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Not sure if it matters at this point but for those who are not very familiar with Teraji, a quick description of who he is:
A career junior flyweight having turned 32 two weeks ago, Kenshiro Teraji is arguably the top Japanese P4P fighter in the non-Inoue division (he is an exclusion to the norm so doesn't count) and a top 3 active Japanese boxer right now. He turned 32 two weeks ago, and is the current WBA, WBC, Ring lineal unified champion with a 22-1 record and 14KO.
His one loss was to his countryman Masamichi Yabuki via 10R TKO in 2021. However it is worth noting that less than a month prior to his match, Teraji and his trainer tested positive for COVID and had to quarantine for a while and was also suffering from high temp and lack of energy, where he had his worst preparation in crunch time. That showed in his lackluster performance and was out of stamina rather early, and couldn't fend off Yabuki in a rush late game. By the way Yabuki was the mandatory challenger ranked No. 1 and is also quite a KO artist for a guy in the lighter weights, who has 14KO in 15 wins and is currently the mandatory challenger for IBF belt. 6 month later, in an immediate rematch Teraji regained his belt from Yabuki via a convincing 3R KO where he was on full aggression mode from the beginning with vengeance. He has also admitted to having changed his style to be much more aggressive and going for the KO win after his heartbreaking loss to Yabuki, and since then is on a four match win/KO streak. Overall his first reign had eight successful defenses and this current one is about to do his fourth defense.
Of course, this is just my two cents so I am not taking any responsibility if people make last minute changes and the result is wrong lol
A career junior flyweight having turned 32 two weeks ago, Kenshiro Teraji is arguably the top Japanese P4P fighter in the non-Inoue division (he is an exclusion to the norm so doesn't count) and a top 3 active Japanese boxer right now. He turned 32 two weeks ago, and is the current WBA, WBC, Ring lineal unified champion with a 22-1 record and 14KO.
His one loss was to his countryman Masamichi Yabuki via 10R TKO in 2021. However it is worth noting that less than a month prior to his match, Teraji and his trainer tested positive for COVID and had to quarantine for a while and was also suffering from high temp and lack of energy, where he had his worst preparation in crunch time. That showed in his lackluster performance and was out of stamina rather early, and couldn't fend off Yabuki in a rush late game. By the way Yabuki was the mandatory challenger ranked No. 1 and is also quite a KO artist for a guy in the lighter weights, who has 14KO in 15 wins and is currently the mandatory challenger for IBF belt. 6 month later, in an immediate rematch Teraji regained his belt from Yabuki via a convincing 3R KO where he was on full aggression mode from the beginning with vengeance. He has also admitted to having changed his style to be much more aggressive and going for the KO win after his heartbreaking loss to Yabuki, and since then is on a four match win/KO streak. Overall his first reign had eight successful defenses and this current one is about to do his fourth defense.
Of course, this is just my two cents so I am not taking any responsibility if people make last minute changes and the result is wrong lol
Costs nothing to make a few Picks and it's open to everyone... we're always on the lookout for new players and it's clear you got some boxing knowledge
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