Pradabsri poised to defend WBC straw title against Shigeoka
World Boxing Council straw-weight champion Panya Pradabsri will fight Japanese Yudai Shigeoka, who ambitiously and audaciously aims to win his first world title in only his seventh professional fight.
This megacard entitled 3150 Fight Vol. 5, is on April 16 at the Yoyogi Second National Gymnasium in Tokyo.
The match was formally announced at a press conference hosted by Kameda Promotions and headlined by former champion Koki Kameda.
Pradabsri (39-1, 22KOs) is set to make his fourth defense of the WBC straw-weight title he first won in a November 2020 points victory over legendary former champion Wanheng Menayothin. The 32-year-old from Bangkok then outpointed his compatriot in a rematch followed by a twelve-round unanimous decision win over Norihito Tanaka of Japan on the following August 31 in Thailand.
This time, Pradabsri will travel to Japan for a high stakes defence, marking his first fight outside of Thailand since October 2017, when he suffered his only decision loss to former WBC champion Chaozhong Xiong in Datong, China.
Yudai Shigeoka (6-0, 4KOs) will have a chance to fight at home. The 25-year-old southpaw from Tokyo has yet to fight outside of his home country in his developing career. His last win came by third-round knockout of Tatsuro Nakashima on November 17 at the famed Korakuen Hall.
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