Boxing: Kazuto Ioka's bid for 4th world title end in split-decision defeat

Japan's Kazuto Ioka suffered his first loss in over four years on Monday, when Donnie Nietes won a split decision to capture the vacant WBO super flyweight championship.The 29-year-old Ioka, aiming for his fourth world title, had trouble coping the powerful inside punching by the 36-year-old Filipino in the main event of a world title fight triple header at Wynn Palace Cotai in Macau.Earlier at the same venue, Japan's Hiroto Kyoguchi won the WBA super light flyweight world championship, defeating Hekkie Budler by a technical knockout after 10 rounds.Also on the card, Japan's Masahiro Sakamo…READ FULL ARTICLE