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Featherweight Boxing

Apr 22, 2008

Boxing: Shimada aims to become oldest Japanese world champion

Japanese boxer Takehiro Shimada is set to face WBA super featherweight champion Edwin Valero of Venezuela on June 12 in Tokyo, and if he wins, he will become the oldest-ever Japanese world champion at 36. via Kyodo News

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