Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2023-06-24, pretty good boxing match: Joshua Franco vs Kazuto Ioka 2 gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Boxing Fights of 2023).
Ioka vs Franco 2 is scheduled to take place Saturday, June 24th, at the Ota-City General Gymnasium in Tokyo (Japan), in a 12-round super flyweight (115 lbs, 52.2 kg) bout; it is the main event of the evening and it is valid for the WBA world super-flyweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2022-12-31, good boxing match: Kazuto Ioka vs Joshua Franco gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Boxing Fights of 2022).
Franco vs Ioka is scheduled to take place Saturday, December 31st, at the Ota-City General Gymnasium in Tokyo (Japan), in a 12-round super flyweight (115 lbs, 52.2 kg) bout; it is the main event of the evening and it is valid for the WBA and WBO World super-flyweight titles. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2022-07-13, boxing fight not so exciting: Kazuto Ioka vs Donnie Nietes 2 gets two stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Boxing Fights of 2022).
Nietes vs Ioka 2 is the main event of the evening and it is valid for the WBO World super-flyweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2021-12-31, good boxing fight: Kazuto Ioka vs Ryoji Fukunaga gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Boxing Fights of 2021).
Fukunaga vs Ioka is the main event of the evening and it is valid for the WBO World super-flyweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2021-09-01, pretty good boxing fight: Kazuto Ioka vs Francisco Rodriguez Jr gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Boxing Fights of 2021).
Rodriguez vs Ioka is the main event of the evening and it is valid for the WBO World super-flyweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-12-31, good fight between Kosei Tanaka and Kazuto Ioka: it gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the best boxing fights of 2020).
The undefeated world champion in three different weight classes Kosei Tanaka entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 15-0-0 (9 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 flyweight in the world. In his last three bouts he has won over Ryoichi Taguchi (Kosei Tanaka vs Ryoichi Taguchi), Jonathan Gonzalez (Kosei Tanaka vs Jonathan Gonzalez) and Wulan Tuolehazi (Kosei Tanaka vs Wulan Tuolehazi).
His opponent, the world champion in four different weight divisions Kazuto Ioka, has an official record of 25-2-0 (14 knockouts) and he entered as the No.4 super flyweight. He lost to Donnie Nietes in 2018 (Donnie Nietes vs Kazuto Ioka) but then he has beat Aston Palicte (Kazuto Ioka vs Aston Palicte) and Jeyvier Cintron (Kazuto Ioka vs Jeyvier Cintron). Ioka vs Kosei is valid for the WBO World super-flyweight title (Ioka’s second defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-12-31, fight not so exciting between Kazuto Ioka and Jeyvier Cintron: it gets two stars.
The world champion in four different weight classes Kazuto Ioka entered this fight with a professional record of 24-2-0 (14 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.3 super flyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Juan Francisco Estrada). He lost to Donnie Nietes last year (Donnie Nietes vs Kazuto Ioka) but he came back to win against Aston Palicte in 2019 (Kazuto Ioka vs Aston Palicte).
His opponent, the undefeated two-time Olympic Jeyvier Cintron, has a perfect boxing record of 11-0-0 (5 knockouts) and he entered as the No.29 in the same weight class. He has already fought three times in 2019 beating Eliecer Quezada and facing twice Koki Eto (the first bout ended in a no-decision while the second, a unanimous decision win for Cintron). Ioka vs Cintron is valid for the WBO World super flyweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-06-19, pretty good finish but the rest of the fight was not so exciting: Kazuto Ioka vs Aston Palicte gets two stars.
The former world champion in three different weight classes Kazuto Ioka entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 23-2-0 (13 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.6 super flyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Juan Francisco Estrada) but he comes off the loss against Donnie Nietes (Donnie Nietes vs Kazuto Ioka); before this bout, he had beat McWilliams Arroyo in 2018 (Kazuto Ioka vs McWilliams Arroyo) and Nare Yianleang in 2017.
His opponent, Aston Palicte, has an official record of 25-2-1 (21 KOs=84%) and he entered as the No.10 in the same weight class. He tied with Nietes last year (Donnie Nietes vs Aston Palicte) but he came back to win in 2019 against Jose Martinez (Aston Palicte vs Jose Martinez). Ioka vs Palicte is valid for the vacant WBO World super flyweight title. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-12-31, fight not so exciting between Donnie Nietes and Kazuto Ioka: it gets two stars.
The former world champion in three different weight classes Donnie Nietes entered this fight with a professional record of 41-1-5 (23 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.4 super flyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Srisaket Sor Rungvisai). He suffered his only loss when he faced Angky Angkotta in 2004, since then he has collected 30 victories and 4 draws beating Juan Carlos Reveco (Donnie Nietes vs Juan Carlos Reveco) and drawing with Aston Palicte in 2018 (Donnie Nietes vs Aston Palicte).
His opponent, former world champ in three different weight divisions as well Kazuto Ioka, has a boxing record of 23-1-0 (13 knockouts) and he entered as the No.3 in the same weight class. He was defeated by Amnat Ruenroeng in 2014 (via split decision, Ioka vs Ruenroeng), but after this bout he has won nine bouts beating Yutthana Kaensa (Ioka vs Kaensa), Nare Yianleang and McWilliams Arroyo in his last three (Kazuto Ioka vs McWilliams Arroyo). Nietes vs Ioka is valid for the vacant WBO World super flyweight title; they also faced each other a second time on July 13, 2022 (Kazuto Ioka vs Donnie Nietes 2). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-09-08, great fight between Kazuto Ioka and McWilliams Arroyo: it gets three stars.
The former world champion in three different weight classes Kazuto Ioka entered this fight with a pro boxing record of 22-1-0 (13 knockouts) but he is not ranked as he hasn’t fought since April 23, 2017 when he defeated Noknoi Sitthiprasert (Kazuto Ioka vs Noknoi Sitthiprasert). He suffered his only loss when he faced Amnat Ruenroeng in 2014 (via split decision, Ioka vs Ruenroeng), after this bout he has won eight bouts beating Keyvin Lara (Ioka vs Lara) and Yutthana Kaensa in 2016 (Ioka vs Kaensa).
His opponent, the former Olympian and 2009 world amateur boxing champion McWilliams Arroyo, has a record of 17-3-0 (14 KOs=82%) and he entered as the No.7 in the same weight class. He was defeated by Roman Gonzalez in 2016 (Roman Gonzalez vs McWilliams Arroyo) but he came back to win with Carlos Cuadras in 2018 (Carlos Cuadras vs McWilliams Arroyo). Ioka vs Arroyo is valid for the WBC Silver super flyweight title; undercard of Juan Francisco Estrada vs Felipe Orucuta. Watch the video and rate this fight!
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