You Need To Know, Japan Has Made 100 Boxing World Champions

JAKARTA On Monday 6 May, Japan listed Yoshiki Takei as the new world champion of the WBO bantam (53 kg) class. Takei won 12 rounds over defending champion from Australia, Jason Mologey, in Tokyo. For this precision, Takei, who just had a 9-0 (8 KO) ring record, recorded himself as the 100th world boxing champion from Japan 100th!

The Land of the Rising Sun first had a boxing world champion in 1952. At that time, Yoshio Shirai won 15 rounds over Salvador 'Dado' Marino from the United States. Their duel was held at the Bisbol Korakuen Stadium, Tokyo on May 19, 1952.

That's the first time Japan has won the boxing world, along with the formation of Japan's Professional Boxing Commission in 1952. The commission was specifically formed to oversee the Shirai vs Marino fight, and continues to this day. Japan's Professional Boxing Commission is the world's strictest boxing commission in terms of match security supervision.

Since then Japan has continued to advance, and has excelled in scoring boxing world champions. And today, Japan is the ruler in the bantam class. The world boxing class champions in four world boxing bodies, all controlled by Japanese boxers. Apart from Takei in the WBO version, there are Junto Nakaati (WBC), Takuma Inoue (WBA), and Ryosuke Nishida (IBF).

Currently there are 10 Japanese boxers who are the world champions. In addition to the four names of the bantam class champions above, there is still Naoya Inoue as the true champion of the super bantam (55 kg) class. Then there are Ginjiro Shigeoka (47 kg straw class/IBF), Kenshiro Teraji ( 49 kg/WBC and WBA junior fly), Seigo Yuri Akui (fly 50 kg/WBA), Kosei Tanaka ( 52 kg/WBO junior bantam), and Kazuto Ioka ( 52 kg/WBA junior bantam).

Indonesia's new professional boxing achievements have resulted in four world champions: Elly Pical, Nico Thomas, Muhammad Rachman, and Chris John, certainly not comparable to the Land of the Rising Sun.