Kazuto Ioka didn’t get the knockout win he craved but lived up to his vow to make every punch count. Japan’s only-ever male boxer to win titles in four weight divisions got it right the second time around in a WBA junior bantamweight title-winning ef...
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Joshua Franco and Kazuto Ioka both entered their first fight as reigning junior bantamweight titlist. They will now enter the ring for their anticipated sequel as former titleholders. San Antonio’s Franco was forced to relinquish the WBA 115-pound ti...
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Joshua Franco spent nearly the past six months looking forward to a second go with Kazuto Ioka. He now has two hours to lose as much weight as he can but pressed with the harsh reality of losing his WBA junior bantamweight title before he enters the...
Kazuto Ioka and Joshua Franco shared at least two things in common after their first fight last New Year’s Eve. Both left the ring with their respective junior bantamweight title reigns still intact and they both insisted they deserved the nod over t...
Joshua Franco will never not believe that he deserved to enter 2023 with two major titles in tow. Ever the realist, he recognized the moments where he failed to convince two of the three judges to score in his favor over Kazuto Ioka last New Year’s E...
The stage is now set for the rematch to set the record straight. Japan's former WBO super flyweight world champion Kazuto Ioka will face the current WBA champion Joshua Franco of the United States in a rematch of their recent world title unification...
Jesse ‘Bam’ Rodriguez could not have been prouder to come home with a major title in tow and then given the chance to defend that belt in front of all his friends and family. The unbeaten San Antonio native is equally as proud to return to his roots...
Joshua Franco still has the same target in mind for his next fight even with one less belt at stake. A title unification with lineal/WBC junior bantamweight champion Juan Francisco Estrada is still the priority for San Antonio’s Franco. The goal has...
Japanese star Kazuto Ioka was disappointed with his performance on Saturday night, when he fought to a twelve round majority draw with Joshua Franco in their super flyweight unification clash at Tokyo' General Gymnasium.
Although this highly anticipated super flyweight unification fight between WBO titlist Kazuto Ioka and WBA counterpart Joshua Franco lived up to the occasion, the majority draw outcome, while fair, was unsatisfying as both men ended up keeping their...
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, ma...
