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Japan's Takuma Inoue celebrates his victory against Philippines' Jerwin Ancajas during their WBA Bantam Weight championship boxing bout in Ryogoku Kokugikan in Tokyo on February 24, 2024. (Photo by Philip FONG / AFP) (Photo by PHILIP FONG/AFP via Getty Images) | AFP via Getty Images
As revealed by Brunch Boxing earlier this week, Takuma Inoue will lead the undercard for brother Naoya’s May 2nd superfight against Junto Nakatani, battling four-division titlist Kazuto Ioka in the first defense of his second title reign.
Inoue (21-2, 5 KO) briefly held the interim WBC bantamweight title in 2018 before falling to Nordine Oubaali in a title consolidation. Five years later, he beat Liborio Solis for the vacant WBA belt, defending it three times but suffering an upset loss to Seiya Tsutsumi two Octobers ago. Undaunted, he toppled undefeated superstar Tenshin Nasukawa for the full WBC belt in November.
He now faces one of his country’s most accomplished fighters in Ioka (32-4-1, 17 KO), who ended his storied super flyweight run after two competitive losses to Fernando Martinez. He rebounded in his latest New Year’s Eve appearance, breaking down Maikel Ordosgoitti with body shots and subsequently calling out Takuma.
Credit for successfully calling his shot.
Other action sees former welterweight title challenger Jin Sasaki (20-2-1, 18 KO) take on fellow slugger Sora Tanaka (5-0, 5 KO), Toshioki Shimomachi (22-1-3, 12 KO) face Reiya Abe (28-4-2, 10 KO), and former champion Yoshiki Takei (11-1, 9 KO) start down the comeback trail in an eight-rounder against China’s DeKang Wang (9-1, 3 KO).
Fun card. Hope they tell us gaijin how to watch it soon.
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