
Takuma Inoue Gets Off Canvas to Outpoint Warrior Sho Ishida
Takuma Inoue had to climb off the floor to retain his WBA bantamweight title having made a terrible start against veteran Sho Ishida.
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Takuma Inoue had to climb off the floor to retain his WBA bantamweight title having made a terrible start against veteran Sho Ishida.

Takuma Inoue suffered a flash knockdown in the opening round before going on to unanimously outpoint Sho Ishida over 12. The judges turned in scores of 118-109 (twice) and 116-111.

Even after a few weeks have passed, Victor Santillan (13-1) still can’t believe what happened at the Sumihoshi Ward Center in Osaka, Japan on June 11th in an Ioka Promotions main event.

Kosei Tanaka rebounded from the first loss of his career to defeat Sho Ishida by split-decision Saturday night at the International Conference Hall in his hometown of Nagoya, Japan.

Yafai vs. Ishida Fight Photos Gallery - Kal Yafai made the second defence of his world title in a successful manner. The WBA super-flyweight king, who won the belt last December before a maiden defence back in May, outpointed undefeated mandatory challenger Sho Ishida at the Principality Stadium.

Kal Yafai made the second defence of his world title in a successful manner. The WBA super-flyweight king, who won the belt last December before a maiden defence back in May, outpointed undefeated mandatory challenger Sho Ishida at the Principality Stadium. Yafai was dominant throughout, though Ishida had his moments, on the undercard of Anthony Joshua’s bid to retain his IBF, WBA Super and IBO heavyweight titles against Carlos Takam in Cardiff.

Kal Yafai says he will send out a statement to the Super-Flyweight division that he’s coming for all the belts when he defends his crown against unbeaten mandatory challenger Sho Ishida at Principality Stadium in Cardiff on Saturday (October 28) live on Sky Sports Box Office. Yafai puts the strap on the line for the second time and against a second opponent from the land of the rising sun having been taken 12 rounds by the gritty Suguru Muranaka in May.

Eddie Hearn has added Kal Yafai's (22-0, 14 KOs) mandatory WBA World Super flyweight title defence against Japan's Sho Ishida (24-0, 13 early) to the undercard of Anthony Joshua's IBF World, WBA Super World and IBO heavyweight world title defence against Kubrat Pulev at Cardiff's Millennium Stadium on October 28. Hearn confirmed the news via Twitter earlier today.

The World Boxing Association's Championship Committee has ordered a bout in the super flyweight division between Britain's Khalid Yafai, who is the champion at the weight, and Japan's Sho Ishida, who is ranked number one at 115 pounds.