Shimomachi and Hanabusa make weight for Japanese Youth title fight!
Tomorrow we'll all be able to see Japanese Youth Super Bantamweight champion Toshiki Shimomachi (11-1-2, 7) [下町俊貴] make his first defense, as he takes on unbeaten challenger Hiroki Hanabusa (8-0-3, 3) [英洸貴] at the City Sogo Gym in Hirakata.
Today, ahead of their bout, the two men took part in their weigh in, and both men made weight, with no issue at all.
On the scales the champion, looking to defend the belt for the first time was 121.7lbs, comfortably under the 122lb Super Bantamweight limit. He looked in amazing condition and had clearly been working hard to get into the shape of his career ahead of his first defense. He sounded confident that he'd win the bout by fighting his fight and continue his 11 fight unbeaten run.
Despite being the shorter man Hanabusa was the heavier man, hitting the scales pretty much on the divisional limit. He stated he was in the best condition he's ever been in and that he was going to take the title home with him. He sounded confident, as we would expect of an unbeaten challenger, though this is a step up in class for him.
As mentioned will be able to watch, as the bout will be streamed on YouTube via the "Boxing Real" channel.
Related - Shimomachi takes on Hanabusa in Youth title defense!
Today, ahead of their bout, the two men took part in their weigh in, and both men made weight, with no issue at all.
On the scales the champion, looking to defend the belt for the first time was 121.7lbs, comfortably under the 122lb Super Bantamweight limit. He looked in amazing condition and had clearly been working hard to get into the shape of his career ahead of his first defense. He sounded confident that he'd win the bout by fighting his fight and continue his 11 fight unbeaten run.
Despite being the shorter man Hanabusa was the heavier man, hitting the scales pretty much on the divisional limit. He stated he was in the best condition he's ever been in and that he was going to take the title home with him. He sounded confident, as we would expect of an unbeaten challenger, though this is a step up in class for him.
As mentioned will be able to watch, as the bout will be streamed on YouTube via the "Boxing Real" channel.
Related - Shimomachi takes on Hanabusa in Youth title defense!