What better way to end a year in which boxing has been on hold for several months due to the spread of the coronavirus pandemic than with a world title. He December 31, at Ota-City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan, Kazuto Ioka will show his WBO super flyweight title to his fellow countryman Kosei Tanaka.
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The billboard will be broadcast by TBS in Japan and will be transported to other corners of the world by various signals. For example, in Latin America, stocks can be tracked by ESPN2, but not in the United States, where fans have to get resourceful if they want to follow the action. Additionally, Fox Sports will broadcast in Australia and Boxnation in the UK.
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 a 10th round TKO win over Filipino Aston Palicte. In his first defense, on December 31 last year, he defeated Puerto Rican Jeyvier Cintrón by unanimous decision.
Title challenger Kosei Tanaka arrives undefeated in 15 fights, without tires, and has decided to fight for the super flyweight belt after three successful defenses against the WBO flyweight world title he captured in September 2018, defeating Sho Kimura in a tight split decision.
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Since Ioka is the only Japanese boxer to have managed to be crowned World Champion in four different weight divisions, Tanaka wants to beat him to match that figure as despite only making 15 fights, he is already a world champion in three divisions . Without a doubt a fight that promises.