Three-time, two-division World Champion Miyo Yoshida (17-4, 0 KOs) will out her creating boxing legacy in Japan on the road October twenty third, when she makes the primary protection of her Worldwide Boxing Federation (IBF) bantamweight crown towards No. 1 contender Shurretta “Chiccn” Metcalf (13-4-1, 2 KOs), at The Theater at Madison Sq. Backyard in New York Metropolis.
Yoshida vs. Metcalf will headline the “Heroes on the Hudson 2” card, introduced by DiBella Leisure and broadcast reside on ProBoxTV, within the 10-round (2-minutes every) most important occasion to have fun and assist heroic veterans of the USA Armed Forces upfront of Veterans Day within the newest addition of the favored Broadway Boxing collection.
One among solely 23 feminine world champions from Japan, The 35-year-old Yoshida is simply the sixth from her nation to seize world titles in two or extra divisions. She captured the World Boxing Group (WBO) Tremendous Flyweight crown twice in 2019 and 2021.
Japan is a powerbase in males’s skilled boxing with modern superstars corresponding to Undisputed Junior Featherweight World Champion Naoya “The Monster” Inoue (28-0, 25 KOs) and World Boxing Council (WBC) Bantamweight World Champion Junto Nakatani (29-0, 22 KOs). Nonetheless, in ladies’s boxing right this moment, Yoshida is arguably the perfect from Japan, in addition to one of many biggest feminine prizefighters of all-time from the Land of the Rising Son, behind solely retired Japanese fighters Naoko Fujioka (19-3-1, 7 KOs), Japan’s solely five-weight class feminine world champion, and presumably Emiko Raika (24-8-1, 10 KOs).
A single mom of daughter Mina, Miyo is called the “Combating Single Mom” in Japan, the place she is a revered function mannequin. Yoshida obtained the 2023 Most Inspirational Feminine Fighter award from The Ring journal.
“I hope to additional form the way in which that was created by our predecessors into a greater one for the following technology,” Yoshida stated.
To cement her legacy, Yoshida should first get previous Metcalf of their rematch, avenging Miyo’s loss by means of 10-round resolution a 12 months in the past, and advance within the Nice 8 Event to find out the undisputed ladies’s bantamweight world champion. Fortuitously, the entire world bantamweight champions – WBC/WBO & The Ring Champion Dina Thorslund (22-0, 9 KOs) of Denmark, IBF Ellie Scotney (9-0, 0 KOs) from the UK, and the Yoshida vs. Metcalf winner (their struggle technically launches the match) – will compete within the Nice 8 together with a number of the main contenders corresponding to Cherneka Johnson (16-2, 6 KOs), Yulihan “La Cobritas” Luna Avila (27-4-1, 4 KOs), and Segolene “Majestic” Lefebure (18-1, 1 KO).
“Proper now,” Yoshida famous, “I’m solely considering of defending my title belt. I had been hoping for unification fights since I used to be in a position to turn into world champion once more. I used to be impatient with this interval between matches as a result of it’s the final chapter as a consequence of my age. If I couldn’t compete in boxing, I thought of returning to kickboxing or MMA. I didn’t wish to be in between fights, and I believed it could be higher for me and for ladies’s boxing if I grew to become well-known.”
“Japan’s boxing scene carries a wealthy historical past with a robust cultural connection to its folks,” Miyo’s supervisor Keith Sullivan commented. “Japanese boxers honor a practice of aggressive excellence and excellent sportsmanship. Miyo embodies these qualities as she fights for the delight of Japan. She is an exemplary champion for her native nation.”
Sullivan is a former Deputy Commissioner for the New York State Athletic Fee, who manages IBF and WBA #6 rated welterweight Paddy “The Actual Deal” Donovan (14-0, heavyweight prospect Pryce Taylor (4-0, 2 KOs), and WBC #9 rated tremendous middleweight Nisa Rodriguez (2-0, 0 KOs), amongst a number of different skilled fighters.
