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Kenji YONEKURA
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Bantamweight
Male Japan, Tokyo Born: May 25, 1934, Nōgata, Fukuoka, Japan Died: April 20, 2023, Tokyo, Japan
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as an amateur:
1956 Melbourne, Australia, Olympic Games flyweight quarter-finals
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No amateur results
Professional record | 1958 | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | + 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 | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | + 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 | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | + 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 | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | + 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 | Date | Opponent | Place | Result | + 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, ND: 0
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