Boxing: Uchiyama, Kono to defend WBA titles

The two bouts will take place in Tokyo on May 6.


Afp March 11, 2013

TOKYO: The World Boxing Association (WBA) super featherweight champion Takashi Uchiyama and super flyweight champion Kohei Kono will defend their titles in May. The two bouts will take place in Tokyo on May 6. Uchiyama will take on 10th-ranked Jaider Parra of Venezuela. Kono will fight against interim champion Liborio Solis of Venezuela, ranked top in the WBA, in his first defence after a knockout victory over then title-holder Tepparith Kokietgym of Thailand in December last year.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 12th, 2013.

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