Hiroki Ioka

Hiroki Ioka
Statistics
Real name	Hiroki Ioka
Rated at	Minimumweight Light Flyweight Flyweight Junior bantamweight
Nationality	Japanese
Born	(1969-01-08) January 8, 1969 Sakai, Osaka, Japan
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	42
Wins	33
Wins by KO	17
Losses	8
Draws	1
No contests	0

Hiroki Ioka (井岡 弘樹, born January 8, 1969, in Sakai, Osaka, Japan) is a former Lineal & WBC Minimumweight and WBA Light flyweight champion. He was the first ever WBC Minimumweight champion, winning the title immediately after the minimumweight division was created.

Biography

Ioka entered the Miwa Tsuda Gym (current Green Tsuda Gym) while attending middle school, and made his professional debut in 1986 at the age of 17. He won the Japanese Minimumweight title in his eighth professional fight in 1987, and fought for the newly created WBC Minimumweight title the same year, winning by unanimous decision to become the youngest Japanese boxer to win a world title, at 18 years and 9 months old. This record remains unbroken today.

Ioka made his first defense against Lineal and IBF Minimumweight champion Kyung-Yun Lee in January, 1988, winning by knockout in the 12th round. Ioka's trainer, Eddie Townsend, was in the hospital during the fight, and died shortly after hearing that Ioka had won. Ioka made his second defense in June, 1988, against Napa Kiatwanchai of Thailand, retaining his title by a 12-round draw. The fight was highly controversial, as Kiatwanchai's side claimed that the last round was ended almost 30 seconds early in order to make the fight a draw. Ioka had almost been knocked out by Kiatwanchai in the final round. Ioka was ordered to have a rematch with Kiatwanchai for his third defense in December, 1988, and lost his title by 12 round decision. Ioka fought Kiatwanchai again in June, 1989, for his former title, but lost again by TKO in the 11th round.

Ioka moved up to the light flyweight division, and challenged undefeated champion Myung-Woo Yuh, for the WBA Light Flyweight title in December, 1991. Ioka won a close split-decision victory, and defended his title twice in 1992. He met Yuh again in his third defense of the title in November, 1992, but lost by decision, losing his title.

Ioka moved up to the flyweight division in 1993, aiming to win titles in three weight classes, but lost to David Griman in Round 8 of the WBA Flyweight title match. He would challenge the WBA Flyweight title two more times, losing by TKO both times, and challenged WBA Super Flyweight champion Satoshi Iida in April, 1998, losing by 12 round decision. In December of that year, Ioka lost a 10-round non-title match to an unranked fighter, and decided to retire from boxing. The unranked fighter was Masamori Tokuyama, who would later defend the WBC Super Flyweight title nine times. Ioka's career record was 33-8-1 (17KOs).

Post retirement

He currently trains and manages young fighters at the Ioka Boxing Gym (Ioka Promotions), and appears on local television shows from time to time.

In 2000, Ioka fought a 14-year-old Koki Kameda in a two-round exhibition match, which was broadcast as part of a television documentary on the Kameda family. Kameda was training at the Green Tsuda Gym at the time, where Ioka trained for much of his career. Kameda scored a knockdown on the former two division title holder from a left straight and right hook combination, but the referee ruled it as a slip. The fight ended up as a two-round draw decision. Kameda would go on to controversially win one of Ioka's former titles; the WBA light flyweight title.

His nephew, Kazuto Ioka, has won six amateur boxing titles, and current world champion of WBC at Strawweight.

