Ryo Miyazaki: record, next fight and profile →
Rex Tso Sing-yu’s hopes of winning Kohei Kono’s WBA world super flyweight title were thrown in to disarray on Wednesday night after the Japanese veteran suffered a sensational defeat in his mandatory bout against Panama’s Luis Concepcion.
The next fight date for Ryoichi Taguchi is not yet set, but he has an opponent and a deadline for which said bout needs to be made. The reigning junior flyweight titlist is currently in negotiations with mandatory challenger Ryo Miyazaki, as confirmed by the World Boxing Association (WBA) to BoxingScene.com.
Katsunari Takayama is now a two-time strawweight titlist, the latest coming in a 7th round stoppage of countryman Go Odaira in a rare vacant unification title fight Wednesday evening in Osaka, Japan.
Former two-division champion Kazuto Ioka resumed his winning ways, scoring a 10-round decision over Pablo Carrillo in their non-title fight Tuesday evening in Tokyo, Japan.
At the Ioka Boxing Gym in Osaka, a press conference was held to announce the ring return of two-division world champion Kazuto Ioka (14-1, 9KOs, 25 years old and Ioka Boxing Gym) for September 16 at Korakuen Hall in Tokyo. Ioka will take on WBA #14 world ranked flyweight contender Paul "The Little Train" Carrillo (15-2-1, 8KOs, 25 years old and from Valledupar, Colombia) in a ten round main event.
By Jake Donovan - EDITOR'S NOTE: The 108 lb. title fight is still being aired via 30 minute delay in Japan. For those watching as the still airs and don't wish to have the result spoiled, please do not read beyond this sentence.
In a shocker that throws the year-end awards season for a loop while possibly putting the Japanese Boxing Commission in hot water, previously unbeaten Ryo Miyazaki was stopped in three rounds by Fahlan Sakkreerin Jr. in their 108 lb. bout Tuesday evening in Osaka, Japan. The bout served as the chief support to the 108 lb. title fight between Kazuto Ioka - Miyazaki's mentor and promotional stablemate - and Nicaragua's Felix Alvarado, but there are major questions as to whether the fight should have ever been allowed.
The undefeated minimumweight champion of the World Boxing Association, Japanese fighter Ryo Miyazaki (20-0, 11KOs) has announced his decision to vacate the title and move up in weight to the junior flyweight division. Miyazaki formalized his resignation last week, when he informed the WBA's Championships Committee. He also put in a request to get a high rating in the junior flyweight division when the next set of rankings are released. The WBA champion at junior flyweight is dangerous Nicaraguan Roman Gonzalez.
Ryo Miyazaki barely fended off the challenge of Jesus Silvestre to retain his version of the strawweight title Wednesday evening in Osaka, Japan. Scores were 115-114 and 115-113 in favor of Miyazaki, and 114-114.
Fireworks are expected when Ryo Miyazaki of Japan and Mexico's Jesus Silvestre trade punches on September 11 at the Bodymaker Colosseum in Osaka. "I will offer a great fight and knock Jesus Silvestre out," said the absolute world strawweight champion of the World Boxing Association (WBA). Miyazaki (19-0-3, 11 KOs) took the world title by winning a decision over Thai boxer Pornsawan Porpramook last December in Osaka.