Takuma Inoue vs Kazuto Ioka - First defense of Little Inoue. Ioka going for a fifth division title. Toshiki Shimomachi vs Reiya Abe - solid Japanese clash. Jin Sasaki vs Sora Tanaka - brain damage. Very good card! First time (possibly last) Inoue (Naoya that is) and Ioka will feature on the same card.
Was not expecting Takuma Inoue vs Kazuto Ioka but that's an awesome match. This will give us an idea how much Ioka still has left in him. Very solid undercard for a terrific main event fight, especially as big as Inoue vs Nakatani. So excited for this!
Kazuto Ioka talked about this fight since some months. When you think about it, Ioka is intelligent. Seiya Tsutsumi, like Fernando Daniel Martinez, would be a stylistic nightmare for him. While his counter-attacking style would be perfectly suited to defeating Takuma Inoue. A new WBA eliminator will be between Nonito Donaire and Riku Masuda on March 15th.
