WBC bantam champ Hozumi Hasegawa’s change of mind might be a sour and bitter Christmas cake for highly ranked WBC 118-pound contenders who are expecting their participation in eliminators. People here took it for granted that Hasegawa would renounce his belt because of his weight problem and move up to the super-bantam or feather category after his impressive tenth defense over Alvaro Perez on December 18 read more ...

WBC bantam champ, Japanese southpaw Hozumi Hasegawa (24-3, 8 KOs), 117.5, successfuly retained his throne for the sixth time as he impresively dropped Uruguayan challenger Cristian Faccio (15-3, 10 KOs), 117.75, twice to prompt the referee Toby Gibson's well-timed intervention at 2:18 of the second session in the main event of the world title twinbill on Thursday in Tokyo, Japan. Hasegawa's southpaw left was a haymaker read more ...

We look forward to watching a sensational twinbill titled "The Real: World Premium Boxing #6" with world belts on the line tomorrow (Thursday) in Tokyo, Japan. There was a weigh-in ceremony today, where all the contestants successfully made the weight at their first trip on the scale. WBA super-feather champ Edwin Valero (23-0, 23 KOs) tipped the beam at 129.75 pounds, a quarter under the class limit, as his Japanese read more ...