Matsunaga to face Yada in November!
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Earlier today A-Sign boxing announced that Japanese Light Middleweight champion Hironobu Matsunaga (18-1, 11) [松永 宏信] would be returning to the ring on November 26th in a non-title bout, The exciting, and very in form, champion will be up against former Japanese Welterweight champion Ryota Yada (20-7, 17) [矢田良太], in an 8 round bout at a contracted 70.4KG's (155.2lbs).
The bout, which will be the main event of an A-Sign show, is expected to be full of fire works given the styles of the two men involved.
Interestingly it was reported that Yada had considered retirement late last year, when he was upset by Yuichi Ideta, but has decided to continue his career after the birth of his child in January. He returned to the gym in March, and stated the he wanted to face a strong opponent, with Matsunaga fitting the bill perfectly.
Rather peculiarly these two were meant to fight back in May 2017, but their bout was cancelled back then due to Matsunaga needing to pull out. Given the long wait, it's nice to see these two finally facing off.
The bout, which will be the main event of an A-Sign show, is expected to be full of fire works given the styles of the two men involved.
Interestingly it was reported that Yada had considered retirement late last year, when he was upset by Yuichi Ideta, but has decided to continue his career after the birth of his child in January. He returned to the gym in March, and stated the he wanted to face a strong opponent, with Matsunaga fitting the bill perfectly.
Rather peculiarly these two were meant to fight back in May 2017, but their bout was cancelled back then due to Matsunaga needing to pull out. Given the long wait, it's nice to see these two finally facing off.