On July 28, 2024, Ginjiro Shigeoka (11-0, 9 KOs), the strawweight IBF champion, defends his title against the reigning IBF strawweight champion Pedro Taduran (16-4-1, 12 KOs).
Ginjiro Shigeoka is coming in to the fight on a 11-fight win streak with a 81% KO rate; his last fight was a 2nd round KO victory over Jake Amparo, 3 months and 28 days ago. Pedro Taduran is on a 2-fight win streak with a 57% KO rate, with his last fight being a unanimous decision win over Jake Amparo, 7 months ago.
This should be a confident win for Ginjiro Shigeoka at 99-1 winning odds. Pedro Taduran really doesn't have much to present against Shigeoka.
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.