Kiyoshi Tanabe (田辺清, born October 10, 1940) is a retired Japanese boxer who won a bronze medal at the 1960 Olympics.

Biography

As an amateur Tanabe won a bronze medal at the 1960 Olympics, becoming the first Japanese boxer to win an Olympic medal. His amateur record was 115-5 (30RSC). He made his professional debut in 1963, and won the Japanese

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title in 1965, which he defended twice before vacating. In February 1967, he fought WBA & WBC

champion

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