The main event pits WBA and WBC junior flyweight champion Kenshiro Teraji against challenger Carlos Canizales.
Teraji dominated former champion Hekkie Budler in September, stopping the South African in nine rounds in the second defense of his unified titles.
Canizales, a former WBA minor titleholder, has won four straight since his only loss, a sixth round loss to Esteban Bermudez in 2021.
A Teraji win would again place him in contention for a twice-postponed unification bout with WBO champion Jonathan Gonzalez.
The co-feature also is a title fight as the WBA flyweight champion Artem Dalakian makes his Groundhog Day appearance in a defense against his mandatory challenger Seigo Yuri Akui.
Dalakian will be defending his belt for the sixth time but was very fortunate last January to win a unanimous decision over David Jimenez in a fight that I thought should have been given to Jimenez.
Akui has fought two former world champions, losing to Junto Nakatani in six rounds, but stopping Masamichi Yabuki in one, the same Yabuki that handed Kenshiro Teraji his only career defeat.
Boxing Challenge
No comments:
Post a Comment