Kazuto Ioka plans to revisit past business despite the present task at hand. BoxingScene.com has learned that a request was placed by Ioka through Shisei Promotions with the WBA for permission to pursue a title unification bout versus lineal/WBC 1...
The WBA appears to be back in the mandatory business. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that reigning junior bantamweight titlist Kazuto Ioka was ordered to next defend his title versus number-one ranked contender John ‘Scrappy’ Ramirez. The two sides we...
Kazuto Ioka did what was necessary to keep alive his time-honored tradition of a title fight on New Year’s Eve. Now is the part where he continues to add to his legacy. A seventh-round knockout of Venezuela’s Josber Perez was the alternate plan come...
Kazuto Ioka didn’t have any regrets about the decision made to proceed with his year-end boxing tradition. The four-division titlist and reigning WBA junior bantamweight title claimant was forced to settle for a voluntary title defense versus longsho...
Kazuto Ioka closed out the year in style. The four-division champ extended his annual New Year’s Eve tradition with a seventh-round knockout of Venezuela’s Josber Perez in their WBA junior bantamweight title fight. Ioka scored three knockdowns, the l...
Kazuto Ioka breathed a sigh of relief once he heard the official weights. There wasn’t any self-concern for the reigning WBA junior bantamweight titlist. More so, Ioka was pleased when Venezuela’s Josber Perez tipped the scales well under the limit f...
Juan Francisco Estrada won’t be in the ring this weekend, though his team can still come home with Kazuto Ioka’s title. Josber Perez is a longshot underdog to unseat the four-division and reigning WBA junior bantamweight titlist. The Venezuelan conte...
By Jake Donovan - Kazuto Ioka expected a higher profile matchup for his year-end tradition. While he’s not overlooking the fight he has in front of him, the four-division and reigning WBA junior bantamweight titlist is aware the pressure is on to tur...
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Kazuto Ioka is set for his latest year-end tradition. The four-division titlist will headline his twelfth career New Year’s Eve show as he defends his WBA junior bantamweight title versus Venezuela’s Josber Perez. Both boxers made weight for their sc...
Kazuto Ioka will continue his annual year-end boxing tradition, even If not versus the desired level of opposition. The four-division and reigning WBA junior bantamweight titlist will next defend his belt versus Venezuela’s Josber Perez
A title unification and year-end boxing tradition are both in jeopardy of not taking place. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that talks have dramatically stalled between the respective teams of Juan Francisco Estrada and Kazuto Ioka. More than a month a...
Juan Francisco Estrada had a ringside seat for the attempted unification bout between Kazuto Ioka and Joshua Franco last New Year’s Eve. The reigning lineal and WBC junior bantamweight champion hopes to participate in this year’s edition.
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