TAKERU vs SUGDEN
The huge official announcement you have been teased with… and have been waiting for!
Three Division K-1 Champion Takeru will fight in Europe against the UK’s ‘British Bulldog’ Bailey Sugden for the ISKA World Lightweight title at Zenith in Paris on Saturday 24th June 2023.
Takeru’s last fight was one of the largest in kickboxing history. Tenshin Nasukawa in front of nearly 60,000 fans at the Tokyo Dome in a fight that had been brewing for several years. Takeru his coming back from an extended break but can’t wait to ignite his kickboxing career.
He is taking on an opponent who has fought numerous times for MTGP and Glory, with Sugden coming into this contest on the back of a three fight winning streak. Takeru will take some beating as in over a decade during which the 31 year old has established himself as one of the best pound for pound kickboxers on the entire planet. Takeru has earned a career high purse from his last fight with Tenshin and this will be his first time fighting since becoming a multi-millionaire.
ISKA World Champion Bailey Sugden can’t wait to put on a show against Takeru and show the World what the ‘British Bulldog’ is not only the UK’s best Lightweight but also Europe!! The Newark born fighter recently produced a fantastic unanimous Title Defence against ISKA European freestyle rules champion Pedro Ruiz in England. Sugden knows exactly what to expect from Takeru, as he has been keen to break into the Japanese K-1 scene and hungry for so much more and can’t wait to get back in there and show why he’s the current defending World Champion.