Ryoji Fukunaga to defend titles in January!
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Back in October Super Flyweight triple crown champion Ryoji Fukunaga (15-4, 14) [福永亮次] successfully retained his OPBF, WBO Asia Pacific and Japanese titles, in a very questionable decision win against the very unlucky Hayate Kaji (15-1, 9) [梶颯]. Today we saw his next bout being announced, and sadly it's not a rematch with Kaji, who really should have got the win in October.
Instead the hard hitting champion will return on January 15th and take on former Japanese Youth champion Yuto Nakamura (11-6-2, 8) [中村 祐斗], in what will be his first bout for a senior title.
Notably Fukunaga will not be defending all 3 of his titles, and instead will only be defending his two regional titles, the Japanese title and the WBO Asia Pacific title. It will be his third defense of the Japanese title his fourth of the WBO Asia Pacific belt.
Fukunaga is a hard hitting boxer-puncher with an exciting style, heavy hands but at the age of 35 he's potentially coming to the end of his career, and he didn't look good at all against Kaji. In fact he looked like a man who was feeling his age and the effects of having been in some really punishing wars. Nakamura on the other hand is a fighter with a warrior mentality, who comes to fight and go to war, as we saw in his recent draw with JBC ranked Super Flyweight Tsubasa Murachi (7-1-1, 3) [村地 翼]. Given their last performances we are expecting a genuine thriller here.
The bout will headline January's Dynamic Glove show, and will be viewable within Japan, with G+ expected to broadcast the event.
Instead the hard hitting champion will return on January 15th and take on former Japanese Youth champion Yuto Nakamura (11-6-2, 8) [中村 祐斗], in what will be his first bout for a senior title.
Notably Fukunaga will not be defending all 3 of his titles, and instead will only be defending his two regional titles, the Japanese title and the WBO Asia Pacific title. It will be his third defense of the Japanese title his fourth of the WBO Asia Pacific belt.
Fukunaga is a hard hitting boxer-puncher with an exciting style, heavy hands but at the age of 35 he's potentially coming to the end of his career, and he didn't look good at all against Kaji. In fact he looked like a man who was feeling his age and the effects of having been in some really punishing wars. Nakamura on the other hand is a fighter with a warrior mentality, who comes to fight and go to war, as we saw in his recent draw with JBC ranked Super Flyweight Tsubasa Murachi (7-1-1, 3) [村地 翼]. Given their last performances we are expecting a genuine thriller here.
The bout will headline January's Dynamic Glove show, and will be viewable within Japan, with G+ expected to broadcast the event.