Sho Ishida returns to Japan following loss to Yafai

This past weekend we saw Japan's Sho Ishida (24-1, 13) [石田 匠] suffer his first professional defeat, as he lost a unanimous decision to WBA Super Flyweight champion Khalid Yafai (23-0, 14) in the UK, in what was a thoroughly forgettable bout. The bout had moments where Ishida looked top class, but in the end he was far too passive and negative on foreign soil to ever really give himself a chance against. Today he arrived back in Japan and stated& [...]