Tomorrow morning’s Junto Nakatani vs Vincent Astrolabio show is down a title fight after Jonathan Rodriguez came in nearly two weight classes heavy for his shot at WBO super flyweight champion Kosei Tanaka.
“Titan” Rodriguez (25-2-1, 17 KO) hit the scales at 121.25 pounds compared to Tanaka’s (20-1, 11 KO) 114.8, prompting a swift cancellation.
The Japanese Boxing Commission is potentially the strictest in the world when it comes to weight misses, and while they can’t do all that much to a foreign fighter’s career, I’d be surprised if he’s ever allowed to compete on Japanese soil again. He didn’t even pull a Full Nery and stop Tanaka, so he can’t bank on them lifting a suspension for the sake of revenge.
The main event, the vacant flyweight title fight between Riku Kano and Anthony Olascuaga, and Tenshin Nasukawa’s bout with a different Jonathan Rodriguez remain intact. The new main card opener sees former Paris 2024 hopeful Issei Aramoto make his pro debut in a super middleweight bout against Mongontsooj Nandinerdene