World Boxing Council and World Boxing Association lightweight world champion Kenshiro Terachi of Japan will reveal his crown against former South African world champion Herky Badler in the card’s main event next Monday in December. September 18, Ariake Arena, Koto-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
The fight is organized by Teiken Promotions and will be televised on ESPN.
Terragui (21-1, 13 KOs), who last fought on April 8, defeated top prospect Anthony Olascuaga by ninth-round knockout. Terragi was originally scheduled to face WBO world champion Jonathan Gonzalez in a unification bout, but Gonzalez ended up fighting Orascuaga after withdrawing from the bout due to contracting pneumonia.
Teraji is the long-time WBC champion but lost his world title belt in September 2021 after being defeated by Masamichi Yabuki. Less than six months later, Teraji got his revenge by knocking out Masamichi Yabuki in the third round.
On November 1, Terachi defeated Hiroto Kyoguchi in the seventh round to win the WBA world title.
Tragi also defeated Ganigan Lopez (twice), Milan Melindo and Saul Juarez.
Badler (35-4, 11 KOs) last appeared in a ring on May 6, knocking out late replacement Wicht Semple in the first round in his hometown of Johannesburg, South Africa. Wichet Sengprakhon. In his last fight on June 25 last year, Badler narrowly defeated former world champion Ervin Soto.
The 35-year-old, himself a world champion at 105 and 108 pounds, has won his last three fights since losing to Kyoguchi in December 2018.
On the same card on Monday, Japan’s Junto Nakatani will volunteer to defend his WBO super flyweight world title against Mexico’s Argi Cortés.