On June 19, 2019, Kazuto Ioka (23-2, 13 KOs) and Aston Palicte (25-2-1, 21 KOs) battle it out for the vacant WBO super-flyweight world titles. The vacant WBO super-flyweight title is also on the line.
Kazuto Ioka is coming in to the fight on a 1-fight losing streak with a 52% KO rate; his last fight was a split decision loss to Donnie Nietes, 5 months and 19 days ago. Aston Palicte is on a 1-fight win streak with a 75% KO rate, with his last fight being a 2nd round KO win over Jose Martinez, 4 months and 19 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Kazuto Ioka at 99-1 winning odds. Aston Palicte really doesn't have much to present against Ioka.
Kazuto Ioka stopped Aston Palicte via TKO in the 10th round of the 12-round world-title fight. Ioka improves his record to 24-2 (14 KOs), while Palicte adds a loss to his record at 25-3-1.