Longest-reigning Filipino world boxing champion Donnie “Ahas” Nietes finally get to challenge reigning World Boxing Organization (WBO) super flyweight Kazuto Ioka of Japan on July 13 at the Ota-City Gymnasium in Tokyo.
LONGEST-REIGNING Filipino world boxing champion Donnie “Ahas” Nietes finally get to challenge reigning World Boxing Organization super flyweight Kazuto Ioka of Japan on July 13 at the Ota-City Gymnasium in Tokyo.
Palicte, however, suffered a 10th-round technical knockout loss in June 2019 to Ioka, who Nietes beat in December 31, 2018, via split decision in Macau to snatch the same belt. “I regretted vacating the belt after Palicte lost. If I knew he would lose, I would just have fought Ioka instead so a Filipino will keep the title.”