Two title matches top this show, including the return of Angelo Leo as he fights for the first time since winning the IBF belt at 126lbs. Leo will defend against Tomoki Kameda while strawweight titleholder Pedro Taduran will face Ginjiro Shigeoka.

When is Angelo Leo vs. Tomoki Kameda?

No broadcast time has been announced yet, but main events in Japan – where this fight is taking place – tend to start around 7 or 8 a.m. Eastern Time (noon or 1 p.m. BST).

What channel is Angelo Leo vs. Tomoki Kameda on?

The channel or website has not yet been announced.

Where is Angelo Leo vs. Tomoki Kameda?

The fight is taking place at Intex Osaka in Osaka, Japan. 

Who is Angelo Leo?

Leo, 25-1 (12 KOs), took the IBF featherweight title by force with a highlight-reel knockout of Luis Alberto Lopez last August, dropping him for the count in the 10th round. The victory made Leo a two-division titleholder. He previously won a vacant world title at junior featherweight in 2020, outpointing Tramaine Williams. Leo’s reign was brief, however; he lost the belt to Stephen Fulton less than six months later. Leo had one more fight at 122 and then moved up to 126, notching a few more wins before taking on Lopez.

The win over Lopez took place in Leo’s hometown of Albuquerque, New Mexico. For this defense, the 31-year-old will be heading into Kameda’s hometown. And Leo would of course like this second reign to last longer than his first.

Who is Tomoki Kameda?

Kameda, 42-4 (23 KOs), is a member of the fighting Kameda family alongside fellow former titleholders Koki and Daiki. 

Tomoki is about a decade removed from his last title reign. He defeated Paulus Ambunda for the WBO bantamweight belt in 2013 and made three successful defenses before vacating the belt in April 2015 so that he could instead challenge the WBA’s secondary titleholder, Jamie McDonnell. Kameda lost the narrowest of unanimous decisions to McDonnell, just one point down on all three scorecards. Their rematch ended with a much wider victory for McDonnell.

Kameda has gone 11-2 since then and is now 33 years old. He fell short against Rey Vargas in a junior featherweight title bout in 2019 and lost a split decision to the 19-2 Lerato Dlamini in October 2023. Kameda and Dlamini had a rematch one year later; this time it was Kameda winning via split decision in October 2024 in what was Kameda’s most recent appearance in the ring.

What other fights are on the undercard of Angelo Leo vs. Tomoki Kameda?

In the co-feature, Pedro Taduran, 17-4-1 (13 KOs), will defend his IBF strawweight belt in a rematch against the man he won it from, Ginjiro Shigeoka, whom Taduran stopped in nine rounds last July.

This is Taduran’s second title reign. After losing a decision in a title bout with Wanheng Menayothin in August 2018, Taduran won the vacant IBF belt about a year later with a four-round stoppage of Samuel Salva. Taduran’s first defense ended in a technical draw and his second defense saw him lose to Rene Mark Cuarto in February 2021. A cut-shortened rematch went Cuarto’s way as well in February 2022.

That is where Shigeoka, 11-1 (9 KOs), comes in. Cuarto lost the IBF title to Daniel Valladares in July 2022. Shigeoka challenged Valladares in January 2023, but the fight ended as a “no contest” due to an injury caused by an accidental headbutt. Shigeoka knocked out Cuarto three months later for the interim IBF belt and then stopped Valladares that October for the full title. He made one successful defense before losing to Taduran.

(Ginjiro’s brother, Yudai Shigeoka, held the WBC title at 105lbs from October 2023 until March 2024.)

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