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Kenji YONEKURA
Male
Bantamweight, Japan, Tokyo
Born: May 25, 1934, Nōgata, Fukuoka, Japan
Died: April 20, 2023, Tokyo, Japan
as an amateur:
1956 Melbourne, Australia, Olympic Games flyweight quarter-finals
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No amateur resultsProfessional record| Date | Opponent | Place | Result | | 1958 | | + June 27 | Shichiro Kimura | Tokyo, Japan | TKO 4 | | + Aug. 19 | Masakazu Otsuka | Tokyo, Japan | W 8 | | - Nov. 11 | Sadao Yaoita | Tokyo, Japan | L 10 | | Japanese Flyweight Title | | + Dec. 23 | Mitsuharu Ikeda | Tokyo, Japan | W 8 | | 1959 | | + Jan. 4 | Atsuto Fukumoto | Tokyo, Japan | W 10 | | vacant Japanese Flyweight Title | | - Feb. 18 | Pascual Perez | Tokyo, Japan | L 10 | | - Aug. 10 | Pascual Perez | Tokyo, Japan | L 15 | | World Flyweight Title | | + Oct. 26 | Takeo Suzuki | Tokyo, Japan | W 8 | | + Dec. 2 | Kozo Nagata | Tokyo, Japan | W 10 | | 1960 | | + Jan. 6 | Leo Espinosa | Tokyo, Japan | W 12 | | OPBF Bantamweight Title | | - May 23 | Jose Becerra | Tokyo, Japan | L 15 | | World Bantamweight Title | | = Aug. 4 | Leo Espinosa | Tokyo, Japan | Draw 12 | | OPBF Bantamweight Title | | - Oct. 3 | Eduardo Guerrero | Tijuana, Mexico | L 10 | | 1961 | | + Apr. 24 | Chaidej Naraimaharaj | Tokyo, Japan | W 12 | | OPBF Bantamweight Title | | - June 5 | Ignacio Pina | Tijuana, Mexico | KO by 9 | | - July 3 | Eloy Sanchez | Tijuana, Mexico | L 10 | | - July 22 | Jorge Baby Salazar | Mexico City, Mexico | TKO by 8 | | + Oct. 1 | Johnny Jamito | Nagoya, Japan | W 12 | | OPBF Bantamweight Title | | + Dec. 18 | Masao Ogawa | Tokyo, Japan | W 10 | | 1962 | | + Jan. 18 | Marcing David | Kitakyushu, Japan | W 12 | | OPBF Bantamweight Title | | + Apr. 19 | Baby Espinosa | Tokyo, Japan | W 10 | | + May 14 | Gene Aragon | Tokyo, Japan | W 10 | | - June 28 | Edmundo Esparza | Tokyo, Japan | TKO by 6 | | - Oct. 29 | Katsutoshi Aoki | Tokyo, Japan | L 12 | | OPBF Bantamweight Title |
Summary
Total bouts: 24, Won: 13 (1 inside the limit), Lost: 10 (3 inside the limit), Draw: 1, NC: 0
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