Professional boxing record

33 Wins (7 knockouts), 8 Losses (5 knockouts), 1 Draw[1]
Res.	Record	Opponent	Type	Round Time	Date	Location	Notes
Loss	33–8–1	Masamori Tokuyama	TKO	5 (10) 1:13	1998–12–19	Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, Osaka
Win	33–7–1	Jerry Pahayahay	PTS	10	1998–09–03	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Loss	32–7–1	Satoshi Iida	MD	12	1998–04–29	Aichi Prefectural Gymnasium, Nagoya, Aichi	For WBA Super flyweight title.
Win	32–6–1	Hidekazu Sakata	TKO	9 (10) 1:13	1998–02–03	Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, Osaka
Win	31–6–1	Pinoy Montejo	UD	10	1997–11–18	Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, Osaka
Loss	30–6–1	José Bonilla	TKO	7 (12) 2:49	1997–02–25	Central Gym, Osaka, Osaka	For WBA Flyweight title.
Win	30–5–1	Hiroki Shinozaki	KO	4 (10) 2:35	1996–10–18	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Win	29–5–1	Ricky Sales	PTS	12	1996–06–03	Green Arena, Hiroshima, Hiroshima
Win	28–5–1	Joel Nice	KO	2 (10) 2:15	1996–03–31	City Sogo Gym, Matsumoto, Nagano
Loss	27–5–1	Saen Sor Ploenchit	TKO	10 (12) 2:42	1995–10–17	Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, Osaka	For WBA Flyweight title.
Win	27–4–1	Kim Dong-Soo	TKO	4 (10) 1:52	1995–05–09	Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, Osaka
Win	26–4–1	Lee Escobido	UD	10	1995–01–10	Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, Osaka
Win	25–4–1	Triffon Torralba	KO	4 (10) 1:42	1994–06–27	Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, Osaka
Win	24–4–1	David Franco	KO	5 (10) 1:55	1994–04–13	Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, Osaka
Win	23–4–1	John Medina	TKO	6 (10) 2:38	1993–11–08	Seaside Sports Center, Sakai, Osaka
Loss	22–4–1	David Griman	TKO	8 (12) 2:38	1993–06–21	Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, Osaka	For WBA Flyweight title.
Win	22–3–1	Ronnie Romero	KO	2 (10) 2:31	1993–01–29	Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, Osaka
Loss	21–3–1	Yuh Myung-Woo	MD	12	1992–11–18	Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, Osaka	Lost WBA Light flyweight title.
Win	21–2–1	Kim Bong-Jun	UD	12	1992–06–15	Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, Osaka	For WBA Light flyweight title.
Win	20–2–1	Noel Tunacao	UD	12	1992–03–31	Municipal Sogo Gymnasium, Kitakyushu, Fukuoka	For WBA Light flyweight title.
Win	19–2–1	Yuh Myung-Woo	SD	12	1991–12–17	Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, Osaka	Won WBA Light flyweight title.
Win	18–2–1	Katsumi Komiyama	KO	5 (10) 1:51	1991–06–27	Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, Osaka
Win	17–2–1	Kenji Tezuka	PTS	10	1991–04–05	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Win	16–2–1	Max Forrosuelo	UD	10	1991–01–17	Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, Osaka
Win	15–2–1	Jaime Aliguin	PTS	10	1990–11–24	Seaside Sports Center, Sakai, Osaka
Win	14–2–1	Salagchit Sorchitphatana	UD	10	1990–07–16	Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, Osaka
Win	13–2–1	John Ireng	KO	9 (10) 2:17	1990–04–09	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Win	12–2–1	Udin Barahudin	UD	10	1990–01–29	Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, Osaka
Loss	11–2–1	Napa Kiatwanchai	TKO	11 (12) 1:12	1989–06–10	Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, Osaka	For Lineal & WBC Minimumweight titles.
Win	11–1–1	Hidekazu Kakehashi	KO	2 (10) 1:59	1989–02–08	Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, Osaka
Loss	10–1–1	Napa Kiatwanchai	MD	12	1988–11–13	Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, Osaka	Lost Lineal & WBC Minimumweight titles.
Draw	10–0–1	Napa Kiatwanchai	PTS	12	1988–06–05	Kinki University Auditorium, Osaka, Osaka	For Lineal & WBC Minimumweight titles.
Win	10–0	Kyung-Yun Lee	TKO	12 1:36	1988–01–31	Osaka-jō Hall, Osaka, Osaka	For Lineal & WBC Minimumweight titles. (Lee abandoned his IBF title to focus on winning the WBC title.)
Win	9–0	Mai Thomburifarm	UD	12	1987–10–18	Kinki University Auditorium, Osaka, Osaka	Won WBC Minimumweight title.
Win	8–0	Kenji Ono	PTS	10	1987–07–08	Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, Osaka	Won Japanese Minimumweight title.
Win	7–0	Akira Kiyono	PTS	8	1987–04–28	Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, Osaka
Win	6–0	Hisashi Nakatomi	TKO	1 (6)	1987–02–22	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Win	5–0	Dash Higashiho	TKO	2 (4) 1:02	1986–10–07	Sakuranomiya Skating Rink, Osaka, Osaka
Win	4–0	Masao Kasai	PTS	4	1986–09–13	City Sogo Gym, Matsumoto, Nagano
Win	3–0	Osamu Uemoto	KO	2 (4) 1:12	1986–03–05	Nishinari Ward Center, Osaka, Osaka
Win	2–0	Hiroshi Udo	KO	2 (4) 1:44	1986–02–10	Prefectural Gymnasium, Kōchi, Kōchi
Win	1–0	Yukio Yorimochi	KO	3 (4) 0:45	1986–01–23	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo

See also

• List of lineal boxing world champions
• List of WBA world champions
• List of WBC world champions

References

External links

• Professional boxing record for Hiroki Ioka from BoxRec
• Ioka boxing gym official (Japanese)