On October 7, 2023, Ginjiro Shigeoka (9-0, 7 KOs) gets a shot at the strawweight IBF title held by Daniel Valladares (26-3-1, 15 KOs).
Daniel Valladares is coming in to the fight on a 4-fight win streak with a 50% KO rate; his last fight was a undefined loss to Shigeoka, 9 months and 1 day ago. Ginjiro Shigeoka is on a 9-fight win streak with a 77% KO rate, with his last fight being a 9th round KO win over Rene Mark Cuarto, 5 months and 21 days ago.
This should be a confident win for Ginjiro Shigeoka at 99-1 winning odds. Daniel Valladares really doesn't have much to present against Shigeoka.
In the rematch, Ginjiro Shigeoka stopped the champion via TKO in the 5th round of the 12-round world-title fight, winning the first world title of his career, and is crowned the new IBF strawweight champion. Shigeoka improves his record to 10-0 (8 KOs), while Valladares adds a loss to his record at 26-4-1.