Kazuto Ioka (井岡 一翔, Ioka Kazuto, born 24 March 1989) is a Japanese professional boxer. He is the first male Japanese boxer and fourth Asian to be a four-weight world champion,[1] having held the unified WBA and WBC mini-flyweight titles between 2011 and 2012, the WBA (Regular) light-flyweight title from 2012 to 2014, the WBA flyweight title from 2015 to 2017, the WBO super-flyweight title from 2019 to 2023, and the WBA super-flyweight title since June 2023. As of July 2023, he is ranked as the world’s second-best active super-flyweight by The Ring magazine, and third by BoxRec and the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board.[2][3][4]
^Donovan, Jake. "Kazuto Ioka-Junto Nakatani: WBO Formally Orders Mandatory Title Fight". BoxingScene.com. Retrieved January 11, 2023.
KazutoIoka (井岡 一翔, IokaKazuto, born 24 March 1989) is a Japanese professional boxer. He is the first male Japanese boxer and fourth Asian to be a four-weight...
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title unification fight with the reigning WBO super flyweight champion KazutoIoka. It was confirmed a month later that the title bout would take place...
"Joshua Franco loses title after failed weigh-in before defense against KazutoIoka". The Japan Times. Archived from the original on June 23, 2023. Retrieved...
go on to controversially win one of Ioka's former titles; the WBA light-flyweight title. His nephew, KazutoIoka, has won six amateur boxing titles, and...
that he intended to fight KazutoIoka for his WBO super flyweight title. Tanaka faced WBO super flyweight champion KazutoIoka on New Year's Eve 2020 in...
super flyweight champion KazutoIoka was ordered by the sanctioning body to make a mandatory title defense against Nakatani. As Ioka vacated the title on...
3 event, with the bout ending in a draw. On June 19, 2019 he lost to KazutoIoka for the vacant WBO super flyweight world title. "Boxing record for Aston...
Archived from the original on 4 July 2019. Retrieved 5 July 2019. "KazutoIoka vacates WBO world title to rematch WBA champion Franco". Yahoo (in Japanese)...
Estrada KazutoIoka David Jimenez(I) Juan Francisco Estrada Fernando Martínez Kosei Tanaka 1 Juan Francisco Estrada Román González KazutoIoka John Ramirez...
com. Archived from the original on 2019-04-28. Retrieved 2018-12-31. "KazutoIoka". Boxrec.com. Archived from the original on 2019-06-24. Retrieved 2019-08-25...
titles in Four different weight divisions when he defeated Japanese KazutoIoka via split decision on New Year's Eve, winning the vacant World Boxing...
Sanctioning body Reign began Champion Record Defenses WBA June 24, 2023 KazutoIoka 30–2–1 (15 KO) 1 WBC December 3, 2022 Juan Francisco Estrada 44–3 (28...
Japanese fighter to win major titles in four weight classes, following KazutoIoka. On 21 August 2023, it was reported that Inoue had entered into negotiations...
WBA WBC IBF WBO The Ring KazutoIoka 30–2–1 (15 KO) June 24, 2023 Juan Francisco Estrada 44–3 (28 KO) December 3, 2022 Fernando Martínez 16–0 (8 KO) February...
fighters had met to unify world titles, he lost to the WBC champion KazutoIoka via a unanimous decision at the Bodymaker Colosseum. When asked whether...
welterweight WBA (Super), WBC, IBF, WBO, and The Ring New 9 Román González 51–3 (41 KO) Super flyweight – -1 10 KazutoIoka 28–2 (15 KO) Super flyweight WBO...
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fight, Arroyo fought former world champion KazutoIoka, who was ranked #2 by the WBA at super flyweight. Ioka boxed very well as his game plan seemed to...
However new faces have included Denver Cuello and KazutoIoka (nephew of 1980s champion Hiroki Ioka). In the latter part of the decade Thai boxers returned...
title against Rey Loreto on December 31, 2019, on the undercard of the KazutoIoka and Jeyvier Cintrón WBO World Super Fly title match. He won the fight...
Retrieved 21 October 2021 – via Newspapers.com. Rafael, Dan (1 July 2012). "KazutoIoka vacates strawweight belt". ESPN. Archived from the original on 20 August...
March 2019. Retrieved 22 April 2020. Christ, Scott (19 June 2019). "KazutoIoka stops Aston Palicte, wins world title in fourth division". www.badlefthook...
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