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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.
This was the first ever unification match between two Japanese fighters, and Tatsuyoshi's immense popularity gave the fight much media hype. Yakushiji was the more accomplished fighter, having defended the bantamweight title twice, and a better record, (22-2-1, as opposed to Tatsuyoshi, who was 10-1-1) but came into the fight as an underdog.
In 1973, one boxer among them died after an eighth-round knockout loss in a super featherweight ten-round bout in Agana, Guam. [68] He is the only Japanese boxer to die outside of his home country. [69] There were six fatal accidents before that. [69] [70] First, an African American died of athlete's heart after an exhibition match in Yokohama ...
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".
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]
At 1:00 a.m., the perpetrator's car was found parked outside a Catholic church near the gym where the shooting took place. At 6:00 a.m., a gunshot was heard inside, and at 7:30 a.m. his body was found. [4] The perpetrator, Masayoshi Magome (馬込 政義), was a 37-year-old unemployed man who lived with his parents and had a history of mental ...
Cops said the suspect jumped into the driver’s seat of his car and drove up on the curb to hit the men with whom he had been arguing. Suspect arrested in 18-year-old cold case of NYC boxer Kemal ...
Kenji Yonekura (Japanese: 米倉 健司, Hepburn: Yonekura Kenji, 25 May 1934 – 20 April 2023) was a Japanese boxer who competed at the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games in the flyweight division, and was a two-time world title challenger in the flyweight and bantamweight divisions. He later served as the president of Yonekura Boxing Gym.