Ioka crowned WBC minimumweight champ

KOBE, Japan - Japan's Kazuto Ioka waves to the crowd after a historic win over Oleydong Sithsamerchai of Thailand and being crowned WBC minimumweight champion at Kobe World Memorial Hall in western Japan on Feb. 11, 2011. Victory for 10th-ranked Ioka saw him set the Japanese record for winning a world title in the fewest number of fights -- seven. (Kyodo)

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