Followers have been eagerly counting down the times till Kazuto Ioka squared off towards Fernando Martinez on New 12 months’s Eve in Tokyo. Nonetheless, Ioka’s Shisei gymnasium stated Monday that the Argentine WBA tremendous flyweight champion got here down with influenza, forcing them to cancel this extremely anticipated matchup on the final minute.
Martinez had already proven indicators of sickness when he scrapped a public coaching session final Thursday. He additionally missed Sunday’s signing ceremony, which set off alarm bells that one thing was significantly incorrect. It’s a punch to the intestine for Ioka, who was hungry for a comeback after Martinez defeated him by unanimous choice in July’s WBA-IBF unification bout.
Martinez reportedly gave up his IBF belt, skipping a compulsory title protection to make this rematch occur.
