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98:
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75:
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55:
51:
45:(age 74)
35:
31:
20:
1790:
1774:
1772:
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1738:
1721:
1701:
1695:
1686:
1665:
1661:Susumu Okabe
1609:. Retrieved
1599:
1588:. Retrieved
1578:
1346:Aug 4, 1973
1193:
1038:Dec 9, 1975
894:Shoji Okano
873:Sep 9, 1977
840:Dec 4, 1977
775:Omiya, Japan
771:Aug 9, 1978
573:
572:Won WBA and
526:
486:
476:Apr 9, 1981
442:Round, time
410:By decision
399:By knockout
375:
367:
331:
324:
310:
299:
288:
251:
250:
232:1970 Bangkok
176:Medal record
137:Total fights
130:
81:
1813:1949 births
1350:Naha, Japan
1337:Ricky Sawa
792:Ryu Fukita
643:Naha, Japan
559:Aug 2, 1980
360:JosΓ© Cuevas
358:' win over
216:Asian Games
73:Nationality
1807:Categories
1611:2024-01-01
1590:2024-01-01
1570:References
1487:Mar Yuzon
153:Wins by KO
82:Statistics
62:(nowadays
39:1949-10-12
1757:Previous:
1062:Masa Ito
993:Masa Ito
960:Masa Ito
633:10 (10),
518:Kokugikan
448:Location
436:Opponent
394:5 losses
318:champion
285:Biography
89:Weight(s)
1775:The Ring
1741:The Ring
1692:Vacated
1682:Masa Ito
1674:Masa Ito
1543:See also
1194:The Ring
1172:2 (15),
1104:1 (10),
1068:5 (10),
1032:8 (10),
930:Joe Lim
900:2 (10),
834:7 (10),
798:7 (10),
732:2 (10),
597:5 (10),
574:The Ring
552:6 (15),
527:The Ring
487:The Ring
391:27 wins
369:The Ring
343:for the
302:knockout
271:, Japan)
120:Orthodox
76:Japanese
1752:Awards
1373:5 (10)
1343:6 (10)
1313:3 (10)
1251:6 (12)
1218:1 (10)
870:6 (10)
768:2 (10)
702:6 (10)
433:Record
430:Result
364:Detroit
269:Okinawa
54:Okinawa
1696:Vacant
1633:BoxRec
1523:4 (6)
1433:1 (6)
1403:6 (8)
451:Notes
345:Lineal
204:
190:Boxing
188:Men's
161:Losses
116:Stance
100:Height
1788:Next:
1785:2011
1631:from
1481:Loss
1380:Japan
1320:Japan
1209:10β1
1161:10β2
1158:Loss
1131:11β2
1095:12β2
1059:13β2
1042:Japan
1023:14β2
990:14β3
987:Loss
973:Japan
957:15β3
927:15β4
924:Loss
891:16β4
861:17β4
825:18β4
808:Japan
789:19β4
759:20β4
723:21β4
709:Japan
693:22β4
660:23β4
624:24β4
607:Japan
588:25β4
541:26β4
501:27β4
462:27β5
459:Loss
445:Date
439:Type
258:δΈε εΊ·ζ
207:Japan
108:Reach
64:Japan
58:USCAR
26:δΈε εΊ·ζ
1793:vs.
1765:vs.
1520:TKO
1514:1β0
1511:Win
1490:PTS
1484:1β1
1460:PTS
1454:2β1
1451:Win
1430:TKO
1424:3β1
1421:Win
1400:TKO
1394:4β1
1391:Win
1364:5β1
1361:Win
1334:6β1
1331:Win
1304:7β1
1301:Win
1272:8β1
1269:Win
1242:9β1
1239:Win
1206:Win
1191:and
1187:For
1174:1:17
1137:PTS
1128:Win
1106:1:52
1092:Win
1070:2:21
1056:Win
1034:2:24
1020:Win
996:PTS
963:PTS
954:Win
933:PTS
902:1:33
888:Win
858:Win
836:3:00
831:RTD
822:Win
800:1:50
786:Win
756:Win
734:0:50
720:Win
690:Win
666:PTS
657:Win
635:2:39
621:Win
599:2:23
585:Win
554:2:59
538:Win
498:Win
347:and
277:and
145:Wins
50:Naha
33:Born
1763:D10
1370:KO
1340:KO
1310:KO
1283:10
1280:UD
1248:KO
1236:10
1215:KO
1203:11
1189:WBA
1169:KO
1155:12
1140:10
1125:13
1101:KO
1089:14
1065:KO
1053:15
1029:KO
1017:16
999:10
984:17
966:10
951:18
936:10
921:19
897:KO
885:20
867:KO
855:21
819:22
795:KO
783:23
765:KO
753:24
729:KO
717:25
699:KO
687:26
669:10
654:27
630:KO
618:28
594:KO
582:29
549:KO
535:30
510:15
507:SD
495:31
473:15
470:UD
456:32
426:No.
402:21
362:in
349:WBA
334:WBA
313:WBA
304:in
275:WBA
1809::
1508:1
1493:6
1478:2
1463:6
1448:3
1418:4
1388:5
1358:6
1328:7
1298:8
1266:9
416:4
413:6
405:1
261:,
156:21
148:27
140:32
56:,
52:,
41:)
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164:5
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