World champion of professional boxing, Kazuto Ioka, was found to have tested positive for prohibited drugs in a doping test conducted on the day of the world war, and the JBC = Japan Boxing Commission, which oversees the match, was found by interviewing the people concerned. Is investigating and deliberating.
In response, a lawyer representing Ioka explained, "I heard from the police that a cannabis component was detected in a doping test. Ioka has never ingested cannabis."
Ioka, the only Japanese male player to win the 4th class, is the WBO = World Boxing Organization Super Flyweight Champion.
Ioka fought a defense battle in Tokyo on December 31st last year, and won a technical knockout against challenger Kosei Tanaka to defend for the second time.
According to the people concerned, when Ioka did a doping test before this game, the test result found in January showed a positive reaction to the prohibited drug.
On the 26th, a lawyer representing Ioka responded in writing to NHK's interview, explaining that "JBC has not reported the results of the doping test."
On the other hand, earlier this month, after admitting that Ioka had responded to the police hearing, "I heard from the police that a cannabis component was detected in the doping test. Ioka has never ingested cannabis." I answered.
"A few days after hearing from the Metropolitan Police Department, Ioka was informed that the investigation was over."
Under these circumstances, JBC, which oversees the operation and games of professional boxing, said on the 27th, "We are investigating and deliberating at the Ethics Committee. We will refrain from announcing this. "
What is Kazuto Ioka?
Kazuto Ioka is 32 years old from Osaka prefecture.
My uncle is former world champion Hiroki Ioka.
When I was a high school student, I achieved the "6 high school crowns", which won the overall high school, selection competition, and national polity twice, and attracted attention. I dropped out of college and turned professional in 2009.
With a variety of punches, he won the WBC = World Boxing Council minimum-class world title in 2011, and in 2012 with WBA = World Boxing Association former minimum-class champion Akira Yaegashi. He won the unification battle and became the unification champion of the two groups.
In the same year, he returned to the minimum weight title and moved up the ranks, and in December he knocked out a Mexican player in the WBA Light Flyweight Championship to win the second rank.
Furthermore, in 2015, he won the WBA flyweight title match and won the third class, but in December 2017, he suddenly announced that he would retire, saying, "I was thinking of retiring when I won the third class." Did.
After that, he said, "I think there were many people who were not convinced that they were retiring in that way," and returned to active duty in the game in September 2018.
In June 19th, he defeated a Filipino player in the WBO = World Boxing Organization Super Flyweight Championship, and achieved the first four-class victory as a Japanese male player.
Last year in New Year's Eve, he played against Kosei Tanaka, who is aiming to conquer the fourth class following himself, and won a technical knockout and succeeded in defending for the second time.