Comments Thread For: (Re) Introducing Kazuto Ioka

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By Cliff Rold - Fighters with one loss, on an eight fight winning streak, titles in two weight classes and WBA sub-title in a third, don't retire before the age of 30 very often. If they do, they rarely stay retired. Circumstances weren't the same but featherweight great Vicente Saldivar was only 25 years old when he shocked the boxing world in October 1967 following a knockout of rival Howard Winstone. It was their third contest...
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[RuleOfTheSpear]

I'd like to see him fight the winner of Estrada vs Orucuta.

[hinode]

Ioka kind of faked the retirement so that he could get away from his father who is also the trainer/manager/promoter. Many boxing fans in Japan believe his father was the one who made him do all the cherry picking in the past few years. Looking back at his resume, since losing to Amnat Ruenroeng, only notable wins are against Juan Carlos Reveco who was completely outclassed and knocked out by Donnie Nietes 6 months ago. So facing someone like Arroyo is a very good move for him to prove what he is really made of. Ioka looked very small and powerless even in the flyweight division so it'll be interesting to see how he deals with Arroyo who is naturally bigger/stronger.

[HumanBag]

So he only won a secondary wba title at 108 then that makes him only a 2 division champ to me.

[Commie]

Che cazzo ioka?

[hinode]

So he only won a secondary wba title at 108 then that makes him only a 2 division champ to me.

Yes, you're correct. He never won a legitimate title at 108. He is a two-division champ.
When he won the WBA "regular" at 112 by beating Reveco, they made it like a big thing saying he's the fastest three-division champ and all. Ioka even cried in the ring when he was called the winner.
In reality, he was merely a one division champ then with legit titles only at 105.
That 112 regular later became the "full" title thanks to Gallo Estrada.

[HumanBag]

Yes, you're correct. He never won a legitimate title at 108. He is a two-division champ.
When he won the WBA "regular" at 112 by beating Reveco, they made it like a big thing saying he's the fastest three-division champ and all. Ioka even cried in the ring when he was called the winner.
In reality, he was merely a one division champ then with legit titles only at 105.
That 112 regular later became the "full" title thanks to Gallo Estrada.

That's why the WBA will keep their farce because people keeps giving credit to their bs titles. Inoue is also in the same situation but at least he has a chance to win a legit title in the wbss.