Ive noticed since his loss to nietes, he has improved his defense massively. He went on to beat the piss out of palicite who was a legit contender at the time and drew with nietes in a close fight mayweather -corrales esque
He then proceeds to give kosei tanaka (an elite fighter 3 weight world champ in 12 fights) a boxing lesson on the left hook and dissects him apart. Making him miss 4-5 punches at a time knocking him down 3 times (left hook) reminded me of pretty boy against ndou/gatti
I thought he dominated Cintron last year too, despite what the scorecards said. Ioka is incredibly underrated. Probably the most underrated champion in boxing.