Boxing: Higa fails to make weight, stripped of WBC flyweight belt

Japan's Daigo Higa was stripped of his World Boxing Council flyweight belt Saturday after failing to make weight on the eve of his title defense against Cristofer Rosales of Nicaragua.Higa, who is 15-0, was scheduled to face the 26-3 Rosales in his third defense, fighting on the undercard of fellow Japanese world champion Ryota Murata's title bout against Italian Emanuele Blandamura at Yokohama Arena.According to the Japan Boxing Commission, it is the first case of a Japanese fighter failing to make weight for a world title fight. The 22-year-old Higa weighed in at 51.7 kilograms, exceeding…READ FULL ARTICLE