“I’ll leave Japan with it, and I’m not taking ‘No’ for an answer,” Leo said. “The first title I won came during Covid and I wasn’t able to appreciate it, but this second one – the knockout of the year in my hometown [of Albuquerque, New Mexico] – it’s everything I dreamed of as a kid. Losing my first title made me hungry, and going to Japan introduces me to a whole new crowd.