Ryoji Fukunaga

Kazuto Ioka Outpoints A Determined Ryoji Fukunaga To Retain WBO Title

Kazuto Ioka continued a time-honored boxing tradition in his native Japan. The four-division titlist successfully defended his WBO junior bantamweight title with a twelve-round, unanimous decision win over countryman Ryoji Fukunaga, a late replacemen...

Kazuto Ioka-Ryoji Fukunaga: Stats & Stakes

By Cliff Rold - Since 2011, Jr. bantamweight titlist Kazuto Ioka has missed only one New Year’s Eve appearance. He’s 8-1 on the date so far and even with the disappointment of a COVID-related replacement opponent, Ioka will still be ring center to se...

Ioka (114.9), Fukunaga (114.8) Make Weight For Final Major Title Fight Of 2021

The final title fight of 2021 is officially set. Kazuto Ioka and Ryoji Fukunaga both easily made weight ahead of their WBO junior bantamweight title fight, which headlines the annual New Year’s Eve show from Ota-Cty General Gymnasium in Tokyo. Ioka w...

Kazuto Ioka Salvages New Year's Eve Show In Tokyo, Will Now Face Ryoji Fukunaga

Kazuto Ioka has made the best out of an undesirable situation to salvage a decade-long tradition. The four-division and reigning WBO junior bantamweight titlist will move forward with a New Year’s Eve headliner, though no longer in a title unificatio...