IOKA KEEPS HIS PROMISE, RETAINS WBC LIGHT FLYWEIGHT TITLE WITH 1ST ROUND TKO
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Sun, 01 Jan 2012
Classy 22 year old Japanese youngster Kazuto Ioka has retained his WBO light flyweight title with a quick first round TKO of Thai challenger and WBC Youth champion Yodgoen Tor Chalermchai in Osaka Japan.
Ioka connected with a solid combination and then dropped the Thai challenger with a cracking left hook. Yodgoen crashed to the canvas with a thud and referee Bruce McTavish who is a New Zealander who lives in Angeles City, Pampanga immediately stopped the contest.
Yodgoen was carried out on a stretrcher.
The undefeated Ioka improved to 9-0 with 6 knockouts while Yodgoen suffered his first loss to drop to 8-1 with 4 knockouts.
Ioka who is very popular in his native Osaka had confidently predicted before the fight ?I?ll keep my belt without a problem.? The 1st round TKO showed, the baby-faced Japanese certainly did.
Ioka is a former eight-time Japanese national amateur champion with a record of 95-10, 64 knockouts. He is the nephew of former world champion Hiroki Ioka and was a former Japan light flyweight champion.
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