Super siblings Yudai and Ginjiro Shigeoka share card together
In Osaka, Japan, promoter and former world champion Koki Kameda, 36, announced a card on October 7 at Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, where the Shigeoka brothers will display their world class skills.
Older brother Yudai Shigeoka (7-0, 5KOs), 26 years old from Watanabe Boxing Gym in Tokyo, is the WBC interim straw world champion after his seventh round KO victory over Puerto Rican Wilfredo “Bimbito” Mendez in April, last in Tokyo.
Yudai Shigeoka, as interim champion, will face WBC minimum regular world champion Panya Pradabsri (40-1, 24KOs), 32-years-old of Thailand.
On August 4 in Mexico, at the World Boxing Council office, purse bids were held to obtain the right to organize this unified bout, Kamedawinning those rights.
Younger brother Ginjiro Shigeoka (9-0, 7KOs) is 23 years old and also with the Watanabe Boxing Gym in Tokyo. He is the IBF interim straw champion and will face the regular champion, Mexican Daniel “Cejitas” Valladares (26-3-1, 15KOs).
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