Who won Ioka vs Sitthiprasert?
Kazuto Ioka beat Noknoi Sitthiprasert by unanimous decision in their 12 round contest on Sunday 23rd April 2017 at EDION Arena Osaka in Osaka.
The scorecards were announced as 117-110, 117-110, 116-111 in favor of winner Kazuto Ioka.
The fight was scheduled to take place over 12 rounds in the Flyweight division, which meant the weight limit was 112 pounds (8 stone or 50.8 KG).
This contest was for the WBA flyweight championship of the world.
Ioka vs Sitthiprasert stats
Back in April 2017, Kazuto Ioka stepped into the ring with a record of 21 wins, 1 loss and 0 draws, 13 of those wins coming by the way of knock out.
Noknoi Sitthiprasert made his way to the ring with a record of 62 wins, 4 loses and 0 draws, with 38 of those wins by knock out.
The stats suggested Ioka had a slight advantage in power over Sitthiprasert, with a 62% knock out percentage over Sitthiprasert's 61%.
Kazuto Ioka was the younger man by 2 years, at 29 years old.
Both Kazuto Ioka & Noknoi Sitthiprasert fought out of an orthodox stance.
Ioka was the less experienced professional fighter, having had 44 less fights, and made his debut in 2009, 6 year later than Sitthiprasert, whose first professional fight was in 2003. He had fought 73 less professional rounds, 319 to Sitthiprasert's 392.
Noknoi Sitthiprasert was ranked number 2 by the WBA in the 112lb division.
Ioka vs Sitthiprasert form
Ioka had won 5 of his most recent fights, stopping 3 of them, going the distance twice.
In his last fight before this contest, he had won against Keyvin Lara on 20th July 2016 by knockout in the 11th round in their WBA World Flyweight championship fight at EDION Arena Osaka, Osaka, Japan.
Previous to that, he had won against Juan Carlos Reveco on 31st December 2015 by technical knockout in the 11th round in their WBA World Flyweight championship fight at EDION Arena Osaka, Osaka.
Going into that contest, he had beat Roberto Domingo Sosa on 27th September 2015 by unanimous decision in their WBA World Flyweight championship fight at EDION Arena Osaka, Osaka.
Before that, he had defeated Juan Carlos Reveco on 22nd April 2015 by majority decision in their WBA World Flyweight championship fight at Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka.
He had won against Jean Piero Perez on 31st December 2014 by knockout in the 5th round at Bodymaker Colosseum, Osaka.
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Ioka's last 5 fights had come over a period of 2 years, 3 months and 23 days, meaning he had been fighting on average every 5 months and 17 days. In those fights, he fought a total of 51 rounds, meaning that they had lasted 10.2 rounds on average.
What time did Ioka vs Sitthiprasert start?
The fighters were expected to ringwalk at around 10:00 PM UTC at EDION Arena Osaka, Osaka, Japan, which was 6:00 PM EST or 3:00 PM PST on the West Coast of America, or 11:00 PM BST in the UK.
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