Kiyoshi Hatanaka

Japanese boxer
  • Super flyweight
  • Super bantamweight
Height5 ft 6+1⁄2 in (169 cm)Reach69 in (175 cm)StanceOrthodox Boxing recordTotal fights25Wins22Wins by KO15Losses2Draws1

Kiyoshi Hatanaka (畑中 清詞[1], Hatanaka Kiyoshi, born March 7, 1967) is a retired Japanese boxer who is a former WBC super bantamweight champion.

Amateur career

Hatanaka began karate at the first grade of elementary school, and won the Japanese championship in the juvenile division at its sixth grade and the first grade of junior high school. In addition, he began football at the fourth grade of elementary school, and was scouted by a prestigious high school. He also set an interval record in the local ekiden race at the age of a junior high school student. At that time, informed from an acquaintance that a professional boxer got paid 30,000 yen per match in the amount of time, he became interested in boxing and joined Matsuda Boxing Gym.[2] He compiled an amateur record of 26–5 (21 KOs)[1] before turning professional.

Professional career

Hatanaka made his professional debut with a first-round knockout victory in November 1984, at the age of a high school student. He won the annual Japanese boxing series, All-Japan Rookie King Tournament in the super flyweight division in March 1986. He captured the Japanese super flyweight title at the Korakuen Hall in February 1987.[3]

In his first world title shot against WBC super flyweight champion Gilberto Román in September 1988, Hatanaka entered the ring of the Nagoya Rainbow Hall with full smile.[2][3] Román floored Hatanaka in the first round, but was docked a point for a low blow late in the same round. Though Hatanaka was given a full five minutes to recover, he was hit below the belt again in the third round and took three minutes' rest.[4][5] As the rounds rolled on, Román kept his pace to retain his title via a unanimous decision.[6] Hatanaka was so nervous that he remembered almost nothing after the fight.[2]

After the defeat, Hatanaka decided to become a world champion from his beloved hometown of Nagoya by any means necessary. It was no longer a question of money for him. Hatanaka needed a reliable trainer. He asked Toshihide Tsutsumi three times who once worked as a trainer at Matsuda Boxing Gym, and was at last accepted. He trained with Tsutsumi and did not get anxious anymore.[2]

Hatanaka moved up two weight divisions and fought against Pedro Rubén Décima for the WBC super bantamweight title at the Nagoya International Exhibition Hall, aka Port Messe Nagoya, on February 3, 1991. He was floored in the first round, but felt calm enough to listen to Tsutsumi's instruction between rounds.[2] After knocking down Décima four times in the fourth round, he sent him to the canvas two more times in the seventh and eighth rounds before the referee stopped the bout.[7][8]

In his first defense against Daniel Zaragoza on June 14 of that year, Hatanaka was cut on the corner of his left eye from an accidental head butt in the fourth round, and the referee took a point away from Zaragoza. From the seventh or eighth round, Hatanaka had triple vision in his right eye, and the blood flowed into his left eye.[4] Finally, Zaragoza was crowned the new champion via a split decision[9] in front of 9,000 spectators at the Nagoya Rainbow Hall.[10] In 2007, Alvaro Morales of ESPN Deportes wrote it as many Asians' consideration, "the best fight of the decade".[11] Although Hatanaka desired a rematch with Zaragoza, he suffered from ophthalmoplegia caused by this fight, and retired as a boxer after four months.[2]

