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.
The winning odds are at 94.1-5.9 in favor of Pedro Taduran. It is going to be very difficult for Ginjiro Shigeoka to win this fight.
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.