SPORT & NOTE
Takao SAKURAI

Male

Bantamweight, Japan, Tokyo
Born: September 25, 1941, Sahara, Japan
Died: January 10, 2012, Tokyo, Japan
Southpaw

as an amateur:
1964 Tokyo, Japan, Olympic Games bantamweight gold edal
W PTS 4-1 Brian Packer, Great Britain
W PTS 5-0 Cassius Aryee, Ghana
W PTS 5-0 Nicolae Puiu, Romania
W PTS 5-0 Washington Rodriguez, Uruguay
W KO 2 Shin Cho Chung, Korea


No amateur results

Professional record

DateOpponentPlaceResult
1965
+ June 3Atom HataiTokyo, JapanW 6
+ Aug. 5Akio FurukiTokyo, JapanW 10
+ Sept. 30Segmundo MacalaladTokyo, JapanKO 1
+ Nov. 18Takeo BandoTokyo, JapanW 10
+ Dec. 30Toyoharu MizutaTokyo, JapanW 10
1966
+ Feb. 3Tatsuya TakamiTokyo, JapanW 10
+ Feb. 15Bonny BoromeoShizuoka, Japan KO 2
+ Mar. 17Chung Hwan ChangOkayama City, Japan W 10
+ Apr. 18Pat GonzalesSapporo, Japan W 10
+ May 26Dong Chun LeeTokyo, JapanW 10
+ July 11Un Mo OhSendai, Japan W 10
+ Oct. 6Katsutoshi AokiTokyo, JapanW 10
+ Dec. 8Toyoharu MizutaTokyo, JapanW 10
1967
+ Feb. 16Yoshio NakaneTokyo, JapanW 10
+ Apr. 12Tetsuya YamagamiOsaka, Japan W 10
+ June 1Chang Soo KimNiigata, Japan KO 3
+ July 27Soo Kang SuhTokyo, JapanW 10
+ Sept. 21Chang Soo MoonTokyo, JapanW 10
+ Nov. 30Chang Soo YunTokyo, JapanKO 3
1968
+ Feb. 8Akihide TamaokaTokyo, JapanW 10
+ Apr. 18Yoshimoto SudaTokyo, JapanW 10
+ May 23Ramiro Yaqui NidesTokyo, JapanW 10
- July 2 Lionel RoseTokyo , JapanL 15
World Bantamweight Title
+ Oct. 3Romy GuelasTokyo, JapanW 10
1969
+ Jan. 2Ushiwakamaru HaradaTokyo, JapanW 10
+ Mar. 27Won-Suk LeeTokyo, JapanW 10
- May 23 Ruben OlivaresInglewood, United States TKO by 6
World Bantamweight Title Eliminator
+ Sept. 18Katsuyoshi TakayamaTokyo, JapanW 10
+ Oct. 23Won-Suk LeeTokyo, JapanW 12
OPBF Bantamweight Title
1970
+ Feb. 26Koichi OkadaUtsunomiya, Japan W 10
+ May 23Alberto JangalaySapporo, Japan W 12
OPBF Bantamweight Title
+ Nov. 28Joe MalonsoTokyo, JapanW 12
OPBF Bantamweight Title

 

Summary

Total bouts: 32, Won: 30 (4 inside the limit), Lost: 2 (1 inside the limit), Draw: 0, NC: 0