CEBU CITY, Philippines — It's all set for the much-awaited World Boxing Organization (WBO) world minimumweight title duel between the defending champion Masataka Taniguchi and Filipino
Melvin Jerusalem and Masataka Taniguchi flanks a Japanese boxing official holding the WBO world minimumweight title during the official weigh-in for their world title duel. | Photo from Sanman Boxing Facebook page
Meanwhile, Taniguchi weighed in exactly at 105 lbs to make their world title duel happen tomorrow evening, Jan. 6, at the Edion Arena in Osaka, Japan.This will be his second crack for a world title following his 2017 WBC world minimumweight showdown against Wanheng Menayothin of Thailand. Jerusalem lost to Menayothin in a fight that happened in Thailand via unanimous decision.
Before Taniguchi clinched the the WBO world minimumweight title last year, two Filipinos in Merlito Sabillo and four-division world champion Donnie Nietes previously held the title at some point of their respective careers. Meanwhile, Nietes held the title from 2007 to 2010 before he moved up to the light flyweight division. Nietes defended the title four times.
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