Toyoshima to defend regional title against Sakai in December!
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Earlier today Teiken announced reigning OPBF and WBO Asia Pacific Welterweight champion Ryota Toyoshima (14-2-1, 9) [豊嶋亮太] would be returning to the ring on December 4th to take on "reimported" fighter Shoki Sakai (25-12-2, 12) [坂井 祥記], in what will be the main event of December's Dynamic Glove show.
The bout, which will take place at Korakuen Hall, will see two very interesting fighters in action. The champion, who won the OPBF title in January and unified it with the WBO Asia Pacific title in May, is an exciting and aggressive boxer puncher who has been involved in some really great fights in recent years. Although never likely to be close to a world title fight, he's a really fun fighter and Teiken's biggest hope at the weight.
Sakai on the other hand was a man who first made his name fighting in Mexico before proving himself to be a tough test case for prospects in the US, and then he returned to Japan last year, making his Japanese debut in the process. Earlier this year he challenged Keita Obara, the Japanese national champion, and gave Obara a really tough test before losing a hotly contested decision. In the ring he's all about pressure, coming forward behind a tight guard and making a fight of things. His style should make life very tough for Toyoshima.
Sadly the bout won't be for both of Toyoshima's titles, instead he'll only be defending the OPBF title, for the second time. Thankfully though, that won't take away from the action in the ring, which we expect to be thrilling as the styles of the two men really should gel to give us something very special.
At the time of writing no other bouts for this show have been announced, though with it being in December that's not too much of a surprise. We do however expect at least one other bout of note to be on the show.
The bout, which will take place at Korakuen Hall, will see two very interesting fighters in action. The champion, who won the OPBF title in January and unified it with the WBO Asia Pacific title in May, is an exciting and aggressive boxer puncher who has been involved in some really great fights in recent years. Although never likely to be close to a world title fight, he's a really fun fighter and Teiken's biggest hope at the weight.
Sakai on the other hand was a man who first made his name fighting in Mexico before proving himself to be a tough test case for prospects in the US, and then he returned to Japan last year, making his Japanese debut in the process. Earlier this year he challenged Keita Obara, the Japanese national champion, and gave Obara a really tough test before losing a hotly contested decision. In the ring he's all about pressure, coming forward behind a tight guard and making a fight of things. His style should make life very tough for Toyoshima.
Sadly the bout won't be for both of Toyoshima's titles, instead he'll only be defending the OPBF title, for the second time. Thankfully though, that won't take away from the action in the ring, which we expect to be thrilling as the styles of the two men really should gel to give us something very special.
At the time of writing no other bouts for this show have been announced, though with it being in December that's not too much of a surprise. We do however expect at least one other bout of note to be on the show.