Teraji came from behind on the scorecards to knock out Seigo Akui in the final round to take away Akui's WBA strap in a definite fight of the year candidate last time out.
Teraji is always exciting, win or lose, with knockouts in six of his last seven fights, and the eighth saw him suffer his only loss ( to current IBF champion Masamichi Yabuki) by stoppage.
Teraji avenged his loss to Yabuki in their rematch, and it's possible (since Yabuki has won the IBF title) that the rubber match with three titles at stake could be next for Teraji with a win over Sandoval.
Golden Boy's Sandoval has won six in a row since his razor-close majority decision loss to David Jimenez in 2022 and is far from a pushover for Teraji.
In the co-feature, Antonio Vargas defends his WBA bantamweight title against the challenge of Daigo Higa.
Vargas was recently promoted to the full WBA title after injuries to Seiya Tsutsumi forced him out of the sport for a while. Vargas's tenth-round KO of Winston Guerrero last December for the interim title qualified the former United States Olympian for the promotion.
Higa, a former flyweight champion, lost a narrow unanimous decision, which I thought he deserved, to WBO champion Yoshiki Takei in 2004 and drew with Tsutsumi in February for the belt Vargas now possesses.
Higa always makes great fights, so this should be exciting.
Boxing Challenge
TRS: Higa Split Decision
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