World Boxing Council and World Boxing Association light flyweight champion Kenshiro Teraji of B.M.B. Boxing Gym, who decided to give up his titles in mid-July to move up to the flyweight division, is aiming at winning the WBC flyweight title, it was learned on July 29 in Kyoto.

  The 32-year-old Teraji said, ‘’I will aim at winning the green belt (the WBC) ‘’ during the July 29 convivial gathering in the western Japanese city hosted by his supporters.

  Teraji successfully defended the WBC light flyweight title four times and the WBA crown three times.

  At present, the WBC flyweight title is vacant. Cristofer Rosales of Nicaragua is the WBC’s top-ranked flyweight.

Rosales challenged the then WBC flyweight champion Daigo Higa (of then Shirai-Gushiken Boxing Gym) in April 2018 and stopped Higa in the ninth round, although Higa filed to make the weight. Rosales lost the title in his second title defense in December that year.

Teraji said, ‘’I am determined to win the flyweight title as well and will aim at becoming the undisputed champion.’’

While Teraji hurt his right hand in his title defense in January this year against top-ranked WBA light flyweight Carlos Canizales of Venezuela, he started training in May after having a surgery on his injured part so much so that he can now have sparring sessions.

Teraji is now putting teeth into his defense as he said, ‘’I will do the kind of boxing in which I will not be hit too much as I am horning my defense capability.’’