Junior flyweight champ Kenshiro Teraji is scheduled to defend his belt in opposition to Carlos Canizales within the early morning hours Tuesday (U.S. time) in Japan.
KENSHIRO TERAJI (22-1, 14 KOs)
VS. CARLOS CANIZALES (26-1-1, 19 KOs)
- Date: Tuesday, Jan. 23
- Time: 4 a.m. ET / 1 a.m. PT (fundamental occasion later in present)
- The place: Edion Area, Osaka, Japan
- TV/Stream: ESPN+
- Division: Junior flyweight (108 kilos)
- At stake: Teraji’s WBA and WBC titles
- Odds: Teraji 6-1 favourite (common of a number of shops)
- Additionally on the cardboard: Artem Dalakian vs. Seigo Yuri Akui, flyweights (for Dalakian’s title)
- Prediction: Teraji KO 10
- Background: Teraji is a two-time 108-pound champion who shall be collaborating in his 15th title combat in 24 profession bouts when he faces Canizales within the early morning hours U.S. time. The 32-year-old resident of Kyoto has been good since his upset knockout loss to countryman Masamichi Yabuki in 2021, which price him his WBC title. He rebounded to knock out Yabuki in three rounds within the rematch to regain his belt in 2022, cease Hiroto Kyoguchi in seven to develop into a unified champion later that yr, cease Anthony Olascuago in 9 rounds in April of final yr and KO former beltholder Hekkie Budler in 9 final September. Teraji, who has fought his whole profession at 108 kilos, has stated he’ll think about shifting as much as 112 if he doesn’t get one other title-unification bout. He has expressed curiosity in difficult 112-pound titleholder “Bam” Rodriguez. Canizales is a 30-year-old former title challenger from Venezuela. He was stopped in six rounds by then-WBA betlholder Esteban Bermudez in 2021 in Mexico, after which he has crushed 4 consecutive second-tier opponents. Additionally on the cardboard, WBA 112-pound titleholder Artem Dalakian (22-0, 15 KOs) is scheduled to defend his belt in opposition to obligatory challenger Seigo Yuri Akui (18-2-1, 11 KOs).
