A world title doubleheader featuring WBC super-flyweight champion Masamori Tokuyama and WBA minimumweight challenger Keitaro Hoshino will be held at Osakajo Hall on Dec. 20, organizers said Monday.
Tokuyama, a pro-Pyongyang Korean resident of Japan, will be aiming to successfully defend his WBC crown for the sixth time when he takes on top-ranked challenger Gerry Penalosa of the Philippines in a bout that had to be rescheduled after he injured his left hand in August.
Meanwhile, third-ranked veteran Hoshino will get another crack at champion Noel Arambulet of Venezuela, who stripped Hoshino of his title when he won by majority decision in Yokohama in July.