Angelo Leo’s transpacific trip paid off Saturday.

Leo defeated Tomoki Kameda by majority decision to retain his IBF featherweight title at Yamato Arena in Kameda’s hometown of Osaka, Japan. Judges Gil Co (116-112) and Carl Zappia (115-113) scored their 12-round, 126-pound title fight for Leo and judge Richard Blouin scored it a draw, 114-114.

Leo (26-1, 12 KOs) made the first defense of an IBF belt he won when he knocked out Luis Alberto Lopez in the 10th round of their August 10 fight at Tingley Coliseum in Albuquerque, New Mexico, Leo’s hometown. The 33-year-old Kameda (42-5, 23 KOs) has lost two of his past four fights.