/p>\n Last Updated on 2026\/07\/14 at 2:35 PM \t<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Hayato Tsutsumi moved within touching distance of a world title shot on Tuesday, stopping previously unbeaten Felix Batista…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":691983,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-691982","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691982","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=691982"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/691982\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/691983"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=691982"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=691982"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=691982"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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