Tokuyama in Seoul to defend WBC title

Tokuyama in Seoul to defend WBC title

SEOUL, South Korea - Masamori Tokuyama, the World Boxing Council super flyweight champion, poses for photographers on arrival at Kimpo airport on May 17 for a title fight scheduled for May 20 in Seoul. The 27-year-old Tokuyama, a third-generation pro-Pyongyang Korean living in Japan, will fight South Korea's former champion Cho In Ju.

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