Teraji Kenshiro held an open training session in Tokyo.
Naoki Fukuda
World Boxing Council and World Boxing Association Lightweight World Champion Kenshiro Teraji of Japan will show off against former South African world champion Huggie Badler in the card main event next Monday (September 18). crown. Ariake Arena, Koto-ku, Tokyo, Japan.
The contest is being organized by Teiken Promotions and advertised to air on Prime Video.
Traj will face WBC nominated challenger Herky Badler for his second WBA title defense and third WBC title defense. For this reason, this Thursday he opened the doors of Misayo Gym in Tokyo for a public workout.
“Badler is a technically difficult guy who erases his opponent’s strengths,” said Terry Jayi’s coach Kenta Sato. “He’s not scared at all,” reiterated Sato, the 35-year-old Badler veteran with a 35-11-4 record.
In May 2018, Badler wrested the WBA and IBF lightweight titles from Japan’s Ryoichi Taguchi. The WBA belt was later claimed by Hiroto Kyoguchi (Watanabe), but the South African went on to win and reemerge on the world stage.
In this game, Teraji (21 wins, 13 wins and 1 loss) has been paying attention to rhythm and distance training.
Teraghi last played on April 8, when he defeated rookie Anthony Olascuaga in a ninth-round knockout. Telaghi was originally scheduled to face WBO world champion Jonathan Gonzalez in a united bout, but Gonzalez eventually withdrew due to pneumonia and ended up fighting Olascuga.
Teraji was the longtime WBC champion, but he was defeated by Masamichi Yabuki in September 2021 and lost the world championship belt. Less than six months later, Teraji got his revenge by eliminating Yabuki in the third round.
On November 1, Teraji defeated Hiroto Kyoguchi in the seventh round to claim the WBA world title.
Tragui also beat Gannigan Lopez (twice), Milan Melindo and Saul Juarez.
Badler was last in the ring on May 6 when he knocked out the last stand-in, Wichet Sengprakhon, in a first-round fight in his hometown of Johannesburg, South Africa. In his last bout on June 25 last year, Badler narrowly defeated former world champion Erwin Soto.
The 35-year-old, himself a 105-pound and 108-pound world champion, has won his last three bouts since losing to Jingkou in December 2018.