We've all heard of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, and we've decided to put our spin on things with "Six degrees of separation" looking to connect Asian fighters you may never have assumed were connected! Today we connect Japanese star Naoya Inoue to former 2-weight world champion Soo Hwan Hong.
Just as ground rules, we're not doing the more basic "A beat B who beat C who beat D" type of thing, but instead we want to link fighters in different ways. As a result we will limit A fought B connections, and try to get more varied connections together, as you'll see here! We also know there are often shorter routes to connect fighters, but that's not always the most interesting way to connect them. 1-Japanese star Naoya Inoue is one of the biggest names in Japanese boxing, and one of the true Asian stars of the sport. Since turning professional his career has been guided by former professional fighter Hideyuki Ohashi, the Chairman of the Ohashi Gym. 2-Before setting up the Ohashi Gym Hideyuki Ohashi was a pretty successful fighter himself, winning the WBC and WBA Minimumweight titles and facing some true legends of the sport, including Jung Koo Chang and Ricardo Lopez. Ohashi's in ring career came to an end after his 24th fight, a close decision loss to Thailand's Chana Porpaoin. 3-When he beat Ohashi in 1993 Chana Porpaoin moved to 27-0 and would later amass an excellent record of 53-4-5 (19). Chana's journey to becoming a 2-time world champion began in 1988 and he debuted as a professional boxer on May 23rd 1988. That was the same day that Rocky Lin made his professional debut. 4-The talented Rocky Lin, the most successful fighter from Taiwan, had a solid 28 fight career, going 26-2 (11) and fighting some genuinely notable names, such as Ricardo Lopez and Wandee Singwancha. His career ended with his loss to Wandee Singwancha, on August 23rd 1998. Another man who lost on that show was Hiroyuki Sakamoto, who suffered a decision loss to Cesar Bazan in a WBC Lightweight title fight. 5-Despite the fact Hiroyuki Sakamoto failed to win a world title, losing in 4 different world title fights, he was a solid fighter, with dangerous power and managed to win both the Japanese and OPBF Lightweight titles during his often thrilling and dramatic career. Another man who won both the Japanese and OPBF Lightweight titles was Orzubek Nazarov, who also went on to win the WBA world title. 6-Interestingly Orzubek Nazarov is one of the very, very few Asian fighters to win a world title whilst fighting on the road, in South Africa. Nazarov won the WBA Lightweight title by beating Dingaan Thobela in Johannesburg. Another Asian to win a world title over in South Africa was South Korean fighter Soo Hwan Hong, who dethroned Arnold Taylor, to claim the WBA Bantamweight title in Durban.
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We've all heard of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, and we've decided to put our spin on things with "Six degrees of separation" looking to connect Asian fighters you may never have assumed were connected! Today we connect former Thai world champion Veraphol Sahaprom, to Japanese star Naoya Inoue.
Just as ground rules, we're not doing the more basic "A beat B who beat C who beat D" type of thing, but instead we want to link fighters in different ways. As a result we will limit A fought B connections, and try to get more varied connections together, as you'll see here! We also know there are often shorter routes to connect fighters, but that's not always the most interesting way to connect them. 1-Former 2-time Bantamweight champion Veeraphol Sahaprom had a genuinely excellent professional boxing career, going a stellar 66-4-2 (46) during his time in the sport, which ran from 1994 to 2010. During his career he was stopped 3 times with the final one of those stoppages coming in 2008, when he was stopped in 4 rounds by South African fighter Vusi Malinga, in what would actually be Sahaprom's final loss in professional boxing. 2-The talented Vusi Malinga was one of the more notable South African fighters of his era, fighting some of the top fighters in and around the Bantamweight. They included Sahaprom, Hozumi Hasegawa, Leo Santa Cruz, Stuart Hall and Gavin McDonnell. Sadly he failed to pick up a world title but did pick up a number of minor titles, including the WBC International Bantamweight title, a belt that was also held by Thailand's Rocky Chitalada. 