By Mark Vester
Akihiko Honda, head of Teiken Promotions, would love to pit his fighter, WBC super bantamweight champion Toshiaki Nishioka, against former champ Israel Vazquez. When Vazquez was out of the ring due to injury, the WBC made him the champion emeritus and said that he could go directly into a title shot upon his return. The problem with making this fight is that Vazquez is unable to make the super bantamweight limit and plans to resume his career in the featherweight division.
Nishioka is scheduled to make the second defense of his title on October 10 in Japan.
"Nishioka demonstrated that it is a great champion when he beat Jhonny Gonzalez, but that is history now and we want to continue going donw this road by facing the best. We would like to face Israel Vazquez as he was champion in this division and had this title," Honda told BOXNOTICIAS.
"We're delighted that his problems with the eye has been resolved and everything is fine. It would be a great fight between two good fighters, I hope make it later on."
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