Kazuto Ioka now a four-division champ

By Scott Shaffer

19/06/2019

Kazuto Ioka now a four-division champ

Kazuto Ioka TKO10 Aston Palicte... In Chiba, Japan, Kazuto Ioka made national history by becoming a four-division champion. Ioka claimed the vacant WBO 115-pound title via a tenth-round stoppage of Aston Palicte of the Philippines. Ioka is now 24-2, while Palicte drops to 25-3-1. Five other Japanese men have been three-division champion, and one woman, Naoko Fujioka has won titles in five weight classes. It was Ioka's second shot at the WBO 115-pound title, as he lost to Filippino boxing legend Donnnie Nietes last year. Nietes then vacated the title rather than face Palicte in a mandatory defense, a move that cleared the way for Ioka-Palicte. source: japan times and kyodo