Hozumi Hasegawa, Toshiaki Nishioka Double For April

By Mark Vester

A big doubleheader is being planned for the month of April in Tokyo, Japan. Akihiko Honda of Teiken Boxing is planning to put together a card featuring two title defenses by WBC bantamweight champion Hozumi Hasegawa (28-2, 12KOs) and the WBC super bantamweight champion Toshiaki Nishioka (35-4-3, 22KOs).

Hasegawa will be making his eleventh defense of the title. He had three defenses in 2009 and won all three by knockout. Nishioka will be making his fourth defense. He had a great 2009 with knockout wins over Jhonny Gonzalez and Ivan Hernandez.

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