Kenshiro Teraji: record, next fight and profile →
Kenshiro Teraji hasn’t give up on his goal to fully unify the junior flyweight champion. A multi-belt unification bout was on the horizon versus WBO titlist Jonathan ‘Bomba’ Gonzalez, who fell ill and was forced to withdraw from their scheduled April 8 clash at Ariake Arena in Tokyo. Teraji went on to face late replacement Anthony Olascuaga, whom he stopped in the ninth round..
There was never a second thought when it came time to pursue a title challenge versus Kenshiro Teraji. In fact, Hekkie Budler would have already cleared this fight off his plate if he had his way. The former two-division champ agreed to stand down for one fight, as Teraji (21-1, 13KOs) originally planned to further
Kenshiro Teraji can’t help but feel even more prepared than was the case in his last outing. A dangerous mandatory title defense versus former two-division champ Hekkie Budler is next up for the reigning lineal, WBC and WBA junior flyweight king. It comes a little more than five months after his previous win, a ninth-round stoppage of unbeaten Anthony Olascuaga on April 8 at Ariake Arena in Tokyo.
Japan’s unified WBC/WBA light flyweight world champion Kenshiro Teraji will defend his titles against South African two-division world champion Hekkie Budler on Monday, September 18, at Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan.
The Kenshiro Teraji-Hekkie Budler unified junior flyweight title fight now has a date. Teraji will defend his WBC and WBA world title belts against Budler on September 18, it was officially announced Wednesday. The 12-round bout will take place at Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan and will stream live on Prime Video. Also on the card will be Junto Nakatani making a voluntary defense of the WBO world junior bantamweight title against Argi Cortes.
2023 has been off to a great start but, if it’s been missing one thing so far, that thing is unpredictability. The chalk has been strong through the first quarter of the year. Matchmaking has been on point, giving fans high quality fights that went largely the way they were expected to in terms of results but providing drama along the way. This past Saturday, we got more of the good matchmaking…and we got some serious shakeups in two divisions.
Kenshiro Teraji once again lived up to his ‘Amazing Boy’ ring moniker. The reigning lineal, WBA and WBC junior flyweight champion turned away a stiff challenge from late-notice challenger Anthony Olascuaga to earn a ninth-round knockout victory. Teraji scored two knockdowns on the night, the latter which produced an immediate stoppage at 1:58 of round nine in their ESPN+/Amazon Prime-Japan main event Saturday from Ariake Arena in Tokyo.
Kenshiro Teraji and Anthony Olascuaga were well under the junior flyweight limit for their upcoming championship clash. In fact, Olascuaga was at his career lightest as he weighed 106.9 pounds (announced as 48.5 kilograms)—a full pound below the 108-pound divisional limit. Teraji tipped the scales at a fit and trim 107.1 pounds (48.6 kg) as he aims to defend the lineal, WBA and WBC junior flyweight championship atop an ESPN+ telecast from Ariake Arena in Tokyo (Saturday, 3:00 a.m. ET).
Anthony Olascuaga may be in over his head when he squares off against unified world junior flyweight titleholder Kenshiro Teraji on Saturday.
The show goes on. WBC/WBA light flyweight world champion Kenshiro “The Amazing Boy” Teraji was supposed to face WBO champ Jonathan Gonzalez in a three-belt unification tilt Saturday, April 8, at Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan. Gonzalez withdrew with an illness, and Teraji will now defend his titles against undefeated American challenger Anthony Olascuaga