Sithsamerchai vs Ioka WBC Title Bout Set For Feb. 11

By Jhonny Gonzalez

Japanese boxer Kazuto Ioka could make history on February 11 when he challenges WBC minimumweight champion Oleydong Sithsamerchai of Thailand. The fight takes place at the Kobe World Memorial Hall. Ioka wins the fight, he will set a record in Japan for winning a world title with the fewest amount of fights. Ioka is 6-0, 4KOs, but the champions has an impressive unbeaten record of 35-0-1, 13KOs.

Ioka is the nephew of former WBC strawweight and WBA junior flyweight champion Hiroki Ioka. Former WBC bantamweight champion Joichiro Tatsuyoshi and former WBA super flyweight champion Nobuo Nashiro needed eight bouts to capture their titles.