Rodriguez clash was ordered while Kenshiro Teraji (25-1, 16 KOs)—the dominating full WBC flyweight champion — was allowed to face countryman and then-WBA winner Seigo Yuri Akui, 21-3-1 (11 KOs).

Mike Coppinger has covered boxing since 2010 with roles at USA Today, Ring Magazine and The Athletic before he joined ESPN in 2021. You can follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppinger Sebastian Fundora ...

TOKYO (Kyodo) -- Japan's Kazuto Ioka will challenge Argentine champion Fernando Martinez for the WBA super flyweight title on May 11 in Tokyo, the fight's organizers said Tuesday. Ioka lost the ...

Sebastian Fundora finally made the first defense of his WBC and WBO junior middleweight titles, one year after he won them from Tim Tszyu in a major upset. However, that fight didn't come against ...

As for Teraji, 25-1 (16 KOs), the WBC titlist comes off a 12 th-round stoppage victory over former world champion Seigo Yuri Akui, further cementing himself as the top dog at flyweight.

Kenshiro Teraji rises to the No. 1 spot in ESPN's flyweight rankings after a thrilling come-from-behind 12th-round TKO of Seigo Yuri Akui to unify the WBC and WBA titles. Akui, who entered ...

You can follow him on Twitter: @MikeCoppinger Kenshiro Teraji rises to the No. 1 spot in ESPN's flyweight rankings after a thrilling come-from-behind 12th-round TKO of Seigo Yuri Akui to unify the ...