Melvin Jerusalem (22-3, 12 KOs) squeezed out a hard fought split decision win on away soil to relieve Yudai Shigeoka (8-1, 5 KOs) WBC minimumweight world title. Jerusalem becomes a two time world champion. Japan has become a happy hunting ground f...
Oscar Collazo sees enough room in his year to fight the entire Shigeoka family. The trio of unbeaten titlists are part of a new wave of strawweights talented and entertaining enough to entice an audience beyond the sport’s most fervent fanbase. Puert...
The Shigeoka brothers will once again share the stage with Tomoki Kameda—and one another. Yudai and Ginjiro Shigeoka are set for separate strawweight title defenses on the same show, the same manner in which they won their separate belts. Both will a...
Oscar Collazo couldn’t wait to welcome the Shigeoka brothers to the title stage. 'El Pupilo' is equally as eager to knock each off their respective perch. "Where’s the Mario Brothers at," Collazo mockingly asked. "I want all the smoke."
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Yudai Shigeoka handled the rest from there and forever etched the family name in the boxing history books. The pair of Japanese southpaws became the first siblings in boxing history to win major titles in the same weight division on the same show. Y...
There is a plan in place for the Shigeokas to collect all the strawweight titles and find a way to keep all the belts in the family. Yudai and Ginjiro Shigeoka have a chance to make history as the first pair of brothers to win major titles at the sam...
Koki Kameda immediately knew what he had in the Shigeoka brothers. There wasn’t the slightest hesitance when Kameda Promotions added Ginjiro and Yudai Shigeoka to its young and growing roster. The belief upon signing the pair of strawweights was that...
Koki Kameda continues to make big moves on behalf of his fighters. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that Kameda Promotions has won the purse bid for the rescheduled Panya Pradabsri-Yudai Shigeoka WBC strawweight title consolidation bout. A winning bid o...
Panya Pradabsri enjoyed his quickest title fight to date. The moment came in repeat business with Tokyo's Norihito Tanaka, whom the reigning WBC strawweight titlist stopped in the eighth round of their title fight rematch. Pradabsri floored Tanaka in...
Yudai Shigeoka didn't waste any time to join his younger brother in the title hunt. The brotherly tandem both claimed interim strawweight titles as part of Kameda Promotions' 3150Fight Vol. 5 show Sunday evening on Abema TV from Yoyogi #2 Gymnasium....
SAN ANTONIO – The hustle never stops for Koki Kameda. In fact, it’s busier than ever for the former multi-division champion, years after his storied boxing career. The past two weeks alone for Kameda included the promotion of his upcoming show, 3150F...
Yudai Shigeoka will face a former beltholder to hold his place in line for a shot at the main prize. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that Puerto Rico’s Wilfredo ‘Bimbito’ Mendez is set to face the unbeaten Shigeoka atop 3150Fight Vol. 5 this Sunday on...
The first four months of 2023 have not been kind to the Shigeoka family. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that unbeaten strawweight challenger Yudai Shigeoka is in need of a new opponent after WBC strawweight titlist Panya Pradabsri was pulled from thei...
Panya Pradabsri will enter the lion’s den for his next title defense. The reigning WBC strawweight titleholder is set to face ambitious challenger Yudai Shigeoka, who aims to win his first major belt in just his seventh pro fight. The bout headlines...