3-The hard hitting Rocky Chitalada racked up an impressive 16-3 (15) record during his short career, that spanned from 1985 to 1988. On the same card as Rocky's debut fans also saw the criminally under-rated Noree Jockeygym, aka Visan Thummong. Sadly it wasn't a day to remember for Noree, who suffered his first career loss on the show. 4-One of the most remarkable fights featuring Noree Jockeygym saw him travel over to Japan and suffer a loss to the then rising Japanese star Naoto Takahashi, with Takahashi looking a beaten man in round 2 before turning things around in round 3. Notably the two men would rematch the following year, with Noree exacting revenge over Takahashi, who looked shot fighter in their rematch. 5-Although not a well known fighter in the West Naoto Takahashi was one of the most popular Japanese fighters in the mid-to late 1980's and early 1990's. He was known as the "Prince of the Reversal", due to his amazing comebacks, but sadly his career was cut short due to a brain injury suffered in 1991. After his in ring career was over Takahashi worked with Jyoji Morikawa at the JB Sports gym. That's the same Jyoji Morikawa who created the brilliant Hajime No Ippo series, and in fact based a character on Takahashi! 6-In recent years Jyoji Morikawa has continued his success with Hajima No Ippo, the JB Sports gym and has also had his art work featured on the front cover of Ring Magazine. That Ring magazine cover was actually a Morikawa drawn piece of Naoya Inoue that he did in 2019, in one of the most unique Ring magazaine covers of all time. We've all heard of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, and we've decided to put our spin on things with "Six degrees of separation" looking to connect Asian fighters you may never have assumed were connected! Today we connect former Japanese world champion Akinobu Hiranaka to former Thai great Veeraphol Sahaprom.
Just as ground rules, we're not doing the more basic "A beat B who beat C who beat D" type of thing, but instead we want to link fighters in different ways. As a result we will limit A fought B connections, and try to get more varied connections together, as you'll see here! We also know there are often shorter routes to connect fighters, but that's not always the most interesting way to connect them. 1-Before turning professional and winning a world title Akinobu Hiranaka was a solid amateur and competed at the 1984 Olympics, as a Welterweight. Another fighter who competed in the same division at the same Olympics was Indonesian fighter Francisco Lisboa. 2-It's fair to say that Francisco Lisboa isn't a particularly well known fighter, though he did manage to do quite a few notable things, including getting international experience in the US, Japan and South Korea and won the OPBF Light Middleweight title in 1988 with an upset win over Carlos Elliot. In one of his final bouts, in 1991, he faced Young Kil Jung. 3-Korean fighter Young Kil Jung is likely known by international fans for 2 bouts. The first is his 1988 loss to Lloyd Honeyghan, where he was KO'd off a low blow, and the second was his 1989 bout with Marlon Starling, which he lost by wide decision. Prior to those bouts he had held both the Korean and OPBF titles at Welterweight, before later claiming the OPBF title at 154lbs. He lost that title after 6 defenses, the same number of defenses that Tadashi Mihara had managed between 1979 and 1981. 4-On November 7th 1981 Tadashi Mihara did something very few Japanese fighters have ever done, won a world title at 154lbs. He claimed that title by narrowly out pointing Rocky Fratto over 15 rounds. The previous Japanese fight to claim a world title at the weight was Maashi Kudo, in 1979. 5-It's fair to stated that Masashi Kudo is the second most successful Japanese fighter at 154lbs, behind Koichi Wajima, and during his reign as the WBA champion he managed to record 3 world title defenses. Before winning the world title he had also notched up 8 defenses of the Japanese Middleweight title, between 1975 and 1978. Since his reign only 1 man has recorded more defenses of the Japanese Middleweight title than Kudo, and that was Satoru Suzuki, who notched 9 defenses. 6-During his Japanese title reign most of Satoru Suzuki's defenses came at Korakuen Hall. One of the ones that didn't was his 4th defense, which saw him scoring a 2nd round KO win against Naoki Kawahara at the Arena in Yokohama. In the main event of that show fans saw Thailand's Veeraphol Sahaprom successfully retain the WBC Bantamweight title, with a draw against Toshiaki Nishioka. We've all heard of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, and we've decided to put our spin on things with "Six degrees of separation" looking to connect Asian fighters you may never have assumed were connected! Today we connect former Indonesian world champion Nico Thomas to former Japanese world champion Akinobu Hiranaka.
