Menayothin prepares for his eleventh defense

The World Boxing Council minimum champion, Wanheng Menayothin (52-0, 18 KOs), will defend his crown on March 1 against Japan’s Tatsuya Fukuhara (21-6-6, 7 KOs), who two bouts ago  lost a close decision against the Champion, inNovember of 2017.

For Menayothin, the fight will be the eleventh defense of the minimum title that he won in November 2014, after stopping Mexican Oswaldo Novoa.

Wanheng, who notched up more than 200 fights as an amateur, earned his first major title  at age 21, when he won the WBC Youth World title, which he defended eight times.

Menayothin is one of the clearest examples of the importance of the Youth and affiliated championships, since they were a fundamental part of the journey, which led him to win the green and gold world title years later and become the best minimum weight fighter in the world.