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Daigo Higa: ‘I would like a unification bout with any other flyweight champion’

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19
Feb

Daigo Higa: ‘I would like a unification bout with any other flyweight champion’

WBC flyweight titlist Daigo Higa might just be the best 112-pounder in the world. However he would like to prove it against the division’s other titlists.

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04
Feb

Photos: Daigo Higa vs. Moises Fuentes

Daigo Higa KO 1 Moises Fuentes (time: 2:32) 12 rounds scheduled (for Higa's WBC flyweight title) Feb. 4, 2018, Naha, Japan Photos by...

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02
Feb

Photos: Daigo Higa-Moises Fuentes final press conference

Daigo Higa (No. 2-rated flyweight) vs.  Moises Fuentes 12 rounds, for Higa's WBC title Feb. 4, 2018, Naha, Japan Photos by Naoki Fukuda...

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18
Oct

Best I Faced: Yoko Gushiken

The acclaimed subject of our latest Best I Faced series is Hall of Famer and former WBA junior flyweight titleholder Yoko Gushiken.

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05
Jun

Daigo Higa reflects on bringing belt home to Okinawa

Newly-crowned WBC junior flyweight titlist Daigo Higa looks back on his title win and shares what it means to him and his home of Okinawa, Japan.

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17
May

Yoko Gushiken prodigy Daigo Higa goes for WBC flyweight belt

Daigo Higa, a 12-0 prodigy of Japanese legend Yoko Gushiken, looks to unseat WBC flyweight titleholder Juan Hernandez on Saturday at the Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo.

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28
Dec

Ryoichi Taguchi vs. Carlos Canizales is set for New Year’s Eve

On Dec. 31, WBA junior flyweight titlist Ryoichi Taguchi will defend his title against undefeated Carlos Canizales in Tokyo, Japan.

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04
Mar

New Faces: Daigo Higa

Our latest edition of ‘New Faces’ features undefeated Japanese flyweight Daigo Higa, who fights Saturday (Friday in the US) in his hometown of Tokyo, Japan.

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22
Jun

The Travelin’ Man returns to IBHOF induction weekend-part III

It was a busy weekend for our own Lee Groves and it all culminated in part three of his “Travelin’ Man” Chronicles in Canastota, NY.

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22
Jun

The Travelin’ Man returns to IBHOF induction weekend-part I

The 2015 International Boxing Hall of Fame has come and gone and our resident Travelin’ Man, Lee Groves was there. Read on for part one of three.

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