Hong Kong boxer Ruru Yang set for her first title defence against the Philippines’ Kim Actub
- The 28-year-old is set to defend the WBC Asia super flyweight crown she won in April next week in Bangkok
- Yang’s coach says she ‘has the ability to go where no Hongkonger has gone before – she can be a legend’
A little more than four months after becoming the city’s first female to win a regional title, Hong Kong boxer Ruru Yang Sheau-ru is again stepping into the ring.
The 28-year-old is set to defend the WBC Asia super flyweight crown she won in April when she takes on Kim Actub of the Philippines at Spaceplus in the RCA Plaza, Bangkok, on August 31.
“I had a month-long break after winning my title and went back to the gym again afterwards,” Yang said. “I had been training for five days every week waiting for the next fight.
“I changed my diet in order to prepare in a more efficient way, I’m eating in a healthier way so that my normal body weight is lower, and the weight cut during the last few weeks will be easier for me.”
Actub, the Philippines bantamweight champion, boasts a record of eight wins, of which five were knockouts, and 11 losses in a career which began in 2011.
She is coming off a second-round TKO loss to Japan bantamweight champion Asami “Akaringo” Nakai at EDION Arena Osaka.