Blue Jays logo on display at Japan boxing match, without apparent MLB sign

The Toronto Blue Jays logo was on display during a major boxing match in Japan on Monday, leaving some sharp-eyed viewers intrigued and Major League Baseball (MLB) possibly miffed.

Sports fans tuning in to watch the WBC bantamweight title fight — as Takuma Inoue fought Tenshin Nasukawa at Tokyo’s Toyota Arena — could see glimpses of the Blue Jays logo on the corner posts of the ring, as well as on the canvas floor.

The Athletic, which first reported the development, described the arrangement as a "sponsorship" for the Blue Jays that MLB would normally be expected to sign off on — but that’s not what occurred in this instance, according to the outlet.

"The Blue Jays said they were aware of the sponsorship in advance of the logo

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