Seiya Tsutsumi will return to the ring on February 24 for the primary protection of his World Boxing Affiliation (WBA) bantamweight belt towards Daigo Higa on the Ariake Area in Koto Ku, Japan.
The 118-pound champion intends to win this primary protection towards an skilled fighter.
Tsutsumi comes from defeating Takuma Inoue final October 13 in probably the most entertaining fights of 2024 by which he gained a unanimous choice to grow to be the champion of the class. The 29-year-old fighter is aware of the duty he has in his arms and needs to ship in his first battle as monarch.
Higa already has expertise in world title fights and though he has didn’t win in one of these bout, he intends to reverse the state of affairs. He has gained 4 of his final 5 fights and his most up-to-date was an in depth choice loss to Yoshiki Takei.
Tsutsumi has 12 wins, no losses and a couple of attracts, with 8 knockouts, whereas Higa has 21 wins, 3 losses, 1 draw and 19 knockouts.