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Naoya Inoue (井上 尚弥, Inoue Naoya, born 10 April 1993) is a Japanese professional boxer.He has held multiple world championships in four weight classes, and is one of only three male boxers in history (along with Terence Crawford and Oleksandr Usyk) to become the undisputed champion in two weight classes in the "four-belt era".
Ryomei Tanaka (田中亮明, Tanaka Ryōmei, born 13 October 1993) is a Japanese boxer. [1] He won bronze medals flyweight division in the men's flyweight event at the 2020 Summer Olympics . [ 2 ] His younger brother, Kosei is a former WBO triple world champion .
Junto Nakatani (中谷潤人, Nakatani Junto, born 2 January 1998) is a Japanese professional boxer.He has held world championships in three weight classes, including the World Boxing Organization (WBO) flyweight title from 2020 to 2022, the World Boxing Organization (WBO) junior-bantamweight title in 2023, and the World Boxing Council (WBC) bantamweight title since February 2024.
Yoshio Shirai was crowned Japan's first world champion in 1952. This is a list of Japanese boxing world champions who have won major world titles from the "Big four" governing bodies in professional boxing namely the World Boxing Association (WBA), World Boxing Council (WBC), International Boxing Federation (IBF) and World Boxing Organization (WBO). [1]
1983-04-10 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan: Retained WBA light flyweight title: 20 Win 18–1–1 Kim Hwan-jin: UD 15 (15) 1983-01-09 Prefectural Gymnasium, Kyoto, Japan: Retained WBA light flyweight title: 19 Win 17–1–1 Sung Nam Kim UD 15 (15) 1982-10-10 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan: Retained WBA light flyweight title: 18 Win 16–1–1 ...
Tanaka had adored Sadahiro Gonohe, the president of Hachinohe Teiken Boxing Gym, who is known as a theorist. [10] After his retirement as a boxer, Tanaka started training with Gonohe at his gym to become a boxing trainer. Gonohe taught him how to train with focus mitts there. [2] The gym had a Mexican trainer, and Latinos visited there.
Tatsuyoshi's father was a boxing fan and began training his son when he was a toddler. After graduating from middle school, Tatsuyoshi moved to Osaka to begin training, working part-time at restaurants to support himself. Tatsyoshi won the Japanese amateur bantamweight championship at age 17, becoming a candidate for the Seoul Olympics.
Pages in category "Japanese male boxers" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 228 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .