Takefumi Sakata

Takefumi Sakata
Personal information
Nickname
Burning Fist
NationalityJapanese
BornTakefumi Sakata
(1980-01-29) January 29, 1980
Aki District, Hiroshima, Japan
Height5 ft 4 in (162 cm)
WeightFlyweight
Boxing career
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights44
Wins36
Win by KO17
Losses6
Draws2

Takefumi Sakata (坂田健史, Sakata Takefumi; born January 29, 1980 in Aki District, Hiroshima Prefecture) is a Japanese boxer in the flyweight (112 lb/50 kg) division and a former WBA flyweight champion.

Sakata was the premier boxer in the Kyoei boxing gym before the arrival of Kōki Kameda in 2005. He stayed out of the limelight for most of his career, even being used as Kameda's sparring partner, but finally won a world title in 2007, defeating Lorenzo Parra for the vacant WBA Flyweight title.

Biography

Early career

Sakata began boxing when he joined his school's amateur boxing team in his first year in high school. He quit after only a couple months, but returned to boxing in his senior year, when he entered a local boxing gym, run by the father of former WBA Middlweight champion Shinji Takehara. He moved to Tokyo during summer vacation, and entered the Kyoei boxing gym to begin serious training.

Professional career

Sakata won his debut fight by 3rd-round TKO in 1998. He won the Japanese Flyweight title in 2001, and defended the title three times before losing by 10-round decision to Trash Nakanuma in 2002. He fought Nakanuma again in April, 2003, and won by decision, regaining his title. He defended the title two more times before returning it.

On June 4, 2004, Sakata fought Lorenzo Parra for the WBA Flyweight title at the Ariake Coliseum in Tokyo, Japan, but lost by 12-round decision. He fought Parra again in September of the same year, but lost by decision again.

He marked five straight wins after his losses against Parra, and fought Roberto Vasquez in Paris, France, for the WBA Flyweight interim title on December 2, 2006. He suffered a knockdown in the 5th round, but fought back hard in the second half, and Vasquez barely managed to keep his title with a 2-1 split decision.

World champion

On March 9, 2007, Sakata fought WBA Flyweight champion Lorenzo Parra for the third time, and became the champion by TKO in the 3rd round. This was Sakata's first win out of four world title matches. The day before the fight, Parra could not make the 112 lb weight limit. He tried again two hours later, but was still 4 pounds overweight. As a consequence, Parra was stripped of the title and fined 35% of his fight money. The WBA decided to hold the title match with a bantamweight limit (118 lb/53 kg), and Parra was introduced as the former champion for the fight.

Sakata has since then defended his title four times. Most recently, he retained it with a unanimous decision win over Hiroyuki Hisataka on July 30, 2008. On his fifth defense however, he was dismantled in two rounds by Denkaosan Kaovichit of Thailand on December 31, 2008.

Attempt to regain crown

Sakata received an opportunity to take back the WBA 112-lb title on September 25, 2010. There, he faced Daiki Kameda who won the title from Kaovichit in two attempts. Unfortunately for Sakata, Kameda won the bout on all score cards.

Retirement

On January 13, 2011, he announced his retirement from the ring.[1]

