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Japanese world champions Ryota Murata, Daigo Higa and Ken Shiro, will defend their world titles against challengers Emanuele Blandamura of Italy, Cristofer Rosales of Nicaragua and Ganigan Lopez of Mexico, in a card that will be organized on April 15 at the Arena Yokohama, in Yokohama, Japan.
Former world champion Moises Fuentes arrived at THE WBC "Tuesday Coffee Conference" in a stirred up mood, as he requested a thorough review of his first round loss to WBC flyweight champion, Daigo Higa. Higa successfully defended his title by knocking out the Mexican veteran in the first.
Daigo Higa scored a first round knockout of Mexico’s Moises Fuentes to win the second defense of his WBC flyweight title on Sunday. The 22-year-old Higa, improved to 15-0 in his pro career with every win coming by knockout. Fuentes, the ninth-ranked challenger and a former world champ, saw his pro record drop to 25-5 with one draw.
This Saturday, in the city of Naha, the capital of the province of Okinawa that is more than 1,500 kilometers southwest of Tokyo, there was the official weigh-in for the world title showdown between the unbeaten flyweight world champion of the World Boxing Council (WBC), Daigo Higa (14-0, 14KOs, 22 years old) and his Mexican challenger Moises "El Felino" Fuentes (25-4-1, 14KOs, 30 years old and from Mexico City).
Higa vs. Fuentes Final Press Conference Photos Gallery - World Boxing Council flyweight champion, Daigo Higa of Japan (14-0, 14KOs), is staking his title against Mexican former champion, Moises Fuentes (25-4-1 / 14KOs), in the second defense of his green and gold belt, this Sunday in Okinawa, Japan. Photos by Naoki Fukada.
By Cliff Rold - The first weekend in February will be a busy weekend on the boxing calendar. The biggest fight of the weekend, Saturday’s cruiserweight unification match between Murat Gassiev and Yunier Dorticos, features a pair of legitimate power punchers with the chance to turn the lights out just about any time. G...
After suffering a crushing loss to Japanese star Daigo Higa last May, Mexican boxer Juan "Churritos" Hernández has a new goal for 2018 - and that is to become a world champion in the super flyweight division. Having left behind the Japanese setback in the past, which saw him fall in his aspirations to get the world title, Hernandez is aware that in boxing you have a life of contrasts.
Former world champion, Moises Fuentes is already designing the strategy together with his coach Alejandro Galindo, for his important clash on February 4 in Japan, where he will face world champion Daigo Higa, for the World Boxing Council championship at 112 pounds. Fuentes knows very well that in this contest mistakes can not be allowed and for that very reason he's has paid a lot of attention to the boxing qualities of his opponent.
WBC flyweight champion Daigo Higa will face Mexican challenger Moises Fuentes in his hometown of Naha, Okinawa, in February, officials of his Shirai Gushiken Sports gym officially announced on Tuesday.
Former champion Moises Fuentes, who holds a respectable record (25-4-1, 14KO`s), is training very hard for the greatest challenge of his career, against formidable undefeated dangerous puncher WBC flyweight champion Daigo Higa (14-0, 14 knockouts), on February 4th in Japan.