Japan has misplaced one more year-end title battle, as WBA tremendous flyweight champion Fernando Martinez’s supervisor introduced that his cost is out of tomorrow’s rematch with Kazuto Ioka as a consequence of influenza.
Although unwelcome, the information isn’t notably shocking. “Pumita” (17-0, 9 KO) cancelled all of his media obligations in the previous couple of days as a consequence of a 100-degree fever, and whereas I’m certain he did all the things in his energy to make it to battle night time, Ioka (31-3-1, 16 KO) isn’t somebody to face when your personal physique is rebelling.
It’s been a tough month for Japan’s suite of champions; a minimize to Sam Goodman pushed his conflict with Naoya Inoue to January, after which Yoshiki Takei withdrew from the co-feature after injuring his shoulder. As Twitter’s Tokkeru factors out, it’s additionally one other blow to a fractured tremendous flyweight division that simply noticed Willibaldo Garcia and Rene Calixto fail to crown an IBF champion.
We’ll let when and in the event that they put this one again collectively.
