Boxing: Teraji retains world titles, Akui becomes new champion

Kenshiro Teraji barely retained his WBA and WBC light flyweight titles Tuesday, while fellow Japanese boxer Seigo Yuri Akui took the WBA flyweight belt from a previously undefeated Ukrainian opponent.Teraji won a majority decision over Venezuela's Carlos Canizales after a slugfest at Edion Arena Osaka, where the two fighters traded knockdowns in the early rounds.Canizales stepped up the pressure toward the end of the bout as Teraji moved around the ring in the last two rounds to avoid being trapped against the ropes.Two judges scored the fight 114-112 in favor of Teraji, while the other had…READ FULL ARTICLE