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team. Takehara did not move on to high school, after graduating middle school, he moved to Tokyo in 1988 to start a boxing career. He took numerous part-time jobs while training, including working as a cleaning man at
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1025:KO
965:KO
935:KO
905:KO
875:KO
845:KO
833:10
808:KO
796:11
772:KO
760:12
742:10
727:13
709:10
706:UD
694:14
673:KO
661:15
633:KO
621:16
600:KO
588:17
570:KO
558:18
537:KO
525:19
504:12
489:20
468:KO
456:21
435:KO
423:22
405:12
390:23
369:12
366:UD
352:24
311:25
281:No.
257:18
175:WBA
1428::
1150:,
1146:,
1103:1
1073:2
1043:3
1013:4
998:6
983:5
953:6
923:7
893:8
863:9
271:0
268:6
260:1
157:,
129:18
121:24
113:25
52:,
41:)
1276:.
1255:.
1234:.
151:(
137:1
37:(
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