RESULTS: Five WBO Bouts in Tokyo, Japan!

WBO World Champions Kosei Tanaka, Kazuto Iok, Miyo Yoshida successfully kept a grip on their respective crowns during the annual Japanese title fest to bring in 2020.

WBO Flyweight World Champion Tanaka, for his part, dominated and halted Wulan Tuolehazi to defend his title. Tanaka proved too powerful and ended the fight in the third round. Tanaka is now 15-0 and has already won world straps in three weight divisions. The Tuolehazi victory adds to Tanaka’s victories over Jonathan Gonzalez and Ryoichi Taguchi. It caps another fine year for the rising star.

田中恒成3R 衝撃KOシーンです！
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— ひーちゃん@LiSAッ子 (@hi_chan_psyche) December 31, 2019

WBO Jr. Bantamweight World Champion Ioka made it two wins on the spin with a unanimous decision triumph over Jeyvier Cintron. A close and competitive contest ended with Ioka gaining the W 116-112 twice and 115-113 on the scorecards. Boasting a record of 25-2 and himself a four-weight ruler, Ioka has only been defeated at the very top level.

Fue una pelea bien cerrada. Llegar hasta Japón ya es un paso más en su carrera. ⁦@jeyviercintron⁩ 🇵🇷🥊 井岡 一翔 vs. ジェイビエール・シントロン Kazuto Ioka vs. Jeyvier Cintron – video dailymotion https://t.co/5K6jvMBBKg

— Findinga 🎈🎄 (@SraFindinga) December 31, 2019

WBO Female Jr. Bantamweight World Champion Miyo Yoshida dominated China’s Li Ping Shi to push to 14-1 record. Scorecards: 97-92, 99-91, 98-90.

“戦うシングルマザー”吉田実代、判定で初防衛「まだまだ自分は甘い」／ＢＯＸ – ＳＡＮＳＰＯ．ＣＯＭ https://t.co/R5YhTycvhO @sanspocomから

— 桃コール(タカシ) (@Takashi19720106) December 31, 2019

Jhunriel Ramonal picked up the vacant World Boxing Organisation Asia Pacific Jr. Featherweight Title after defeating Yusaku Kuga in the very first round.

Upset alert: Filipino journeyman Jhunriel Ramonal (17-8-6, 10KOs) scored a first round KO of Yusaku Kuga (19-4-1, 13KOs) on the New Year’s Eve card in Tokyo. It’s Ramonal’s second straight upset KO in Japan pic.twitter.com/AZZ7mjl30t

— Ryan Songalia (@ryansongalia) December 31, 2019

WBO Asia Pacific Mini-Flyweight Champion Ginjiro Shigeoka improved to 5-0 by stopping former world champion and veteran Rey Loreto in five rounds.

重岡銀次朗Ｖ１「怖さ知った」２回に鼓膜破れ拳負傷 – ボクシング : 日刊スポーツ https://t.co/0cLEOnE7pi

— ワタナベボクシングジム (@watanabe_gym) December 31, 2019

via www.worldboxingnews.net

On December 31st we’ll see the year close out with a stacked card from Watanabe, headlined by WBO Jr. Bantamweight Champion Kazuto Ioka (24-2, 14) [井岡一翔] taking on mandatory challenger Jeyvier Cintron (11-0-0-1, 5). Today the men went face to face for the first time, meeting at the Haneda airport in Japan.

The two engaged in a lengthy, and intense face off, as well as talking to the press in quite a public setting.

Ioka seemed impressed by his opponents reputation, speaking about how Cintron is a 2-time Olympian and an undefeated professional. But added that he was prepared to win, and had been Stateside until just a few days ago.

​If Ioka wins, as is expected by many, there was two names suggested that he may face off with next. One of those is fellow Japanese fighter Kosei Tanaka (14-0, 8) [田中恒成], who will be defending his WBO Flyweight title against awkward Chinese challenger Wulan Tuolehazi (13-3-1, 6) [乌兰] on the same show, and the other is Nicaraguan great Roman Gonzalez (48-2, 40). Despite those names being mentioned to him today, Ioka stated that his focus was solely on Cintron.

Cintron on the other hand explained how he was honoured to have a fight in Japan, and came to take the belt back to Puerto Rico. He stated he was in good shape and seemed very calm and relaxed.

via asianboxing.info