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    The history of boxing in Japan began in 1854 when Matthew Perry landed at Shimoda, Shizuoka soon after the Convention of Kanagawa. At that time, American...
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    Japanese boxing world champions who have won major world titles from the "Big four" governing bodies in professional boxing namely the World Boxing Association...
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  • In Japan, every professional boxer must contract with a manager under the Japan Boxing Commission (JBC) rules, and is required to belong to a boxing gym...
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    Kickboxing (redirect from KickBoxing)
    boxing type based on punching and kicking. Kickboxing originated in the 1950s to 1970s. The fight takes place in a boxing ring, normally with boxing gloves...
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    Naoya Inoue (category World light-flyweight boxing champions)
    2022, 2023 Japan Boxing Commission’s Knockout of the Year: 2018, 2020, 2023 Boxing in Japan Notable boxing families List of Japanese boxing world champions...
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  • Reito Tsutsumi (category Boxing in Japan)
    Retrieved 2 May 2025. "Reito Tsutsumi Lands Dominant Decision Victory in Pro Boxing Debut – Garcia vs. Romero Highlights". lowkickmma.com. Retrieved 2 May...
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  • Fitness Boxing is a fitness video game developed and published by Imagineer for the Nintendo Switch. The game was released on December 20, 2018 in Japan by...
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  • male world boxing champions. Since at least John L. Sullivan, in the late 19th century, there have been world champions in professional boxing. The first...
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    national amateur boxing athletes) Japan (Japan Boxing Federation) Jordan (Jordan Boxing Association) Kazakhstan (Kazakhstan Boxing Federation) Kyrgyzstan...
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  • the World Boxing Association (WBA), World Boxing Council (WBC), and International Boxing Federation (IBF). The WBO's headquarters are located in San Juan...
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    Seiya Tsutsumi (category World bantamweight boxing champions)
    Seiya Tsutsumi (堤聖也, born December 24, 1995) is a Japanese professional boxer who held the World Boxing Association (WBA) bantamweight title from 2024 to...
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  • Japan national amateur boxing athletes represents Japan in regional, continental and world tournaments and matches sanctioned by the Amateur International...
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    Fighting Harada (category Presidents of the Japan Pro Boxing Association)
    boxing champions List of bantamweight boxing champions List of Japanese boxing world champions Boxing in Japan "Boxing in Japan | JapanVisitor Japan Travel...
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  • The 2025 World Boxing Cup was held from 31 March to November 2025. Hosted by World Boxing, it was the first edition of the World Boxing Cup. There were...
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  • governing body for amateur boxing, and will sanction boxing at the Summer Olympics beginning in 2028. The organisation was formed in response to ongoing governance...
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  • Junto Nakatani (category World flyweight boxing champions)
    January 1998) is a Japanese professional boxer. He has held world championships in three weight classes, including the World Boxing Organization (WBO)...
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    Kenji Kanō (category Boxing promoters)
    Kenji, September 24, 1881 – October 30, 1947[citation needed]) was a Japanese boxing and MMA promoter, the founder of the International Jūkken Club (国際柔拳倶楽部)...
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  • Ryosuke Nishida (category World bantamweight boxing champions)
    Ryosuke Nishida (Japanese: 西田凌佑, Nishida Ryosuke; born 7 August 1996) is a Japanese professional boxer, who held the International Boxing Federation (IBF)...
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  • Shokichi Iwata (category World light-flyweight boxing champions)
    (岩田翔吉, Iwata Shokichi; born 2 February 1996) is a Japanese professional boxer, who held the World Boxing Organization (WBO) light-flyweight title from October...
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  • America in 1911 to box and returned to Japan in 1921 to form one of the first boxing groups in Asia, known as the Japan Club. This club allowed boxing to gain...
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  • Akihiko Honda (category Boxing promoters)
    born September 9, 1947) is a Japanese professional boxing promoter who was inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame in 2008, and was also selected as...
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  • Seigo Yuri Akui (category World flyweight boxing champions)
    scheduled as the main event of a "Momotaro Fight Boxing 38" event, held at the Amakusa Park Gym in Asakuchi, Japan. He won the fight by a first-round technical...
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  • Jiro Watanabe (category World super-flyweight boxing champions)
    but Japan Boxing Commission banished him on 27 July 2007. List of super-flyweight boxing champions List of Japanese boxing world champions Boxing in Japan...
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  • Teiken Boxing Gym (帝拳ボクシングジム) is a Japanese traditional boxing club based in the Kagurazaka neighborhood of Shinjuku, Tokyo, Japan. Dating back to 1926...
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  • Shoot boxing (シュートボクシング, Shūtobokushingu), commonly written as Shootboxing, is a combat sport. Shoot boxing is also a stand-up fighting promotion company...
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  • Kenshiro Teraji (category World light-flyweight boxing champions)
    Japanese professional boxer and unified flyweight champion, having held the World Boxing Council (WBC) title since October 2024, and the World Boxing...
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  • Mona Kimura (category CS1 Japanese-language sources (ja))
    also a former amateur boxer who represented her country of Japan at 2022 IBA Women's World Boxing Championships. Kimura made her professional kickboxing debut...
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  • The boxing competitions at the 2024 Summer Olympics in Paris ran from 27 July to 10 August. Preliminary boxing matches occurred at Arena Paris Nord in Villepinte...
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  • World Boxing Championships and the IBA Junior World Boxing Championships are amateur boxing competitions organised by the International Boxing Association...
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    Yoko Gushiken (category Japanese boxing biography stubs)
    retirement from boxing, he remains popular in Japan as a tarento having signed a contract with Ohta Production. He is well known in Japan for his comical...
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