Naka gets title shot against WBA bantamweight champ

Naka gets title shot against WBA bantamweight champ

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Nobuaki Naka, currently eighth in the World Boxing Association bantamweight rankings at 53.42 kilograms, poses at his gym in Amagasaki, west of Osaka, on Feb. 12. Boxing officials said Naka will take on world champion Johnny Bredahl of Denmark in Copenhagen in March.

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