WBC featherweight champ, Hozumi Hasegawa (29-3, 12 KOs) is set to defend his title against former bantamweight champ and mandatory contender, Jhonny Gonzalez (47-7, 41 KOs) this Friday in Kobe, Japan. With the island nation still reeling from the March 11th 9.0-magnitude earthquake and subsequent tsunami, which resulted in over 28,000 people dead or missing, the stacked … [Read more...]
Hasegawa-Gonzalez Headlines Championship Triple Header in Tokyo, April 8
Former bantamweight and current WBC featherweight champ, Hozumi Hasegawa (29-3, 12 KOs) will defend his title against veteran Mexican former champ, Jhonny Gonzalez (47-7, 41 KOs), April 8th in Tokyo, Japan as part of a championship triple header. Hasegawa will be making the first defense of the title he won by beating Juan Carlos Burgos in November of last year. Previously, … [Read more...]