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IBF world tremendous flyweight champion Fernando Martinez (17-0, 9 KOs) has pulled out of his rematch in opposition to former four-division world champion Kazuto Ioka (31-3-1, 15 KOs) because of a case of influenza for his or her beforehand scheduled combat on December thirty first.
Rematch Delayed
There’s no phrase but on once they plan to reschedule the combat. It’s going to take time, clearly, for the Argentinian Martin, 33, to get better from his sickness, however it shouldn’t be too lengthy below superb circumstances.
Ioka should discover the Fountain of Youth to defeat Martinez within the rematch. Martinez seemed very outdated in his loss final July. He’d been trying poor in current fights for the final three years, however Martinez put a stamp on that together with his one-sided win final summer time.
The scores
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Given the one-sided combat, it’s virtually pointless for a rematch aside from for enterprise. It wasn’t a aggressive sufficient combat for a rematch, however from Ioka’s standpoint, it’s comprehensible why he’d wish to at the very least attempt to avenge the loss. He’d by no means been crushed so soundly earlier than throughout his 15-year profession.
Nevertheless, his performances in opposition to Joshua Franco in 2022 and 2023 already indicated that Ioka was nearing the top of his profession. Ioka seemed terrible in each fights and was very fortunate to flee with out struggling a pair of defeats.
