Ginjiro Shigeoka: record, next fight and profile →
Daniel Valladares is off the hook for the moment. BoxingScene,com has confirmed that the reigning IBF strawweight titlist was granted a medical exception in lieu of a mandatory title defense. Valladares will instead sit back and watch a fight between his two most recent opponents as the already announced Rene Cuarto-Ginjiro Shigeoka bout will now serve as an interim IBF strawweight title fight.
Panya Pradabsri will enter the lion’s den for his next title defense. The reigning WBC strawweight titleholder is set to face ambitious challenger Yudai Shigeoka, who aims to win his first major belt in just his seventh pro fight. The bout headlines the 3150Fight Vol. 5 event, which takes place April 16 at Yoyogi National 2nd Gymnasium in Tokyo.
Ginjiro Shigeoka was well on his way to proving that big things come in small packages. An accidental foul denied the diminutive southpaw the opportunity to win his first major title as his challenge of reigning IBF strawweight titlist Daniel Valladares ended in a No-Contest. A clash of heads left Valladares wobbly and unable to continue, with referee Chris Flores advised by the ringside physician to wave off the contest at 2:48 of round three into the title fight Friday at EDION Arena in Osaka, Japan.
Plans are set to proceed with the first two title fights of the new year. All four parties arrived in phenomenal shape as they made weight for a pair of strawweight title fights airing live Friday on Abema TV from EDION Arena in Osaka, Japan. Tokyo’s Masataki Taniguchi defends his WBO strawweight title against The Philippines’ Melvin Jerusalem, while visiting Daniel Valladares attempts the first defense of his IBF title against unbeaten and heavily favored contender Ginjiro Shigeoka.
Rene Mark Cuarto will head into the holiday season with a win in the bank and revenge on his mind. The former IBF strawweight champion scored a second-round knockout of countryman Dexter Alimento in his first fight since the end of his title reign. A body shot caused a delayed reaction knockdown, with Alimento taking the full ten-count to end the fight at 1:06 of round two Friday at Baliok Gym in Davao City, Philippines.
A title fight doubleheader is in store for the first weekend of the new year. KWORLD3 - headed by former titlists and now first-year promoters Koki and Daiki Kameda—held a press conference on Friday to formally announce a pair of strawweight title fights to grace a January 6 show from the 5,000-seat EDION Arena