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Munroe goes after Tokyo Tiger
WBC super-bantamweight champion Toshiaki Nishioka will defend his title against Rendall Munroe of Britain in October.
The bout will take place in Tokyo on October 24, the champion's handlers announced on Tuesday.
The 34-year-old Japanese fighter will make the fifth defence of the title. He has won his four most recent fights by knockout.
Nishioka became the interim champion in September 2008 and became the full champion in January last year when Israel Vazquez of Mexico gave up the belt for health reasons.
The champion said on Tuesday he did not mind whether he kept up his record of knockouts or not.
Nishioka's career record stands at 36 wins, with 23 KOs, four defeats and three draws.
Munroe, 30, has 21 wins, including nine KOs, against one defeat on his record.
DENNY MOYER DIES
Ron Jackson writes that Denny Moyer, the first man to win the WBA light-middleweight title, has died at the age of 70. Moyer, who also won the WBC light-middleweight title, passed away in Portland, Oregon, the city where he was born.
His older brother Phil was also an outstanding fighter.
On July 7, 1959, in only his 22nd professional fight, Denny challenged the experienced Don Jordan for the world welterweight title. He was beaten on points; his first defeat.
In October 1962, he outpointed Joey Giambra over 15 rounds to win the vacant WBA junior middleweight title. In February the next year he beat Stan Harrington for the vacant WBC title at the same weight.
He lost both titles to Ralph Dupas on April 29, 1963.
Denny twice fought an ageing Sugar Ray Robinson, losing their first fight and winning the second.
In 1970 he moved up to middleweight and challenged world champion Carlos Monzon from Argentina for the title, but was stopped in five rounds in Rome.
Among the world champions he faced in his long career were Paddy DeMarco, Virgil Akins, Tony DeMarco, Emile Griffith, Benny Paret, Luis Rodriguez, Nino Benvenuti and Vito Antuofermo.
He retired in 1975 with a record of 97-38-4 including 25 knockouts. In 2001 was elected into the World Boxing Hall of Fame.
After retiring, he worked in real estate and owned a construction company. He was admitted to a portland nursing hom in February 2004.
