What better way to close out a year he has had for several months in boxing paused due to the spread of the coronavirus pandemic than with a world title. the 31 des, At the Ota-City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan, Kazuto Ioka will expose his OMB super flyweight title in front of his compatriot Kosei Tanaka.
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The billboard will be broadcast by TBS in Japan and will be taken to other corners of the world by different signals. In Latin America, for example, they will be able to follow actions on ESPN2, but not in the United States, Where fans have to get ingenious if they want to follow the actions. In addition, Fox Sports will televise in Australia and Boxnation in the UK.
For Ioka, 31, will be the second defense of the title he won on June 19 last year while vacant, Thanks to a victory by technical knockout in the tenth round against the Filipino Aston Palicte. In his first defense, on December 31 last year, he won by unanimous decision against the boricua Jeyvier Cintrón.
Kosei Tanaka, challenger to the title, arrives with an undefeated 15 fights, Without a draw, and has decided to go up to fight for the super fly belt after making three successful world-class OMB flyweight defenses that he won there by September 2018, winning in a tight split decision at Sho Kimura.
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Being Ioka the only Japanese boxer who has managed to be crowned world champion in four divisions of different weight, Tanaka wants to defeat to match this mark, as despite having made only 15 fights he has already been world champion in three divisions. Definitely a promising fight.