Boxing: Daigo Higa to get license reinstated after weigh-in blunder

Daigo Higa will have his suspension lifted by the Japan Boxing Commission after the Japanese boxer had to forfeit his WBC flyweight belt for failing a weigh-in for his title defense last spring, sources close to the matter said Saturday.According to the sources, an official announcement is expected soon after the JBC ethics committee agreed to lift the ban in response to an application by Higa and Yoko Gushiken, the chairman of his Shirai Gushiken Sports Gym.Higa, who had previously been 15-0 with 15 consecutive knockouts, has now been inactive for a year and five months.The 24-year-old Hig…READ FULL ARTICLE