Toshiaki Nishioka and Rendall Munroe Make Weight

Tokyo Midtown, a chic shopping and restaurant gallery, was the backdrop for the weigh-ins for tomorrow’s "This is Boxing" card featuring WBC super bantamweight titleholder Toshikaki Nishioka versus EBU champ Rendall Munroe. Both men, as well as all the competitors in a solid undercard, successfully made weight on their first attempts. Local broadcaster WOWOW aired the event live as a part of the hype for Sunday’s show.

The public weigh-in, which a colleague who has covered the sport in Japan for over a decade noted was probably the first that she has witnessed in the country, drew several hundred onlookers including more than a dozen of Munroe’s supporters who made the trip out east with the boxing binman. The defending champ tipped the scales at 120-1/2, while the challenger was just under 120.

Sky Sports 2 will also broadcast the fight on Sunday at 10AM local time, meaning viewers may get to see a portion of the undercard.

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