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Five World Boxing Federation
(WBF) regional championship
fights are currently scheduled
for the month of June 2019,
taking place in Mexico, Japan
and China.
It all kicks off on June 7 in
Mexico, when 20-year-old
undefeated local favourite
Esteban “El Towy” Sanchez, 14-0
(9), takes on Ricardo Lopez,
10-3-3 (8), for the vacant WBF
Mexico Lightweight title at the
Tijuana Events Centre.
The fight headlines a massive 20
bout show promoted by Terrazas
Boxing Promotions, billed as
“Friday Night Fights”.
Two days later, on June 9 in
Osaka, Japan, Ayuma “Flaco”
Hanada, 4-0 (3), squares off
with compatriot Ryo Hashiya, 4-1
(3), for the vacant WBF Asia
Pacific Flyweight title on a
card staged by Golden Ball
Promotions.
Interestingly, both boxers will
be boxing in their birth-country
for the first time as
professionals, as Hanada is
based in Mexico and Hashiya is
fighting out of Thailand.
On June 11 in Xi´an, China,
former WBF Intercontinental
title-challenger Li Ping Shi,
9-2-1 (4), goes for the vacant
WBF Womens Asia Pacific
Bantamweight title against
former OPBF titlist Yuko Henzan,
10-7-4 (3), from Japan. Xian
Topking Promotion promotes.
Since losing to Hee Jung Yuh in
South Korea for the
Intercontinental Super Flyweight
title in December of 2017, Ping
Shi (21) returned in style to
capture the WBC Asian Boxing
Council belt last May, and will
now move up in weight to face
the experienced 32-year-old from
Okinawa.
Finally, Friday June 14 will see
a World Boxing Federation (WBF)
championship double-header take
place in Mexico, as Strikking
Boxing Promotions welcomes fans
to the Auditorio Del Estardo in
Mexicali.
Gabriel Adrian “El Tanque”
Garcia, 8-3-2 (1), and Francisco
“Rayo” Valenzuela, 19-13 (14),
will fight for the vacant WBF
North America Cruiserweight
title in a battle with plenty of
Mexicali bragging rights also on
the line.
In the evenings co-feature, WBF
Mexico Welterweight Champion
Ramon “Cholo” Barajas, 12-17
(5), from Tepic, appears to be
in for a tough first
title-defense against
20-year-old local man Dilon “El
Terrible” Loza, 14-2 (9).
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