Higa makes weight, Hernandez forfeits title on scales

Waking up today Japanese fight fans would have been expecting to hear the news that WBC Flyweight champion Juan Hernandez Navarrete (34-2, 25) and Japanese challenger Daigo Higa (12-0, 12) [比嘉 大吾] had both made weight ahead of their highly anticipated bout this coming Saturday.Sadly however Hernandez, a veteran of the sport, has failed to make the 112lb limit for the bout, and has lost his title on the scales, ending a disappointing reign tha [...]