#Joshua Franco

New Year will reaffirm old axiom as younger Franco will outlast Ioka. This hasn't been the most satisfying 12 months over the course of modern boxing history. When a fight that didn't happen - the apparently impossible Terence Crawford-Errol Spence to-do - becomes the sport's biggest news of the last quarter of the year, you know things can only…

This is a title unification bout as the WBA and WBO junior bantamweight world titles are on the line with Franco and Ioka holding each strap, respectively. Ioka is a four-weight division world champion and looks to punch his ticket towards eventually cementing himself as the undisputed champion in this weight category if he gets his idealized…