Junior flyweight champ Kenshiro Teraji is scheduled to defend his belt towards Carlos Canizales within the early morning hours Tuesday (U.S. time) in Japan.
KENSHIRO TERAJI (22-1, 14 KOs)
VS. CARLOS CANIZALES (26-1-1, 19 KOs)
Date: Tuesday, Jan. 23
Time: 4 a.m. ET / 1 a.m. PT (foremost occasion later in present)
The place: Edion Area, Osaka, Japan
TV/Stream: ESPN+
Division: Junior flyweight (108 kilos)
At stake: Teraji’s WBA and WBC titles
Odds: Teraji 6-1 favourite (common of a number of shops)
Additionally on the cardboard: Artem Dalakian vs. Seigo Yuri Akui, flyweights (for Dalakian’s title)
Prediction: Teraji KO 10
Background: Teraji is a two-time 108-pound champion who will probably be collaborating in his fifteenth title battle in 24 profession bouts when he faces Canizales within the early morning hours U.S. time. The 32-year-old resident of Kyoto has been good since his upset knockout loss to countryman Masamichi Yabuki in 2021, which price him his WBC title. He rebounded to knock out Yabuki in three rounds within the rematch to regain his belt in 2022, cease Hiroto Kyoguchi in seven to turn into a unified champion later that yr, cease Anthony Olascuago in 9 rounds in April of final yr and KO former beltholder Hekkie Budler in 9 final September. Teraji, who has fought his complete profession at 108 kilos, has stated he’ll contemplate transferring as much as 112 if he doesn’t get one other title-unification bout. He has expressed curiosity in difficult 112-pound titleholder “Bam” Rodriguez. Canizales is a 30-year-old former title challenger from Venezuela. He was stopped in six rounds by then-WBA betlholder Esteban Bermudez in 2021 in Mexico, after which he has crushed 4 consecutive second-tier opponents. Additionally on the cardboard, WBA 112-pound titleholder Artem Dalakian (22-0, 15 KOs) is scheduled to defend his belt towards necessary challenger Seigo Yuri Akui (18-2-1, 11 KOs).
