Sport & Note

Waruinge NAKAYAMA

Male

(Philip Waruinge)
Super-Bantamweight, Kenya, based in Japan, Osaka
Born: February 3, 1945, Murang'a (Fort Hall), Murang'a County, Kenya
Died: October 19, 2022, Lanet, Nakuru City, Nakuru County, Kenya

as an amateur:
Philip Waruinge represented Kenya
in many international championships including the:
1962 Africa Boxing Championship,
1962 Commonwealth Games, Australia,
1964 Olympics Games, Tokyo, Japan
1964 African Boxing Championship, Ghana,
1965 All African Games, Congo-Brazaville,
1966 African Boxing Championship, Nigeria,
1966 Commonwealth Games, Jamaica,
1968 African Boxing Championship, Zambia,
1968 Olympics games, Mexico,
1970 Commonwealth Games, Scotland
1972 Olympic Games, Munich, Germany.

Waruinge is the first African boxer to win
the coveted Val Barker Trophy at the 1968 Olympics Games

He later became a professional boxer in Japan
where he was nicknamed 'Nakayama'.

Amateur results

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1964
Tokyo, Japan, Olympic Games preliminaries, 57 kg
+ Oct. 13	Alfonso Frazer	Tokyo, Japan	WKO 1
- Oct. 17	Heinz Schulz	Tokyo, Japan	LPTS 5:0
1965-1967 No activity recorded
1968
Mexico City, Mexico, Olympic Games bronze medal, 57 kg
+ Oct. 15	Jean-Paul Anton	Mexico City, Mexico	WPTS 5:0
+ Oct. 17	Mohamed Sourour	Mexico City, Mexico	WPTS 5:0
+ Oct. 22	Miguel Garcia	Mexico City, Mexico	WPTS 4:1
- Oct. 24	Antonio Roldan	Mexico City, Mexico	LPTS 3:2
Waruinge is the first African boxer to win the coveted Val Barker Trophy
1969-1971 No activity recorded
1972
Munich, West Germany, Olympic Games silver medal, 57 kg
+ Aug. 29	Jabbar Feli	Munich, West Germany	WPTS 4:1
+ Sept. 3	Mohamed Salah Amin	Munich, West Germany	WPTS 5:0
+ Sept. 7	Jouko Lindberg	Munich, West Germany	WPTS 4:1
+ Sept. 8	Clemente Rojas	Munich, West Germany	WPTS 3:2
- Sept. 10	Boris Kuznetsov	Munich, West Germany	LPTS 3:2

Professional record

Date	Opponent	Place	Result
1973
+ July 27	Kimio Shindo	Osaka, Japan	W 8
- Sept. 21	Joe Malonso	Agana, Guam	TKO by 6
- Oct. 26	Ushiwakamaru Harada	Kanazawa, Japan	L 10
+ Dec. 20	Osamu Toku	Osaka, Japan	W 10
1974
- Feb. 17	Panther Koh	Seoul, South Korea	L 10
+ Mar. 20	Osamu Toku	Chiba City, Japan	W 10
= Apr. 27	Tomoharu Eda	Kyoto, Japan	Draw 10
+ June 28	Hiroshi Nunose	Osaka, Japan	KO 5
- Aug. 4	Sanjo Takemori	Tokyo, Japan	L 10
+ Oct. 10	Kenji Endo	Osaka, Japan	KO 7
+ Nov. 28	Ernie Timbal	Osaka, Japan	KO 8
1975
+ Feb. 7	Kwang Won Lee	Osaka, Japan	TKO 7
+ Apr. 7	Seiichi Eto	Osaka, Japan	W 10
Japanese Super-Bantamweight Title
+ June 27	Hisami Numata	Tokyo, Japan	W 10
+ Sept. 30	Shinobu Fujita	Osaka, Japan	KO 8
Japanese Super-Bantamweight Title
+ Nov. 21	Yoshihiro Shikauchi	Yamanashi City, Japan	W 10
Japanese Super-Bantamweight Title
1976
- Apr. 3	Rigoberto Riasco	Panama City, Panama	TKO by 9
vacant WBC Super-Bantamweight Title
+ June 14	Futaro Tanaka	Osaka, Japan	W 10
Japanese Super-Bantamweight Title
+ Sept. 2	Hisami Mizuno	Osaka, Japan	W 10
Japanese Super-Bantamweight Title
- Nov. 13	Carlos Zarate	Culiacan, Mexico	KO by 4
WBC Bantamweight Title
1977
- Jan. 30	Yu Kasahara	Tokyo, Japan	KO by 2
Japanese Super-Bantamweight Title
- July 16	Yu Kasahara	Wakayama, Japan	KO by 9
Japanese Super-Bantamweight Title
+ Sept. 1	Tsuyoshi Okabe	Osaka, Japan	KO 9
- Oct. 13	Go Mifune	Osaka, Japan	TKO by 7
1978
- Feb. 1	Kosei Kawaguchi	Tokyo, Japan	L 10

Summary

Total bouts: 25, Won: 14 (6 inside the limit), Lost: 10 (6 inside the limit), Draw: 1, NC: 0