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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Boxing is a combat sport and martial art. Taking place in a boxing ring, it involves two people – usually wearing protective equipment, such as protective...
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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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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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Reito Tsutsumi (category Boxing in Japan)
Youth World Boxing Championships". iba.sport. Retrieved 21 April 2025. "The Tsutsumi brothers can compete together at the AIBA World Boxing Championships"...
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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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Seiya Tsutsumi (category World bantamweight boxing champions)
male boxers Boxing in Japan List of Japanese boxing world champions List of world bantamweight boxing champions "2018年3月試合結果". Japanese Boxing Commission...
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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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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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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 has held the International Boxing Federation (IBF)...
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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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Kazuto Ioka (category World mini-flyweight boxing champions)
16th All Japan Selected High School Boxing Championships, Light flyweight Tournament winner (2005) 17th All Japan Selected High School Boxing Championships...
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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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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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Ginjiro Shigeoka (category World mini-flyweight boxing champions)
Shigeoka Ginjiro, born 18 October 1999) is a Japanese professional boxer who held the International Boxing Federation (IBF) mini-flyweight title from 2023...
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This is a list of films about boxing featuring notable sports films where boxing plays a central role in the development of the plot. Martial arts portal...
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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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Yudai Shigeoka (category World Boxing Council champions)
Yudai Shigeoka (Japanese: 重岡優大, Shigeoka Yudai, born 16 April 1997) is a Japanese professional boxer who has held the World Boxing Council (WBC) mini-flyweight...
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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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Lethwei (redirect from Burmese boxing)
ʍḛ]) or Burmese boxing is a full contact combat sport originating from Myanmar and is regarded as one of the most brutal martial arts in the world. Lethwei...
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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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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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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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World Boxing Championships and the IBA Junior World Boxing Championships are amateur boxing competitions organised by the International Boxing Association...
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Takuma Inoue (category World bantamweight boxing champions)
December 26, 1995) is a Japanese professional boxer who held the WBA bantamweight title from 2023 to 2024. Inoue started boxing from a very young age,...
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