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Undefeated former two-division champion Shakur Stevenson will take on hard-hitting Japanese fighter Shuichiro Yoshino in a 12-round WBC lightweight world title elimination bout tomorrow Saturday, April 8 at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey.
Stevenson (19-0, 9 KOs), former featherweight and super featherweight champion, returns home, after his win against Robson Conceição last September.
WBC highly ranked Yoshino (16-0, 12 KOs) is a former champion from Japan who had a 104-20 record as an amateur. After seven defenses of his Japanese national lightweight belt, Yoshino is currently ranked No. 5 in the world after an impressive 2022.
Promoted by Top Rank, tickets, starting at $55, are on sale now at Ticketmaster.com.
Today, both fighters presnted the official weigh in towards this important clash:
Stevenson: 134.4 Lbs.
Yoshino: 135 Lbs.
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