Middleweight boxer Ryota Murata will be in the ring for his sixth professional fight, against the United States’ Jessie Nicklow, while former double weight-class champion Jorge Linares will take on Javier Prieto for the WBC lightweight title at Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium on Dec. 30, Teiken Promotions announced on Tuesday.
The 27-year-old Nicklow, nicknamed “The Beast,” is known as a combative fighter who has gone 24-4-3 (eight KOs) in his professional career. Murata, who said that he has watched a fight of Nicklow’s on video, commented that it would be an entertaining bout for the spectators.
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