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  Akira Yaegashi, Kazuto Ioka ready to unify, Go To War

Akira Yaegashi, Kazuto Ioka ready to unify, Go To War

Posted in: News
By wbanews.com
Jun 18, 2012 - 8:13:17 AM

Courtesy of Hisao Adachi

The Ioka Boxing Gym will organize a historic boxing event on June 20 at the Bodymaker Colosseum (Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium) in the city of Osaka. In the main event, there will be a unification of two strawweight (minimumweight) world titles. The sensational undefeated world champion, WBC king Kazuto Ioka (9-0, 6KOs, 23 years old and from the Ioka Boxing Gym in Osaka), unifies with WBA world champion Akira Yaegashi (15-2, 8KOs, 29 years of age and from the Ohashi Boxing Gym in the city of Yokohama).

It is the first time in Japanese boxing history where a unification bout is made between two world champions from different sanctioning bodies in the same weight division.
 
Ioka said - "I will do my best to get a decisive victory over Akira Yaegashi. I can say the fight could end quickly for me."



Akira Yaegashi y Kazuto Ioka listos para unificar

El Gimnasio Ioka Boxing Gym organizará un evento que hará historia el próximo 20 de junio en el Gimnasio Bodymaker Colosseum en la ciudad de Osaka.  La pelea estelar será la unificación de dos títulos mundiales de la categoría mínimo. El sensacional invicto Kazuko Ioka campeón CMB, 9-0, 6 KO’s, de 23 años representante del gimnasio Ioka Boxing Gym de Osaka, unificará con el campeón de la AMB Akira Yaegashi, 15-2, 8 KO’s, de 29 años de edad representante del gimnasio Ohashi Boxing Gym de la ciudad de Yokohama).

Esta será la primera vez en la historia del boxeo japonés que se realiza una pelea de unificación entre dos campeones mundiales de diferentes organismos en la misma división.

 
 
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