Saturday night saw Miyo Yoshida snatch the IBF Bantamweight World Title like a hawk grabbing its prey. She squared off against Australia’s Ebanie Bridges at San Francisco’s Chase Center, aired live on DAZN Pay-Per-View. Yoshida, thrown into the mix as a last-minute sub and pegged as a 7-1 longshot, proved the odds-makers dead wrong. With her eight-year-old in the front row getting a real-life superhero show, Yoshida danced around Bridges for 10 rounds, landing her overhand right like a boss. When the dust settled, the scorecards were singing Yoshida’s name – 99-91, 99-91, and 97-93. Yoshida, now sitting pretty at 17-4, bags her third world title across two divisions, having previously ruled as the WBO Super Flyweight World Champ. Twice, mind you.
Yoshida’s take? “Ebanie Bridges was no walk in the park. Big thanks to Lou and DiBella Entertainment for helping me snag the title again after just a year in the States. Jumping in last minute, we had a mere two weeks to prep for this showdown. But with Team Sosa in my corner, we rocked it.”
Lou DiBella, the big boss at DiBella Entertainment, couldn’t be prouder. “What a show by Miyo to grab her third world title. A hard-hitting, no-nonsense, single mom achieving her dreams right in front of her kiddo. Miyo’s a warrior who just took down another warrior. She’s one of the good ones in the sport.”
Then, on Sunday, Canada’s own Amanda Galle faced off with Venezuela’s Niorkis Carreno for the IBO Bantamweight World Title. The battleground? Toronto’s Rebel Entertainment Complex. Galle, cool as a cucumber, outmaneuvered Carreno, racking up scores of 98-92, 97-93, and 96-94. This fight was a Lee Baxter Promotions gig, with a little DiBella Entertainment spice. Galle, now sporting a shiny 9-0-1 record (with a single KO), showed off her footwork and speed to outfox Carreno, a seasoned pro at 24-4 with 19 KOs.
Galle’s buzzing, “I’m on a mission, and now I’m the new IBO World Bantamweight Champion. Eyes on the prize: becoming the undisputed champ of the bantamweights. I’ve been grinding for this for 16 years, and it’s all paying off.”
DiBella’s singing her praises too, “The minute we teamed up with Lee Baxter to promote Amanda, I knew she was championship material. She’s climbed the mountain, and now she’s ready to take on the big guns in the bantamweight division.”
And don’t forget the undercard in Toronto, where Montreal’s Jessica Camara threw down against Mexico’s Estafania Orozco Oliva. Camara, a force to be reckoned with, stopped Oliva cold in the fourth round at 1:18. Her record’s looking sharp at 12-4, with 3 KOs. Rated #1 by the WBC and #7 by the WBO, Camara’s no stranger to the big leagues, having narrowly lost to Kali Reis for the WBA/WBO/IBO Super Lightweight World Championship in 2021.