Kenshiro Teraji didn’t take very long to grow comfortable at flyweight.
The former RING and unified junior flyweight champion became a two-division titlist after an 11th round stoppage of Nicaragua’s Cristofer Rosales. A broken nose was the determining factor by the ringside physician to advise referee Laurence Cole to stop the contest.
Teraji claimed the vacant WBC flyweight title with the win Sunday at Ariake Arena in Tokyo.
“I am very relieved,” Teraji said through in-ring translator Mizuka Koike.