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Masao Ohba (大場政夫, Ōba Masao, October 21, 1949 – January 25, 1973) was a Japanese professional boxer. He became the WBA flyweight World Champion on October 22, 1970, defeating the reigning champion Berkrerk Chartvanchai in Tokyo and retained the championship for an impressive five title defenses.
Iwao Hakamada (Japanese: 袴田 巖, Hepburn: Hakamada Iwao, born 10 March 1936) is a Japanese former professional boxer who was sentenced to death on 11 September 1968 for a 1966 mass murder that became known as the Hakamada Incident. [2] Hakamada's time on death row is the longest of any prisoner in the world. [3]
Died one day following his first professional fight due to injuries sustained. 1 Jun 1928 Tosh Powell: Billy Housego: 20-year-old Welsh boxer Powell collapsed during the third round of his bout with London fighter Housego. Powell was taken to the Liverpool Royal Infirmary, where he died of a brain hemorrhage on 2 June. [8] 24 Jan 1930: Mickey ...
Boxers who died after being in a coma for more than one year after the fatal fight are counted in the year the fight happened. From 1950 through 2011, Tokyo was the city with the most boxing fatalities in the world. [66] After the JBC's inception in April 1952, thirty-eight Japanese professional boxers died from fight injuries. [67]
Shigeji Kaneko (Japanese: 金子繁治, Kaneko Shigeji, 13 August 1931 – 2 January 2016) was a Japanese featherweight boxer during the 1950s. He fought Gabriel "Flash" Elorde four times, winning them all. He was also a boxing promoter from the 1980s until the early 2000s. Shigeji died from pneumonia on 2 January 2016 in Tokyo. He was 84. [1]
Category: Japanese boxing films. ... Your Eyes Tell (film) This page was last edited on 24 October 2024, at 17:24 (UTC). Text is available under the Creative ...
Yasuaki Uwabe, a former architect, drove a rented car into Shimonoseki Station and hit at least 7 people, two of whom died before the car got stuck. He then proceeded to stab pedestrians at random with a kitchen knife, injuring 4 and killing a further 3. Uwabe was eventually apprehended by a station worker and was arrested shortly after.
Yoshio Shirai (白井 義男, Shirai Yoshio, November 23, 1923 – December 26, 2003) was a professional boxer from Tokyo, Japan. He won the world flyweight title in 1952, becoming the first Japanese boxer to win a world title.