January 24, 2004
NAGOYA, JAPAN-WBA interim bantam champ Hideki Todaka got married with his long-time sweetheart Tamae Shirahama, and the wedding ceremony was held on Saturday afternoon at the Westin Nagoya Castle Hotel in Nagoya, Japan. Some 300 people were in attendance, including WBC 115-pound champ Masamori Tokuyama and other outstanding boxing persons. Todaka is said to meet the WBA full champ Johnny Bredahl in Denmark in March, and says, “Whoever and wherever I may fight, I’ll do my best to keep my belt.”
(1-24-04)