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Ending on a high

Reporters’ star ratings for main events and undercards are based on in-ring entertainment, competitiveness and whether overall expectation was met

TOKYO, JAPAN

DECEMBER 31

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UNDERCARD

THE year ended with Japanese prodigy having his bubble burst by when bidding to join the classy veteran as a four-weight world titlist in only his 16th fight. The betting favourite was stopped in the eighth by Ioka, who kept his WBO super-flyweight title

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