Happy Boxing New Year! Ioka Stops Tanaka, Higa Knocks Out Kobayashi
By Robert Brizel, Head Real Combat Media Boxing Correspondent
Tokyo, Japan (January 1st, 2021)– Good cheer! Happy Boxing New Year! A six bouts card was held on New Year’s Eve at Ota City General Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan on Thursday, January 31, 2020. In the main event, four-division world champion Katzuto Ioka retained the World Boxing Organisation World Super Flyweight championship with an eighth-round stoppage of 15-0 World Boxing Organisation World Flyweight champion Kosei Tanaka, who was attempting to move up in weight class.
Ioka, a power hitter with a tight defense, knocked out Tanaka on his feet into the referee’s arms with a sudden power overhand right, which put an immediate end to the bout. In his tenth world title bout, Ioka, 26-2 with 15 knockouts, age 31, Tokyo, Japan, dealt Tanaka, 15-1 with nine knockouts, Nagoya, Japan, his first loss as a professional. Ioka Tanaka did not win any rounds on the scorecards.
Result: Katzuto Tanaka TKO 8 Kosei Tanaka, Super Flyweights (1:35)
Tanaka retains World Boxing Organisation World Super Flyweight title
Referee: Michiaki Someya. WBO Supervisor: Tsuyoshi Yasukochi.
Undercard Bouts
Yoshiaki Sakamoto Win Majority Decision 4 Takumi Tosaka (Pro Debut), Featherweights
Kei Fujita Win TKO 4 Yoshiki Forimoto, Flyweights (0:36)
Ryohei Arakawa Win 6 Wolf Nakano, Super Flyweights
Daigo Higa KO 5 Yuki Strong Kobayashi, Bantamweights
Higa wins World Boxing Organisation Asia Pacific Bantamweight title (0:45)
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