Just as ground rules, we're not doing the more basic "A beat B who beat C who beat D" type of thing, but instead we want to link fighters in different ways. As a result we will limit A fought B connections, and try to get more varied connections together, as you'll see here! We also know there are often shorter routes to connect fighters, but that's not always the most interesting way to connect them. 1-Former Indonesian world champion Nico Thomas was born on June 10th 1966, that same day fight fans in Australia saw legendary Aussie Johnny Famechon fight to a draw with Domenico Chiloiro, in what was their fourth and final bout. 2-In 1969 Johnny Famcechon faced off with Fighting Harada in the first of two bouts between the two men. This bout was famously scored a draw by former Featherweight great Willie Pep, who held the Featherweight title through much of the 1940's and into 1950. 3-Another bout that Willie Pep served as a referee in was the 1962 OPBF Lightweight title bout between Gabriel "Flash" Elorde and Somkiat Kiatmuangyom, which saw Elorde retain the title with a 3rd round TKO win over his Thai challenger. 4-Filipino legend Gabriel "Flash" Elorde was one of the true legends of boxing and one of the most successful Filipino fighters in the history of the sport. His career spanned 20 years, beginning in 1951 and ending in 1971 and among the many fighters he fought was Korean warrior Kang Il Suh, who he scored two close decision wins against. 5-Although an often forgotten fighter Kang Il Suh was one of the best Korean fighters to never win a world title. Among the many notable opponents faced were Elorde, Yoshiaki Numata, Rene Barrientos, Raul Rojas, Hiroshi Kobayashi and Mando Ramos. In fact Suh gave Ramos his first professional loss in 1967! 6-The memorable Mando Ramos began his career in November 1965 and fought through to 1975 during which time he was a 2-time Lightweight world champion. Sadly he passed away on July 6th 2008, the same day that Japan's Yuki Chinen made his professional debut in Okinawa on a show promoted by former world champion Akinobu Hiranaka. We've all heard of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, and we've decided to put our spin on things with "Six degrees of separation" looking to connect Asian fighters you may never have assumed were connected! Today we connect former Filipino world champion Eric Jamili to former Indonesian world champion Nico Thomas.
Just as ground rules, we're not doing the more basic "A beat B who beat C who beat D" type of thing, but instead we want to link fighters in different ways. As a result we will limit A fought B connections, and try to get more varied connections together, as you'll see here! We also know there are often shorter routes to connect fighters, but that's not always the most interesting way to connect them. 1-Although rarely spoken about now a days former Filipino fighter Eric Jamili was the first ever Filipino to win a WBO world title title, stopping Mickey Cantwell in London for the WBO Minimumweight title in December 1997. Other Filipino's to have won the WBO Minimumweight title since Jamili including Vic Saludar. 2-The hard hitting Vic Saludar won the WBO Minimumweight title in 2018, beating Ryuya Yamanaka with a 12 round decision. Prior to turning professional, in 2013, Saludar was a highly regarded Amateur fighter and regularly featured in international competition. They included the 2010 Tammer Tournament, where he beat Charlie Edwards. 3-Englishman Charlie Edwards was highly touted when he turned professional and was rushed to a world title fight, getting his first shot in 2016, in his 9th professional bout, when he faced off with John Riel Casimero for the IBF Flyweight title. Edwards was the second fighter to lost via TKO10 in an IBF Flyweight title fight, following Jacob Matlala in 1991. The third was Masahiro Sakamoto in 2018. 4-Osakan fighter Masahiro Sakamoto began his career in 2014 and retired in 2019, following a 6th round TKO loss loss to Yusuke Sakashita. During his career Sakamoto held the WBO Asia Pacific Flyweight title and won the 2015 All Japan Rookie of the Year, stopping Hiroyasu Shiga in 3 rounds. Another fighter who won Rookie of the Rookie of the Year in 2015 was Tsubasa Koura, who won at Minimumweight. 5-Following his 2015 Rookie of the Year triumph Tsubasa Koura went on a tear and ended up breaking into the world rankings and winning the OPBF Minimumweight title. He successfully defended that OPBF belt 3 times before suffering a surprise upset loss to Lito Dante in 2019, in one of the biggest upsets of the year. Amazingly Koura was the first man to be stopped in the 12th round of an OPBF Minimumweight title bout since Little Pono way back in 1986! 6-After being stopped in the aforementioned OPBF Minimumweight title bout Little Pono faced almost nobody of any note. The one exception to that was future world champion Nico Thomas, who Pono actually beat in November 1986! We've all heard of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, and we've decided to put our spin on things with "Six degrees of separation" looking to connect Asian fighters you may never have assumed were connected! Today we connect former Japanese world champion Takashi Uchiyama to former Filipino world champion Eric Jamili.
