Big step: Hong Kong hero Rex Tso battles overtime to earn his 20th, and toughest, pro victory against bruising Ryuto Maekawa
5,000 crowd cheers on ‘Wonder Kid’ as he remains undefeated after beating his tough Japanese rival and moving closer to a possible world title shot
Rex Tso Sing-yu took another “big step” towards a possible world title fight next year, but the “Wonder Kid” needed to work overtime as he earned his 20th straight victory in Saturday night’s “Battle of Victors”.
Battling against tough Japanese, Ryuto Maekawa, Hong Kong’s first professional boxer had to dig deep into his arsenal of weapons before defeating the 20-year-old by unanimous decision in a 10-round slugfest that entertained a capacity crowd of 5,000.
The win means Tso retains his WBC Asia super flyweight title (115 pounds), while also snatching the WBO international junior bantamweight title.
WATCH: Highlights of Rex Tso's 20th consecutive victory
At the end of the super flyweight contest that kept the crowd on their toes, Tso kept his unbeaten streak going, but his latest win was a lot closer than the official’s scorecard (98-92, 99-91) suggested.
“Give my opponent some applause because he fought very hard,” said Tso before the sell-out crowd at the Convention and Exhibition Centre.
