CEBU CITY, Philippines — The World Boxing Organization (WBO) ordered a mandatory championship bout between its reigning super flyweight world champion Kazuto Ioka and former world champion and
The WBO Championship Committee announced the mandatory title defense of Ioka by ordering his promoter, Yosuke Kaneko of TLAROCK Entertainment and Nietes’ promoter, Richard Schaefer of Probellum to initiate the negotiations of the bout which serves as a rematch between the two boxing stars.In their first meeting, Nietes defeated Ioka via split decision to clinch the WBO world super flyweight title on December 31, 2018 at the Wynn Palace Cotai in Macao, China.
Two years, later, the 39-year old Nietes returned into action in Dubai, UAE, winning the vacant WBO International super flyweight title against Colombian Pablo Carrillo via unanimous decision. Nietes is one of the most accomplished boxing superstars in the Philippines, being the longest-reigning boxing world champion and a four-division world champion.
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