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Boxing: Yudai Shigeoka vs. Wilfredo Mendez

Japan's Yudai Shigeoka poses for a photo after winning the WBC interim minimumweight boxing title by decking Puerto Rico's Wilfredo Mendez at Yoyogi 2nd Gymnasium in Tokyo on April 16, 2023.

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Boxing: Yudai Shigeoka vs. Wilfredo Mendez

Japan's Yudai Shigeoka reacts after scoring a seventh-round knockout win over Puerto Rico's Wilfredo Mendez (rear) to claim the WBC interim minimumweight boxing title at Yoyogi 2nd Gymnasium in Tokyo on April 16, 2023.

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Boxing: Yudai Shigeoka vs. Wilfredo Mendez

Japan's Yudai Shigeoka (L) forces Puerto Rico's Wilfredo Mendez to the ropes during the third round of a WBC interim minimumweight world title boxing bout at Yoyogi 2nd Gymnasium in Tokyo on April 16, 2023.

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Boxing: Yudai Shigeoka vs. Wilfredo Mendez

Japan's Yudai Shigeoka (L) throws a left at Puerto Rico's Wilfredo Mendez during the fourth round of a WBC interim minimumweight world title boxing bout at Yoyogi 2nd Gymnasium in Tokyo on April 16, 2023.

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Boxing: Yudai Shigeoka vs. Wilfredo Mendez

Japan's Yudai Shigeoka walks away after flooring Puerto Rico's Wilfredo Mendez (rear) in the fifth round of a WBC interim minimumweight world title boxing bout at Yoyogi 2nd Gymnasium in Tokyo on April 16, 2023.

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Boxing: Mendez confirmed as Shigeoka's new opponent

Wilfredo Mendez of Puerto Rico attends a press conference in Tokyo on April 12, 2023. Mendez, the World Boxing Council's seventh-ranked minimumweight, will fight third-ranked Yudai Shigeoka for the division's world interim title on April 16.

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Boxing: Inoue to feature in world c'ship doubleheader

Combined file photo shows WBA and IBF bantamweight champion Naoya Inoue (L) and Masataka Taniguchi, who ranks first in the WBO minimumweight division. In a boxing world championship doubleheader at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Dec. 14, 2021, Inoue will face Aran Dipaen of Thailand while Taniguchi will challenge champion Wilfredo Mendez of Puerto Rico.