Professional boxing record

44 fights 36 wins 6 losses
By knockout 17 1
By decision 19 5
Draws 2
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
44 Loss 36–6–2 Daiki Kameda UD 12 25 Sep 2010 Tokyo Big Sight, Tokyo, Japan For WBA flyweight title
43 Win 36–5–2 Erick Diaz Siregar KO 1 (10), 2:44 20 Feb 2010 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
42 Win 35–5–2 Decky Putra KO 2 (10), 2:47 21 Sep 2009 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
41 Win 34–5–2 Jeon Jin-man UD 10 14 Jun 2009 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
40 Loss 33–5–2 Denkaosan Kaovichit KO 2 (12), 2:55 31 Dec 2008 Sun Plaza Hall, Hiroshima, Japan Lost WBA flyweight title
39 Win 33–4–2 Hiroyuki Kudaka UD 12 30 Jul 2008 Yoyogi First Gym, Tokyo, Japan Retained WBA flyweight title
38 Win 32–4–2 Shingo Yamaguchi UD 12 29 Mar 2008 Makuhari Messe, Chiba, Japan Retained WBA flyweight title
37 Draw 31–4–2 Denkaosan Kaovichit SD 12 4 Nov 2007 Super Arena, Saitama, Japan Retained WBA flyweight title
36 Win 31–4–1 Roberto Vásquez UD 12 1 Jul 2001 Ariake Coliseum, Tokyo, Japan Retained WBA flyweight title
35 Win 30–4–1 Lorenzo Parra TKO 3 (12), 0:14 19 Mar 2007 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Won WBA flyweight title
34 Loss 29–4–1 Roberto Vásquez SD 12 2 Dec 2006 Palais Omnisport de Paris-Bercy, Paris, France For inaugural WBA interim flyweight title
33 Win 29–3–1 Son Kyung-jin TKO 5 (10), 2:13 18 Sep 2006 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
32 Win 28–3–1 Bae Ki-suk TKO 5 (10), 1:38 17 Jul 2006 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
31 Win 27–3–1 Kenji Yoshida TD 6 (10), 2:27 15 May 2006 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Split TD
30 Win 26–3–1 Hideyoshi Iha TKO 5 (10), 2:44 20 Mar 2006 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
29 Win 25–3–1 Hiroyasu Hasebe TKO 6 (10), 2:20 19 Dec 2005 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
28 Loss 24–3–1 Lorenzo Parra MD 12 19 Sep 2005 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan For WBA flyweight title
27 Win 24–2–1 Takuro Kodama UD 10 18 Jul 2005 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
26 Win 23–2–1 Korngthranee Soonkilarnoinai KO 1 (10), 1:51 18 Apr 2005 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
25 Loss 22–2–1 Lorenzo Parra MD 12 4 Jun 2004 Ariake Coliseum, Tokyo, Japan For WBA flyweight title
24 Win 22–1–1 Katsunori Ito UD 10 15 Dec 2003 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Retained Japanese flyweight title
23 Win 21–1–1 Kazuo Okada RTD 7 (10), 3:00 15 Sep 2003 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Retained Japanese flyweight title
22 Win 20–1–1 Trash Nakanuma UD 10 5 Apr 2003 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Won Japanese flyweight title
21 Win 19–1–1 Kim Jin-ho KO 2 (10), 3:10 18 Nov 2002 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
20 Win 18–1–1 Koki Tanaka TD 7 (10), 0:58 15 Jul 2002 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Unanimous TD
19 Loss 17–1–1 Trash Nakanuma MD 10 30 Apr 2002 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Lost Japanese flyweight title
18 Win 17–0–1 Mizuo Nakata UD 10 21 Jan 2002 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Retained Japanese flyweight title
17 Win 16–0–1 Shiro Yahiro TKO 9 (10), 0:30 15 Oct 2001 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Retained Japanese flyweight title
16 Draw 15–0–1 Daisuke Naito MD 10 16 Jul 2001 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Retained Japanese flyweight title
15 Win 15–0 Masaki Kawabata UD 10 9 Apr 2001 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Won vacant Japanese flyweight title
14 Win 14–0 Kim Sung-ho TKO 3 (10), 1:01 18 Dec 2000 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
13 Win 13–0 Jun Magsipoc KO 4 (10), 2:53 16 Oct 2000 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
12 Win 12–0 Ryuji Kubota UD 10 21 Aug 2000 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
11 Win 11–0 Kid Payes KO 3 (10), 3:09 19 Jun 2000 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
10 Win 10–0 Jose Clasida UD 8 17 Apr 2000 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
9 Win 9–0 Leo Ramirez TKO 4 (8), 0:38 21 Feb 2000 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
8 Win 8–0 Masayuki Arinaga UD 6 18 Dec 1999 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
7 Win 7–0 Toshio Hagimoto UD 6 6 Nov 1999 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
6 Win 6–0 Takeyuki Kojima UD 4 27 Sep 1999 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
5 Win 5–0 Tetsuhiko Noguchi TKO 3 (4), 1:55 30 Jul 1999 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
4 Win 4–0 Munefumi Omura UD 6 29 Jun 1999 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
3 Win 3–0 Hiroshi Kuroiwa MD 4 17 May 1999 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
2 Win 2–0 Shoji Okuda UD 4 18 Jan 1999 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
1 Win 1–0 Akinori Fukuda TKO 3 (4), 1:15 5 Dec 1998 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan

See also

References

  1. ^ "Boxing: Former WBA fly champ Sakata hangs up gloves - the Mainichi Daily News". Archived from the original on 2011-01-16. Retrieved 2011-01-14.
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