Just as ground rules, we're not doing the more basic "A beat B who beat C who beat D" type of thing, but instead we want to link fighters in different ways. As a result we will limit A fought B connections, and try to get more varied connections together, as you'll see here! We also know there are often shorter routes to connect fighters, but that's not always the most interesting way to connect them. 1-Although best known for his success in the professional ranks Takashi Uchiyama was a very impressive amateur, who numerous titles in the unpaid ranks. That included a number of Japanese National titles, including one in 2002, at 60KG's. At the very same tournament we also saw Yu Kimura pick up a championship win, down at 48KG's. 2-As a professional Yu Kimura had an interesting and notable career after turning professional in 2006. His most notable achievement was winning the WBC Light Flyweight title, with an upset win over Pedro Guevara in 2015. Prior to that however he had been a key figure on the Japanese domestic scene and shared the ring with a number of notable Japanese fighters. They included Tatsuya Fukuhara, who he beat in 2013. 3-When we look back on his career Tatsuya Fukuhara will not go down as a legend, despite that he won the Japanese and WBO Minimumweight titles and was the face of boxing in Kumamoto for the best part of a decade. He also fought to a draw with Fahlan Sakkreeerin Jr and twice challenged Wanheng Menayothin for the WBC Minimumweight title, an was the opponent for Takuma Inoue's professional debut. That bout with Inoue came on a card headlined by Akira Yaegashi, in December 2013. 4-During his long and successful career Akira Yaegashi won world titles in 3 weight classes and had a genuinely excellent career. Sadly though he also suffered a number of painful losses, where his toughness and heart saw him taking prolonged punishment. The one strange exception to that was his IBF Light Flyweight title loss in 2017 to Milan Melindo. That bout saw Yaegashi being taken out in the first round by the talented Filipino. 5-Before winning the IBF Light Flyweight title Milan Melindo had won a number of minor titles, such as regional and youth belts. The first of those was the WBO Asia Pacific Minimumweight title, which he won in October 2007. Interestingly the previous champion to Melindo was Donnie Nietes. 6-The excellent Donnie Nietes was always closely affiliated with the WBO, winning the WBO Minimumweight title in 2007 before later winning the WBO Light Flyweight and Super Flyweight titles. He was actually the second Filipino to win the WBO Minimumweight title, following in the footsteps of Eric Jamili, who won the belt in 1997. Interesting that title win saw Jamili become the first Filipino to win a WBO world title, at any weight. We've all heard of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, and we've decided to put our spin on things with "Six degrees of separation" looking to connect Asian fighters you may never have assumed were connected! Today we connect Kazakh Middle star Gennady Golovkin to former Japanese world champion Takashi Uchiyama.
Just as ground rules, we're not doing the more basic "A beat B who beat C who beat D" type of thing, but instead we want to link fighters in different ways. As a result we will limit A fought B connections, and try to get more varied connections together, as you'll see here! We also know there are often shorter routes to connect fighters, but that's not always the most interesting way to connect them. 1-On May 6th 2006 Gennady Golovkin made his professional debut, beating Gabor Balogh inside a round in Dusseldorf. On the very same day Eagle Den Junlaphan retained the WBC Minimumweight title with a unanimous decision over Filipino challenger Rodel Mayol, over in Tokyo, to record his second defense of his second reign. 2-The talented Japanese based Thai born Eagle Den Junlaphan would go on to successfully make 2 more defenses of the WBC Minimumweight title after his win over Rodel Mayol. He then lost the belt in 2007 when he travelled over to Thailand to take on Oleydong Sithsamerchai in the 8th world title bout between two Thai's, otherwise known as a "Bloodline Battle". 3-Following his WBC title win Oleydong Sithsamerchai went on to make 6 successful defenses, which at the time put him third for the most defenses of the WBC Minimumweight title behind Ricardo Lopez and Jose Antonio Aguirre. Included in those 6 defenses was a draw against Pornsawan Popramook in 2010. This meant he was only the third WBC Minimumweight champion to retain with a draw, the first was Hirioki Ioka in 1988. 4-Japan's Hiroki Ioka is well known for being a 2-weight world champion, the youngest world champion in Japanese boxing history, the final student Eddie Townsend and the uncle of Kazuto Ioka. He was a genuinely big deal in the 1980's and 1990's. Interestingly his final bout came on December 19th 1998, that was the same day Floyd Mayweather Jr beat Angel Manfredy to record his first defense of the WBC Super Featherweight title. 5-At the 1996 Olympics Floyd Mayweather Jr won an Olympic bronze medal at Featherweight, losing in his semi-final to Serafim Todorov. The eventual gold medal winner in the division was Thailand's Kamsing Somluck, who defeated Todorov 8-5 in the final. 6-It wasn't just the Olympics that Kamsing Somluck had success at but he was actually a really,really successful amateur, winning medals across various international competitions and tournaments. Included in those was the 2002 King's Cup in Bangkok. On route to that win win Kamsing beat future WBA Super Featherweight champion Takashi Uchiyama in the semi-final! We've all heard of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, and we've decided to put our spin on things with "Six degrees of separation" looking to connect Asian fighters you may never have assumed were connected! Today we connect former Korean world title contender Seung Soon Lee to Kazakh legend Gennady Golokvin.
