At the World Memorial Hall in Kobe, Japan, 21-year-old Kazuto Ioka (7-0, 5 KOs) broke a Japanese boxing record by capturing the WBC strawweight with a five round stoppage of previously undefeated Oleydong Sithsamarchai (39-1-1, 14 KOs) of Thailand. The 10th-ranked Ioka broke a Japanese record for winning a world title in the fewest number of fights, seven. Former WBC bantamweight champion Joichiro Tatsuyoshi and former WBA super flyweight champion Nobuo Nashiro needed eight bouts to capture their titles.
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