What better way to close a year that has had boxing on the hiatus for a few months due to the spread of the coronavirus pandemic than with a world title. He 31st of December, at Ota-City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan, Kazuto Ioka will expose his WBO super-fly title to his compatriot Kosei Tanaka.
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The panel will be broadcast by TBS in Japan and will be taken to other parts of the world through various signals. In Latin America, for example, actions may be followed by ESPN2, but not in the United States, where fans will have to get resources if they want to follow the actions. In addition, Fox Sports will broadcast television in Australia and Boxnation in the United Kingdom.
For Ioka, 31, It will be the second defense of the title he won on June 19 last year while he was vacant, thanks to the TKO victory in the 10th round over the Filipino Aston Palicte. In his first defense, on December 31 last year, he defeated Puerto Rican Jeyvier Cintrón by a unanimous decision.
Title challenger Kosei Tanaka goes undefeated in 15 fights, untied, and decided to go fight for the super flyweight belt after making three successful defenses at the WBO flyweight world title he won in September 2018, defeating Sho Kimura in a tight decision.
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Being the only Japanese boxer Ioka who managed to be crowned world champion in four different weight categories, Tanaka wants to beat him to equal this mark because, despite doing only 15 fights, he was already world champion in three divisions. Undoubtedly a promising fight.