Satoshi Iida (飯田覚士 ''Iida Satoshi'', born August 11, 1969) is a Japanese

professional boxer Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse that is divided between the boxers as determined by contract. Most professional fights are supervised by a regulatory auth ...

from

Nagoya, Aichi is the largest city in the Chūbu region of Japan. It is the list of cities in Japan, fourth-most populous city in Japan, with a population of 2.3million in 2020, and the principal city of the Chūkyō metropolitan area, which is the List of ...

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. Iida won the WBA

super flyweight Super flyweight, also referred to as junior bantamweight, is a weight class in professional boxing, contested from and up to . History The first title match in this division was in 1980, when the World Boxing Council responded to pressure from A ...

championship of the world in 1997 when he defeated Thai champion Yokthai Sithoar via a 12th-round

unanimous decision A unanimous decision (UD) is a winning criterion in several full-contact combat sports, such as boxing, kickboxing, Muay Thai, mixed martial arts and other sports involving striking and submission in which all three judges agree on which fighte ...

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* 1969 births Living people Japanese male boxers Boxers from Nagoya Super-flyweight boxers Boxing commentators World super-flyweight boxing champions World Boxing Association champions 20th-century Japanese sportsmen {{Japan-boxing-bio-stub

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