Professional boxing record

25 fights 22 wins 2 losses
By knockout 15 0
By decision 7 2
Draws 1
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
25 Loss 22–2–1 Daniel Zaragoza SD 12 (12) 1991-06-14 Rainbow Hall, Nagoya, Japan Lost WBC super bantamweight title
24 Win 22–1–1 Pedro Rubén Décima TKO 8 (12) 1991-02-03 Rainbow Hall, Nagoya, Japan Won WBC super bantamweight title
23 Win 21–1–1 Ric Bajelot TKO 8 (10) 1990-12-04 Tsuyuhashi Sports Center, Nagoya, Japan
22 Win 20–1–1 Somsak Srichan PTS 10 (10) 1990-08-05 Tsuyuhashi Sports Center, Nagoya, Japan
21 Win 19–1–1 Sawaeng Thaweekoon KO 2 (10) 1990-03-04 Tsuyuhashi Sports Center, Nagoya, Japan
20 Win 18–1–1 Somboonyod Singsamang TKO 2 (10) 1989-11-25 City Gymnasium, Toyota, Japan
19 Draw 17–1–1 Jang Kyun Oh PTS 10 (10) 1989-09-07 Tsuyuhashi Sports Center, Nagoya, Japan
18 Win 17–1 Noel Cornelio KO 7 (10) 1989-05-30 Tsuyuhashi Sports Center, Nagoya, Japan
17 Win 16–1 Dong Chun Lee PTS 10 (10) 1989-01-24 Tsuyuhashi Sports Center, Nagoya, Japan
16 Loss 15–1 Gilberto Román UD 12 (12) 1988-09-04 Rainbow Hall, Nagoya, Japan For WBC super flyweight title
15 Win 15–0 Constancio Dangla KO 3 (10) 1988-02-26 Tsuyuhashi Sports Center, Nagoya, Japan
14 Win 14–0 Surasit Meeprasert KO 1 (10) 1987-10-27 Tsuyuhashi Sports Center, Nagoya, Japan
13 Win 13–0 Teruaki Miyazato PTS 10 (10) 1987-07-10 Tsuyuhashi Sports Center, Nagoya, Japan Retained Japanese super flyweight title
12 Win 12–0 Tadashi Maruo KO 3 (10) 1987-02-23 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Won Japanese super flyweight title
11 Win 11–0 Masaki Sono KO 2 (10) 1986-10-18 City Hall, Nagoya, Japan
10 Win 10–0 Tadashi Maruo PTS 10 (10) 1986-07-14 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
9 Win 9–0 Takashi Hirata PTS 8 (8) 1986-05-09 City Hall, Nagoya, Japan
8 Win 8–0 Hiromitsu Tatsuki KO 1 (6) 1986-03-04 Nishinari Ward Center, Osaka, Japan
7 Win 7–0 Akio Kawamata PTS 6 (6) 1985-11-30 City Gymnasium, Hamamatsu, Japan
6 Win 6–0 Takuji Hijiri PTS 4 (4) 1985-10-08 City Hall, Nagoya, Japan
5 Win 5–0 Shinpei Sato KO 1 (4) 1985-07-28 Tatsumioka Hall, Okazaki, Japan
4 Win 4–0 Shuichi Sakakibara KO 1 (4) 1985-06-26 City Hall, Nagoya, Japan
3 Win 3–0 Shigehito Hayashi KO 1 (4) 1985-04-29 Sakuranomiya Skating Rink, Osaka, Japan
2 Win 2–0 Tadaharu Sanuki TKO 1 (4) 1985-02-05 Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, Japan
1 Win 1–0 Harelya Yamauchi KO 1 (4) 1984-11-27 City Hall, Nagoya, Japan

Later life

Currently he is the president of Hatanaka Boxing Gym in Nagoya. Hatanaka Promotions has provided a boxing television program Soul Fighting[12] on Chubu-Nippon Broadcasting. Toshihide Tsutsumi who was presented with the tenth Eddie Townsend Award in 1999, serves as a trainer at that gym.

See also

References

  1. ^ a b Baseball Magazine Sha 2002, p. 297.
  2. ^ a b c d e f Jun'ichi Hirata et al. 2000, p. 12.
  3. ^ a b Jun'ichi Hirata et al. 2000, p. 78.
  4. ^ a b Jun'ichi Hirata et al. 2000, p. 79.
  5. ^ Baseball Magazine Sha 2002, p. 130.
  6. ^ "Roman retains super flyweight title". Anchorage Daily News. September 5, 1988. p. C5. Retrieved September 8, 2011.
  7. ^ AP (February 4, 1991). "Hatanaka Claims WBC Belt". The Victoria Advocate. p. 2B. Retrieved September 8, 2011.
  8. ^ Baseball Magazine Sha 2002, p. 175.
  9. ^ AP (June 14, 1991). "Boxing: Zaragoza beats Hatanaka". Sun Journal. p. 31. Retrieved September 8, 2011.
  10. ^ Baseball Magazine Sha 2002, p. 176.
  11. ^ Alvaro Morales (March 21, 2007). "Looking back on the storied career of Daniel Zaragoza". ESPN. Retrieved September 8, 2011.
  12. ^ Hisao Adachi (November 16, 2008). "¡Kuroki conquista corona de Oriente y Pacífico!" (in Spanish). NotiFight.com. Retrieved September 8, 2011.

Bibliography

  • Boxing Magazine editorial department, ed. (May 31, 2002). 日本プロボクシング史 世界タイトルマッチで見る50年 (Japan Pro Boxing History – 50 Years of World Title Bouts) (in Japanese). Tokyo, Japan: Baseball Magazine Sha Co., Ltd. pp. 130, 175–176, 297. ISBN 978-4-583-03695-3.
  • Jun'ichi Hirata; et al. (January 15, 2000). "畑中清詞〜6度のダウン奪い名古屋初の王者へ〜". In Boxing Magazine editorial department (ed.). The Glorious Moments 究極の栄光・世界チャンピオン名鑑 – 日本ボクシング史に輝く41人の男たち. B.B.mook; 117, sports series; No.72 (in Japanese). Tokyo, Japan: Baseball Magazine Sha Co., Ltd. pp. 12, 78–79. ISBN 978-4-583-61076-4.

External links

  • Boxing record for Kiyoshi Hatanaka from BoxRec (registration required)
Sporting positions
Regional boxing titles
Preceded by
Tadashi Maruo
 Japanese super flyweight champion
February 23, 1987 – 1987
Vacated 		Vacant
Title next held by
Yoshiyuki Uchida
World boxing titles
Preceded by WBC super bantamweight champion
February 3, 1991 – June 14, 1991 		Succeeded by