Just as ground rules, we're not doing the more basic "A beat B who beat C who beat D" type of thing, but instead we want to link fighters in different ways. As a result we will limit A fought B connections, and try to get more varied connections together, as you'll see here! We also know there are often shorter routes to connect fighters, but that's not always the most interesting way to connect them. 1-Although never a world beater Seung Soon Lee did have have genuine success on the domestic and regional scene, before his ill fated 1989 bout against Mark Breland for the WBA Welterweight title. The most noteworthy of his achievements was winning the OPBF Welterweight title in 1987, beating Jun Suk Hwang for the belt. 2-Despite losing the OPBF title to Lee in 1987 it's fair to say that Jun Suk Hwang had a decent reign with the title, running up 13 defenses of the title before losing it. During his reign he also dipped his toes at 154lbs, challenging In Chul Baek on October 18th 1986. 3-The hard hitting In Chul Baek is one of the true legends of Korean boxing. He's best known for his reign as the WBA Super Middleweight reign, from 1989 to 1990, but before that world title reign he had left a wave of destruction behind with 26 straight T/KO wins to begin his career, as well as 2 reigns as the OPBF Light Middleweight champion. The only other fighter to hold that title twice, at the time of writing, was Japanese based American Carlos Elliot. 4-Sadly Carlos Elliot has been often forgotten in recent years but is a former Japanese Light Middleweight champion and a 2-time OPBF champion who ran up a very impressive 26-3 (22) record fighting almost his entire career on Japanese soil. A fighter who did things very, very similarly was Mark Horikoshi, who turned professional in Japan and made his name there rather, rather than in the land of his birth. 5-In Japanese boxing Mark Horikoshi is best known for his 1989 instant classic with the hugely popular Naoto Takahashi, which is often regarded as one of the greatest bouts to ever take place at Korakuen Hall. The bout was a thrilling battle from the off, with both men regularly being hurt, rocked, and looking on the verge of being stopped. The bout saw Takahashi claiming the Japanese Super Bantamweight title with a 9th round stoppage. This would be Horikoshi's final bout in Japan before he began to box in the US, making his US debut on May 15th 1989, the same day that Shinji Takehara made his professional debut, back in Tokyo. 6-The hard hitting Shinji Takehara would go on to have a remarkable career winning the WBA Middleweight title in 1995, becoming the first Japanese fighter to win a Middleweight world title. Takehara's reign was a short one, sadly, and he lost the belt in his first defense. Amazingly it would take until Gennady Golovkin, around 15 years later, for Asia to have another Middleweight world champion, with Golovkin first winning the WBA title that Takehara had held in the 1990's! We've all heard of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, and we've decided to put our spin on things with "Six degrees of separation" looking to connect Asian fighters you may never have assumed were connected! Today we connect Takashi Uchiyama to former Korean world title contender Seung Soon Lee.
