Comments Thread For: Joshua Franco, Kazuto Ioka Fight To Majority Draw In WBA/WBO Title Unification Bid

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Joshua Franco and Kazuto Ioka will begin 2023 the same way as this year ended--with their respective title reigns intact. The final title fight of 2022 failed to produce a winner as the pair of junior bantamweight titlists fought to a twelve-round, majority draw. Franco managed to win by score of 115-113 on the dissenting card, overruled by matching scores of 114-114 to produce a stalemate in the WBA/WBO unification bout Saturday evening at Ota-City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.
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[nick59]

poor cards i had franco 8-4 or even 9-3

[..David..]

Really tought franco edged it but not so surprised with the result

[kiaba360]

I stayed up and still missed it lol. Hope to find it on Youtube or Dailymotion later today.

[Corelone]

I always give the home town fighter 2 points when they sign the fight. A draw in enemy territory is as good as a win for bragging rights.

[mlac]

ffs i just woke up to watch it lol. advertised to start 10.am

[Malvado]

The bad I missed the fight, apparently Estrada was there and was well received.

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[FinitoxDinamita]

I forgot to bet on this one and I couldnt be more glad lol.

[SceneBoxer]

draw? yeah hahaha

[JOITATS]

thought ioka boxed better than franco for most of the 1st 8 rounds, and clearly landed the cleaner shots.

but franco had more volume, fwd pressure, and took over after 9, and clearly finished stronger.

don't think either guy was the clear winner.