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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] In March 2011, Guinness World Records certified Hakamada as the world's longest-held death row inmate. [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 ...
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]
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]
Katsunari Takayama (高山 勝成, Takayama Katsunari, born May 12, 1983) is a Japanese professional boxer.He is a five-time mini-flyweight world champion, having held the WBC title in 2005, the IBF title twice between 2013 and 2015, and the WBO title twice between 2014 and 2017.
Kyotaro Fujimoto (藤本 京太郎 [ɸɯdʑimoto kʲoːtaɾoː], Fujimoto Kyōtarō, born June 23, 1986) is a Japanese former professional boxer who competed from 2011 to 2019 and a kickboxer. He began competing again as a professional kickboxer in 2021.