Fernando Martínez (17-0, 9 KOs) is now a unified tremendous flyweight champion following a unanimous resolution victory over Kazuto Ioka (31-3-1, 16 KOs).
Scores for the combat had been 120-108 (a far too large rating), 117-111 and 116-112. With the win, Martínez provides the WBA title to his IBF. He first grew to become champion with a unanimous resolution win over Jerwin Ancajas in early 2022. Martínez made an extra two defences of the IBF belt earlier than dealing with Ioka in a unification battle.
The 2 males headlined a Shisei Promotions card on the Kokugikan Area in Tokyo, Japan. Struggle followers in Japan had been in a position to catch the motion reside on ABEMA. These exterior Japan had to make use of a VPN to look at the bout on ABEMA. ESPN KNOCKOUT on Disney+ additionally carried the motion for these in Latin America.
Fernando Martínez Unifies 115-lb Titles In opposition to Kazuto Ioka
Struggle Recap
Martínez compelled a quick tempo from the opening bell. Ioka’s chin allowed him to remain standing within the face of his opponent’s aggression, however the Argentinian’s quantity would show troublesome to cope with for the rest of the combat. Regardless of the repeated bursts of exercise from Martínez, Ioka caught to constantly working the physique.
Martínez was bothered by repeated photographs to the physique, significantly the left hook, nevertheless it didn’t forestall him from coming ahead. Within the latter rounds with an opponent attempting to stroll him down with combos, Martínez created separation between the 2 and had explicit success together with his proper hand. Ioka continued with left hooks to the physique and rights to the top.
The ultimate spherical noticed Martínez always swap stances. Whereas Ioka continued to throw combos, they didn’t have the identical effectiveness as they did within the second half of the combat. Ultimately – the combat was a aggressive affair between two reigning world champions. The judges appeared to worth the work fee of Martínez, one thing mirrored within the scorecards.
Undercard Outcomes
Seiya Tsutsumi (11-0-2, 8 KOs) received by way of fourth-round technical knockout in opposition to Weerawat Noolae (4-2, 2 KOs). The time of stoppage for this 10-round tremendous bantamweight conflict was 1:13.
Yudai Murakami (5-2, 0 KOs) received a unanimous resolution in opposition to Hiro Ichimichi (8-2-1, 6 KOs) in an eight-round light-weight bout. Scores had been 78-74 and 77-75 (x2).
Kantaro Juri (7-0-1, 2 KOs) beat Phai Pharob (37-5, 28 KOs) by way of unanimous resolution. Scores for the eight-round tremendous flyweight combat had been 78-73 throughout the board.
Shun Sekine (11-1-1, 9 KOs) received by way of third-round technical knockout in opposition to Chaiyarat Sawangsoda (8-11, 6 KOs). The time of stoppage for this eight-round tremendous light-weight contest was 1:49.
Aoi Yokoyama (1-0, 1 KO) received by way of second-round technical knockout in opposition to Hao Wang (2-1, 2 KOs) in a six-round bantamweight conflict.
Taigo Kato (6-2, 2 KOs) received a unanimous resolution in opposition to Shi Dong (1-3, 1 KO). Scores for the six-round welterweight bout had been 60-54 (x2) and 59-55.
Ruka Shinkawa (1-0, 0 KOs) received a unanimous resolution in opposition to Hibiki Kawai (1-2, 1 KO) in a four-round light-weight combat. Scores had been 40-36 and 39-37 (x2).
