Developing Tuesday night time in Japan a championship double header on the smaller weight courses will happen, together with Kenshiro Teraji vs. Hiroto Kyoguchi assembly in a extremely anticipated WBC/WBA junior flyweight unification showdown.
Their battle will headline from the Saitama Sports activities Enviornment in Saitama, Japan,
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The fighters made the 108 lb. weight Monday afternoon upfront of their showdown and put together for what needs to be an all-out slugfest.
Generally known as, “The Wonderful Boy,” Teraji (19-1, 11 KOs) is a veteran gained his WBC world title in Might 2017. He had made eight defenses of that crown till a shocking Tenth-round knockout defeat to Masamichi Yabuki in September 2021. Nevertheless, lower than six months later, Teraji exacted his revenge with a third-round knockout over Yabuki to regain his title.
As for Kyoguchi (16-0, 11 KOs), he’s a two-weight champion who was the IBF 105-pound “Minimal weight” champ till he vacated that belt to maneuver as much as gentle flyweight. Since profitable the WBA gentle flyweight crown on New 12 months’s Eve 2018 in opposition to Hekkie Budler, he has made 4 title defenses.
Kyoguchi is coming off June’s eighth-round stoppage over Esteban Bermudez in Mexico, which was an all out battle.
“Bomba Gonzalez Has Powerful Problem
The co-feature has an intriguing title combat as nicely. This, as Puerto Rico’s WBO gentle flyweight champion, Jonathan “Bomba” Gonzalez, will defend his model of the world title in opposition to unbeaten Japanese contender Shokichi Iwata.
Gonzalez, 26-3-1, grew to become champ final October when he edged Elwin Soto by cut up resolution in Fresno, CA. Gonzalez defended his WBO title in June with a unanimous resolution in opposition to Filipino upstart Mark Anthony Barriga. Iwata (9-0, 6 KOs), from Tokyo, gained the Japan Boxing Fee, OPBF and WBO Asia Pacific titles en path to incomes his first world title shot Tuesday night time.
Teraji-Kyoguchi, Gonzalez-Iwata, and the undercard motion will stream stay and solely within the U.S. on ESPN+ beginning at 7:30 a.m. ET Tuesday. DAZN streaming has the rights for Europe, whereas Japanese Prime Video will present the bout on PPV within the Far East.
