In Osaka, Japan, promoter and former world champion Koki Kameda, 36, announced a card on October 7 at Ota City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, where the Shigeoka brothers will display their world class skills.
Older brother Yudai Shigeoka (7-0/5KOs, 26 years old and from Watanabe Boxing Gym in Tokyo) is WBC interim straw world champion after his seventh round KO victory over Puerto Rican Wilfredo “Bimbito” Mendez in April, last in Tokyo.
Yudai Shigeoka, as interim champion, will face WBC minimum regular world champion Panya Pradabsri (40-1/24KOs, 32-years-old) of Thailand.
On August 4 in Mexico, at the World Boxing Council office, an purse bid was held to obtain the right to organize this unified bout, winning the rights Kameda.
Younger brother Ginjiro Shigeoka (9-0/7KOs and a NC, is 23 years old and is also with the Watanabe Boxing Gym in Tokyo. He`s the IBF interim straw champion, will face the regular champion, the Mexican Daniel “Cejitas” Valladares (26-3-1/15KOs and one NC.