A significant unification match took place against Frank Sexton on March 15, 1949.

He was scheduled to participate in a unification match against Lou Thesz on November 25, 1949.

When this occurs, promoters will often try to set up "unification matches."

In that unification match, Leonard was behind on all three judges' scorecards when he scored a 14th-round knockout.

Two weeks later, Bravo was booked to defeat Pérez in an unification match, becoming a tri-champion.

Nishioka strongly desired a unification match with the other organizations' champion especially after that.

That means that the earliest a cruiserweight unification match could take place would be in March.

A unification match between Brown and Starling is rumored for sometime next year.

Following the event, he announced his intention to participate in a unification match against one of the other light flyweight champions.

This was the first ever unification match between two Japanese fighters, and Tatsuyoshi's immense popularity gave the fight lots of media hype.