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| Kazuto Ioka, Akira Yaegashi Ready To Unify, Go To War
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By Hisao Adachi The Ioka Boxing Gym will organize a historic boxing event on June 20 at the Bodymaker Colosseum (Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium) in the city of Osaka. In the main event, there will be a unification of two strawweight (minimumweight) world titles. The sensational undefeated world champion, WBC king Kazuto Ioka (9-0, 6KOs, 23 years old and from the Ioka Boxing Gym in Osaka), unifies with WBA world champion Akira Yaegashi (15-2, 8KOs, 29 years of age and from the Ohashi Boxing Gym in the city of Yokohama). It is the first time in Japanese boxing history where a unification bout is made between two world champions from different sanctioning bodies in the same weight division.
Among the local experts, Ioka is a favorite in the fight and most consider him a superstar in the making. Last February, he stopped Thai boxer Oleydong Sithsamerchai and captured the WBC world title in his seventh pro fight - breaking the Japanese record of Jyoichiro Tatsuyoshi. Ioka said - "I will do my best to get a decisive victory over Akira Yaegashi. I can say the fight could end quickly for me." 
Tags: Kazuto Ioka  , Akira Yaegashi |
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comment by Silencers, on 06-16-2012 |
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This should be a very good fight, I think Ioka is the more skilled fighter of the two and I'm picking him to win but Yaegashi will be there every step of the way. |
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comment by any craic lad?, on 06-16-2012 |
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Lets go Ioka great too see two Japanese champs fighting |
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comment by El Angel, on 06-16-2012 |
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After Yaegashi's FOTY canidate last year, this should be a barn burner. |
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comment by Mastrangelo, on 06-16-2012 |
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[QUOTE=koji mizuhara]Ioka is younger, faster, better technician.
Yaegashi got more toughness and experience.
Both of them are entertaining fighters.
This is what good match up is.[/QUOTE]
I'd argue with that, honesty I don't think there's anyone faster than (fresh) Yaegashi at strawweight,... |
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comment by Cloud, on 06-16-2012 |
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Japanese fight posters are the greatest ever.
What I hate about this is that nobody, other than real hardcore fans, gives a flying fuck about this fight.
Bradley-Pacman the biggest fight of the year...yeah, whatever. I've been looking forward to this all year long. This, for me, id the bigg... |
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