Riku Masuda Targets Daigo Higa For WBA Bantamweight Strap On July 20
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Riku Masuda Targets Daigo Higa For WBA Bantamweight Strap On July 20
By NoSmokeBoxing Riku Masuda will face Daigo Higa for the WBA “regular” bantamweight title at Tokyo’s Ryogoku Kokugikan on Monday, July 20, 2026. The tripleheader, announced by Japanese streaming platform U-NEXT, also features Kenshiro Teraji taking on Israel Gonzalez for the vacant WBO super flyweight title. Rounding out the championship billing, Shokichi Iwata will make his first WBC light flyweight title defense against the undefeated Erik Ba…
It was announced on the 19th that Daigo Higa (30) =Shisei=, a former world flyweight champion from Urasoe City and currently ranked No. 2 in the World Boxing Association (WBA) bantamweight division, will make his comeback on July 20th at Ryogoku Kokugikan and will face Riku Masuda (28) =Teiken=, ranked No. 1 in the same division, in a title fight for the bantamweight title. Higa said, "If I'm going to do it, I want to win the world title."
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