Kazuto Ioka　 is a strawweight boxer

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

 from Japan

Japan

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 and the current world champion of WBC at Strawweight. He was born in Osaka Prefecture

Osaka Prefecture

is a prefecture located in the Kansai region on Honshū, the main island of Japan. The capital is the city of Osaka. It is the center of Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto area.- History :...

, grew up in Sakai city

Sakai

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, and currently lives in Osaka

Osaka

is a city in the Kansai region of Japan's main island of Honshu, a designated city under the Local Autonomy Law, the capital city of Osaka Prefecture and also the biggest part of Keihanshin area, which is represented by three major cities of Japan, Kyoto, Osaka and Kobe...

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Debut

Ioka turned professional in 2009. On April 12, 2009, he fought against Thongthailek Sor Tanapinyo, and won his debut via a third round technical knockout. After this victory, he won six straight victories.

Winning national and international title

On October 10, 2010, Ioka captured the Japanese light flyweight

Light flyweight

- Professional boxing :The weight limit at light flyweight in professional boxing is 108 pounds . When New York legalized boxing in 1920, the law stipulated a "junior flyweight" class, with a weight limit of 99 pounds. When the National Boxing Association was formed in 1921, it also recognized this...

 title.

Winning the world title

Ioka won the WBC

World Boxing Council

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 strawweight title from Thai Oleydong Sithsamerchai

Oleydong Sithsamerchai

Oleydong "The Deadly Candy" Sithsamerchai is a professional boxer from Thailand. He fights in the strawweight division and is the former WBC Strawweight World champion...

 via a fifth round technical knockout in the latter's seventh title defence in Kobe at the World Memorial Hall

World Memorial Hall

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 on February 11, 2011.

Professional boxing record

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Oleydong Sithsamerchai

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Titles

• Amateur boxing
  • 16th All Japan Selected High School Boxing Championships, Light flyweight
    Light flyweight
    - Professional boxing :The weight limit at light flyweight in professional boxing is 108 pounds . When New York legalized boxing in 1920, the law stipulated a "junior flyweight" class, with a weight limit of 99 pounds. When the National Boxing Association was formed in 1921, it also recognized this...
    
     Tournament winner (2005)
  • 17th All Japan Selected High School Boxing Championships, Light flyweight Tournament winner (2006)
  • 59th Inter-highschool championships, Boxing, Light flyweight Tournament winner
  • 60th Inter-highschool championships, Boxing, Light flyweight Tournament winner
  • 60th National Sports Festival
    National Sports Festival of Japan
    is the national premier sports event of Japan. The abbreviated name is Kokutai . The 65th National Sports Festival of Japan was held in October 2010 in Chiba Prefecture.- Emperor's Cup and Empress Cup Champions :...
    
    , Boxing, Boys, Light flyweight Tournament winner
  • 61st National Sports Festival, Boxing, Boys, Light flyweight Tournament winner
  • 62nd National Sports Festival, Boxing, Adult, Light flyweight Tournament winner
  • 63rd National Sports Festival, Boxing, Adult, Light flyweight Tournament winner
• Professional boxing
  • 33rd Japanese Light flyweight
    Light flyweight
    - Professional boxing :The weight limit at light flyweight in professional boxing is 108 pounds . When New York legalized boxing in 1920, the law stipulated a "junior flyweight" class, with a weight limit of 99 pounds. When the National Boxing Association was formed in 1921, it also recognized this...
    
     champion
  • 13th WBC World Minimumweight
    Minimumweight
    Minimumweight is a weight class division in combat sports. The most notable of which is in professional boxing where boxers may weigh no more than . This is a relatively new weight category for professionals, first inaugurated by the major boxing sanctioning bodies between 1987 and 1990...
    
     champion

Awards

• 17th All Japan Selected High School Championships JOC Award (2006)
• 17th All Japan Selected High School Championships MVP (2006)
• 2005 Amateur Fresh Award
• 2009 Professional Fresh Award

See also

• List of WBC world champions
• List of strawweight boxing champions
• List of current world boxing champions#Strawweight, Minimummweight (105 lb, 47.6 kg)

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