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Asian Boxing News (Week of 2/20-2/26)

February 27, 2017 by Scott Graveson Leave a Comment

Asian Boxing News (Week of 2/20-2/26)

The world of boxing is an exciting place when announcements are made and bouts take place. This past week has shown that with some great bouts and some really exciting news being announced. Announcements- The first major news announcement for the week regarding the Asian scene is that terms have been reached for a rematch between WBO Bantamweight champion Marlon Tapales … [Read more...]

Under the Radar: April 22nd – 25th, 2015

April 24, 2015 by Jim McGrady 3 Comments

Under the Radar: April 22nd – 25th, 2015

4/22 – Juan Carlos Reveco (35-2, 19 KO’s) vs. Kazuto Ioka (17-1, 10 KO’s) - Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, Osaka, Japan Defending the WBA flyweight title for the ninth time, Reveco fights for the second time in Japan.  The two division world champ hasn’t lost since 2007 and has won 12 world title bouts since then.  Ioka is a former minimum-weight and light flyweight champ … [Read more...]

Japanese Boxing on the Rise

January 5, 2015 by Tim Harrison 1 Comment

Japanese Boxing on the Rise

by Ted Sares Fall seven times, stand up eight —Japanese proverb. Boxers from Argentina have had their surge but it has slowed down considerably. Eastern European fighters continue to rise as Gennady Golovkin, Sergey Kovalev, Wladimir Klitschko, Vasyl Lomachenko, Ruslan Provodnikov, and Evgeny Gradovich and now Artur Beterbiev make great fights in different global … [Read more...]

Under the Radar: September 11th – 16th, 2014

September 11, 2014 by Jim McGrady Leave a Comment

Under the Radar: September  11th – 16th, 2014

9/11 – Golden Boy Live - Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, Las Vegas, Nevada Jamel Herring (8-0, 5 KO’s) vs. Luis Alberto Pelayo (11-4, 7 KO’s) Errol Spence (13-0, 10 KO’s) vs. Noe Bolanos (24-10-1, 16 KO’s) Undefeated U.S. Olympians fight on the under card in a pair of eight round contests. Read the full events preview HERE 9/13 – Erik Skoglund (20-0, 11 KO’s) vs. Stefan … [Read more...]

Upset in Osaka

May 8, 2014 by Administrator 8 Comments

Upset in Osaka

by Ted Sares Fighting mostly in Osaka, the 24-year-old Kazuto Ioka has won eight championship fights in a row—many with spectacular knockouts… I have been for some time now touting a showdown fight between Nicaraguan bomber Roman “El Chocolito” Gonzalez (39-0) who is like a mini-Mike Tyson, and Japanese flyweight Kazuto Ioka (14-0) who specializes in spectacular … [Read more...]

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