
KYODO: Japanese boxer Norihito Tanaka is set to challenge WBC minimumweight champion Panya Pradabsri on June 28 in Rayong, his Misako Gym said Friday.
The 38-year-old Tanaka, the World Boxing Council's 10th-ranked minimumweight, will take his third shot at a world title following last August's unanimous decision loss to the 32-year-old Panya.