NEW YORK CITY – Three-time, two-division World Champion Miyo Yoshida (17-4, 0 KOs) will out her creating boxing legacy in Japan on the road October twenty third, when she makes the primary protection of her Worldwide Boxing Federation (IBF) bantamweight crown towards No. 1 contender Shurretta “Chiccn” Metcalf (13-4-1, 2 KOs), at The Theater at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York Metropolis.
Yoshida vs. Metcalf will headline the “Heroes on the Hudson 2” card, offered by DiBella Leisure and broadcast stay on ProBoxTV, within the 10-round (2-minutes every) major occasion to have fun and help heroic veterans of the US Armed Forces upfront of Veterans Day within the newest addition of the favored Broadway Boxing sequence.
One among solely 23 feminine world champions from Japan, The 35-year-old Yoshida is just the sixth from her nation to seize world titles in two or extra divisions. She captured the World Boxing Group (WBO) Tremendous Flyweight crown twice in 2019 and 2021.
Japan is a powerbase in males’s skilled boxing with up to date superstars akin to Undisputed Junior Featherweight World Champion Naoya “The Monster” Inoue (28-0, 25 KOs) and World Boxing Council (WBC) Bantamweight World Champion Junto Nakatani (29-0, 22 KOs). Nevertheless, in ladies’s boxing right this moment, Yoshida is arguably one of the best from Japan, in addition to one of many best feminine prizefighters of all-time from the Land of the Rising Son, behind solely retired Japanese fighters Naoko Fujioka (19-3-1, 7 KOs), Japan’s solely five-weight class feminine world champion, and presumably Emiko Raika (24-8-1, 10 KOs).
A single mom of daughter Mina, Miyo is named the “Preventing Single Mom” in Japan, the place she is a revered function mannequin. Yoshida acquired the 2023 Most Inspirational Feminine Fighter award from The Ring journal.
“I hope to additional form the way in which that was created by our predecessors into a greater one for the following era,” Yoshida mentioned.
To cement her legacy, Yoshida should first get previous Metcalf of their rematch, avenging Miyo’s loss by means of 10-round choice a 12 months in the past, and advance within the Nice 8 Event to find out the undisputed ladies’s bantamweight world champion. Thankfully, all the world bantamweight champions – WBC/WBO & The Ring Champion Dina Thorslund (22-0, 9 KOs) of Denmark, IBF Ellie Scotney (9-0, 0 KOs) from the UK, and the Yoshida vs. Metcalf winner (their combat technically launches the match) – will compete within the Nice 8 together with among the main contenders akin to Cherneka Johnson (16-2, 6 KOs), Yulihan “La Cobritas” Luna Avila (27-4-1, 4 KOs), and Segolene “Majestic” Lefebure (18-1, 1 KO).
“Proper now,” Yoshida famous, “I’m solely pondering of defending my title belt. I had been hoping for unification fights since I used to be capable of turn out to be world champion once more. I used to be impatient with this interval between matches as a result of it’s the final chapter because of my age. If I couldn’t compete in boxing, I considered returning to kickboxing or MMA. I didn’t need to be in between fights, and I assumed it could be higher for me and for ladies’s boxing if I grew to become well-known.”
“Japan’s boxing scene carries a wealthy historical past with a powerful cultural connection to its individuals,” Miyo’s supervisor Keith Sullivan commented. “Japanese boxers honor a convention of aggressive excellence and excellent sportsmanship. Miyo embodies these qualities as she fights for the satisfaction of Japan. She is an exemplary champion for her native nation.”
Sullivan is a former Deputy Commissioner for the New York State Athletic Fee, who manages IBF and WBA #6 rated welterweight Paddy “The Actual Deal” Donovan (14-0, heavyweight prospect Pryce Taylor (4-0, 2 KOs), and WBC #9 rated tremendous middleweight Nisa Rodriguez (2-0, 0 KOs), amongst a number of different skilled fighters.
Roberto Villa is the CEO, Founder, Government Author, Senior Editor of FightBook MMA. Has a ardour for Fight Sports activities and in addition a podcast host for Sitting Ringside. He’s additionally a former MMA fighter and Kickboxer.
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