The Watanabe Gym today held a press conference in Tokyo and announced a super strawweight unification title fight between their fighter, the WBA champion Ryoichi Taguchi against Filipino, Milan ...

Tokyo, Japan - Hekkie Budler (32-3, 10 KOs) survived a late rally to once again become a world champion, as he captured the WBA, IBF junior flyweight world titles with a razor close twelve round ...

Hekkie Budler survived a knockdown in the final round to eke out a unanimous decision in an upset against Ryoichi Taguchi as he claimed two junior flyweight world title belts on Sunday at the Ota-City ...

THIS time, the weight was hardly a concern for Milan Melindo. The reigning International Boxing Federation junior flyweight champion breezed through the official weigh-in on Saturday for his title ...

Junior flyweight title unification fights are rare, but one will take place when Milan Melindo and Ryoichi Taguchi, the top two 108-pound boxers in the world, meet Dec. 31 at the Ota-City General ...

2013 BWAA Nat Fleischer Award winner for excellence in boxing journalism ESPN.com boxing writer since 2005 Five years at USA Today Hekkie Budler survived a knockdown in the final round to eke out a ...

2013 BWAA Nat Fleischer Award winner for excellence in boxing journalism ESPN.com boxing writer since 2005 Five years at USA Today Junior flyweight title unification fights are rare, but one will take ...