On July 28, 2024, the 24-year-old IBF strawweight world champion, Ginjiro Shigeoka (11-0, 9 KOs), faced a 27-year-old Filipino boxer Pedro Taduran (16-4-1, 12 KOs), in a title defense fight.
Shigeoka came in to the fight on a 11-fight win streak with a 81% KO rate, and was fighting after a gap of 3 months and 28 days. Taduran was on a 2-fight win streak with a 57% KO rate, and fighting after a layoff of 7 months.
Pedro Taduran stopped the champion via TKO in the 9th round of the 12-round world-title fight, and is crowned the new IBF strawweight champion. Taduran improves his record to 17-4-1 (13 KOs), while Shigeoka adds a loss to his record at 11-1.