Katsunari Takayama petitions JBC to change rules
Today it's been revealed that Takayama has asked the JBC to change that rule, with a petition beginning to get the rule changed.
In normal times Takayama would have fit in a fight before his birthday, and did have one scheduled for May 10th. These aren't normal times though and his May 10th bout has now been postponed due to the massive global situation.
At the moment it's unclear if Takayama will be listened to by the JBC and the JPBA, but fingers crossed that they do listen to the former champion and do accept that his case, especially given the global situation, is different and that they should maybe "bend" the rules rather than flat out change them here.