PBC (Premier Boxing Champions) announced an event to be held on October 17 (October 18 Japan Time) at The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas. The event will feature WBC World Super Welterweight Champion Sebastian Fundora (USA) defending his title for the fourth time as the main event, and it was also revealed that Tomoki Kameda (TMK) will challenge champion Brandon Figueroa (USA) for the WBA World Featherweight title.
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Kameda has been training in Mexico since late July in preparation for his fight against Figueroa. He plans to travel directly to the fight venue without returning to Japan. The Figueroa bout will be his first fight since challenging IBF champion Angelo Leo (USA) last May, and he is aiming to finally capture the featherweight title. Kameda also stepped into the ring in Las Vegas in July 2014 during his reign as WBO bantamweight champion, when he knocked out Thailand’s Punluang in the seventh round.
In the main event, a WBC super welterweight bout, the tall southpaw champion Fundora (24 wins, 16 KOs, 1 loss, 1 draw) will face mandatory challenger Elmar Hadriiva (USA/Albania). Hadriiva is a southpaw with a record of 23 wins, 8 KOs, and 1 draw.
Also on the card is a 10-round super middleweight bout between former super welterweight and middleweight champion Jamal Charlo (USA) and Cohen Mazoudier (Australia). This was originally scheduled to take place in Australia in July.
