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Announced this morning... unbeaten 3-weight champion Kosei Tanaka (12-0, 7) will face former IBF and WBA Light Flyweight "super" champion Ryoichi Taguchi (27-3-2, 12) at the Gifu Memorial Center on March 16th, For Tanaka this will be his first defense of the WBO Flyweight title, and will see him looking to over-come a second successive Japanese opponent, as for Taguchi this will be his first world title bout at Flyweight as he looks to become a 2-weight world champion.

Source -
http://www.asianboxing.info/asian-news/ ... march-16th

very exciting.

Tanaka has been in some very good fights, especially all Japanese fights. And Taguchi's defeat to Budler was a damn good fight that I felt he barely lost. Taguchi might be a better fighter moving up to flyweight, also.

Tanaka reminds me a little of the great fighter from Korea, Myung Woo Yuh, with the activity levels and combinations.