Since 2011, KAZUTO IOKA has a better resume than these notable fighters.

Since the calendar turned to 2011, Ioka is 7-0 with 5 KO's.

My claim is that since then, Ioka has a better resume, clearly in most of these cases, than the higher profile fighters I am about to list.

First, Ioka's resume:
W TKO5 Oleydong Sithsamerchai (35-0-1) - WBC minimumweight
W UD12 Juan Hernandez (18-1) - WBC defense
W TKO1 Yodngoen Chalermchai (8-0) - WBC defense
W UD12 Akira Yaegashi (15-2) - WBC/WBA unification
W TKO6 Jose Alfredo Rodriguez (28-1) - vacant WBA light flyweight
W KO9 Wisanu Kokietgym (43-8-2) - WBA defense
W KO7 Kwanthai Sithmorseng (43-1-1) - WBA defense

The fighters Ioka has a superior resume to since 2011 began:

Takashi Uchiyama, 4-0-1 w/ 4 KO's
Wins over Takashi Miura, Jorge Solis, Bryan Vasquez, and Jaider Parra. Tech Draw in 3 vs. Michael Farenas between them.

Vitali Klitschko, 4-0 w/ 3 KO's
Wins over Odlanier Solis, Tomasz Adamek, Dereck Chisora, and Manuel Charr.

Gennady Golovkin, 7-0 w/ 7 KO's
Wins over Kassim Ouma, Lajuan Simon, Makoto Fuchigama, Grzegorz Proksa, Gabriel Rosado, Nobuhiro Ishida, and Matthew Macklin.

Amir Khan, 4-2 w/ 2 KO's
Wins over Paul McCloskey, Zab Judah, Carlos Molina, and Julio Diaz. Losses to Lamont Peterson and Danny Garcia.

Kubrat Pulev, 8-0 w/ 4 KO's
Wins over Yaroslav Zavarotnyi, Derric Rossy, Maksym Pedyura, Travis Walker, Michael Sprott, Alexander Dimitrenko, Alexander Ustinov, and Tony Thompson.

Sergei Kovalev, 10-0-1 w/ 10 KO's
Wins, starting recent and moving backward, over Nathan Cleverly, Cornelius White, Gabriel Campillo, Lionell Thompson, Darnell Boone, Roman Simakov, Douglas Okola, Terrance Woods, Julius Fogle, and William Johnson. Tech Draw in 2 vs. Grover Young in there.

Manny Pacquiao, 2-2
Wins over Shane Mosley and Juan Manuel Marquez III. Losses to Tim Bradley and Marquez IV.

Miguel Cotto, 2-2 w/ 2 KO's
Wins over Ricardo Mayorga and Antonio Margarito II. Losses to Floyd Mayweather and Austin Trout.

Roman Gonzalez, 9-0 w/ 7 KO's
Wins over Manuel Vargas, Omar Salado, Omar Soto, Manuel Jimenez, Ramon Garcia, Stiven Monterrosa, Juan Francisco Estrada, Ronald Barrera, and Francisico Rodriguez Jr.

 

Any thoughts?

 

Ioka's best win is Oleydong. People aren't very familiar but Sithsamerchai was undefeated with a who's who at minimumweight. He had an amazing run of opposition en route to a lengthy defense which was cut short by a body shot.

The win over Sithsamerchai honestly is better than almost every single victory listed in this thread, 1 on 1 comparing. Look him up. It's one of the better wins in recent mimimumweight history, really.

Also in regards to the scoring of Ioka/Yaegashi, ESB is the only place where I found (and I looked) people citing a Yaegashi victory on their cards. I scored it a draw but I'll recognize the mass media's acceptance of an Ioka win.

Edit: His win this month was over a former one time once beaten titlist in Kwanthai. Juan Hernandez is a solid ass win in a tough fight too.

I'm telling you, Ioka's resume is quality and quantity. He's a former unified and former 2 weight titlist. His finishing ability is damn good. He has great skills.

 

Good stuff fellas.

 

Yeah but if you're going to give Estrada and Miura so much props in hindsight than the W over Yaegashi, which was much better at the time it happened, also gets better with his moving up and claiming lineage at Flyweight.

 

X 2 all of this.