August 20, 2006
TOKYO, JAPAN
OPBF light flyweight champ Munetsugu Kayo (14-1, 8 KOs) will have an ambitious shot at the interim WBC 108-pound belt against Wandee Singwangcha (49-7-1, 10 KOs) of Thailand in Tokyo, Japan, on October 9.
Originally Wandee had been obliged to face the full WBC champ Brian Viloria, who lately lost his belt by an upset decision to Omar Nino of Mexico. Then the WBC sanctioned Wandeefs voluntary defense against Kayo under the condition that the winner should face the newly crowned Nino. Despite that, Yoko Gushiken, ex-WBA 108-pound champ and manager of Kayo, said should Kayo be victorious he would meet the WBA ruler Koki Kameda in a unification bout, which neither the WBC nor the WBA will sanction without doubt. Now that Kayo announced his world title shot, his OPBF belt became automatically vacant due to the OPBFfs rules and regulations.
(8-20-06)