Just as ground rules, we're not doing the more basic "A beat B who beat C who beat D" type of thing, but instead we want to link fighters in different ways. As a result we will limit A fought B connections, and try to get more varied connections together, as you'll see here! We also know there are often shorter routes to connect fighters, but that's not always the most interesting way to connect them. 1-The hard hitting Takashi Uchiyama made his professional debut on July 16th 2005, when he beat Chandet Sithramkamhaeng in 35 seconds at Korakuen Hall. On the very same day there was a major shock in the US as Bernard Hopkins lost his unified Middleweight throne to fellow American Jermain Taylor. 2-Although now somewhat forgotten, sadly, Jermain Taylor was a tremendous talent as both an professional and an amateur. We've just mentioned his crowning glory as a professional but as an amateur his biggest success was at the 2000 Olympics, where he won a Bronze medal. His Olympic dreams were ended in the semi finals by Kazakh fighter Yermakhan Ibrayimov, who stopped Taylor in the 4th round of their bout. 3-After stopping Taylor in the semi-final of the Light Middleweight division Yermakhan Ibrayimov went on to win the Gold medal, improving on the Bronze medal that he had won in 1996. Another man who took home Gold at the 2000 Sydney Olympics was Cuban fighter Guillermo Rigondeaux, who also took Gold at the 2004 games in Athens. 4-The talented, yet often frustrating, Guillermo Rigondeaux fought a number of Asian fighters as a professional. Among them was Hisashi Amagasa, who he fought at the end of 2014 in a memorable and dramatic bout that saw Rigondeaux being dropped twice, Amagasa being dropped once and then being stopped with serious facial swelling. 5-Japan's "Slimming Assassin" Hisashi Amagasa was born on October 18th 1985. On that very same day American fighter Mark Breland scored his 7th professional win, stopping Donald Gwinn in New York City. 6-In 1989 Mark Breland became a 2-time world champion, scoring an opening round blow out win over Korean fighter Seung Soon Lee in Caesars Palace, Las Vegas. This win netted Breland the WBA Welterweight title that he had lost in 1987 to Marlon Starling. We've all heard of Six Degrees of Kevin Bacon, and we've decided to put our spin on things with "Six degrees of separation" looking to connect Asian fighters you may never have assumed were connected! Today we connect former multi-weight world champion Nonito Donaire to former world champion Takashi Uchiyama.
Just as ground rules, we're not doing the more basic "A beat B who beat C who beat D" type of thing, but instead we want to link fighters in different ways. As a result we will limit A fought B connections, and try to get more varied connections together, as you'll see here! We also know there are often shorter routes to connect fighters, but that's not always the most interesting way to connect them. 1-Way back on July 7th 2007 we saw the then unknown Nonito Donaire announce himself on the boxing world with a huge upset win over the then IBF Flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan. The win was a massive shock and put the unheralded Donaire on the boxing map. On the very same card fans in the venue also saw the previously unbeaten Bermane Stiverne suffer a shock himself, losing to Demetrice King. 2-Prior to beginning his professional career Bermane Stiverne was a solid amateur and scored a very notable win in the 2004 Tammer Tournament in Tampere, Finland. In that tournament he stopped British fighter David Price, in what was regarded as a notable amateur upset. 3-After losing to Stiverne in 2004 David Price would go on to make his mark as one of the most notable British amateurs of his time. That was, in part, helped by an Olympic bronze medal at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing at Super Heavyweight. In the Olympics that followed, both the 2012 and 2016 Olympics, Kazakh fighter Ivan Dychko went on to claim bronze. 4-Although Ivan Dychko's professional career was a very slow burn he turned professional with a lot of expectations on his shoulders. Interestingly the big man from Kazakhstan appears to have made his professional debut on the same date as Thai hope Satanmuanglek CP Freshmart, with both men kicking off their professional career's on August 9th 2017*. 5-Within just a few years of his professional debut Thailand's Satanmuanglek CP Freshmart moved through the rankings and secured a world title fight with Japan's Hiroto Kyoguchi. Although Kyoguchi won that bout it's fair to say that Satanmuanglek impressed, getting a lot of credit for his performance, in even in defeat. Interestingly that win was Kyoguchi's second defense of the WBA Light Flyweight "Super" title. 6-Talented and exciting Japanese fighter Hiroto Kyoguchi made his debut in 2016, and by the and of the year he was 5-0 (5). His final bout of the year saw him defeat Junel Lacar in 3 rounds. In the headline bout of that card was Kyoguchi's then stablemate Takashi Uchiyama, who fought his final professional bout, losing to Jezzrel Corrales in their second meeting. *Given the way Thai records can be misleading it should be noted that we are going on how BoxRec has Satanmuanglek's record at the time of writing. |
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