Susumu Hanagata (花形進 ''Hanagata Susumu'', born January 21, 1947) is a Japanese former
professional boxer
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in the
flyweight
Flyweight is a weight class in combat sports.
Boxing
Flyweight is a class in boxing which includes fighters weighing up to and including 51 kg (112 lb) for a title fight.
Professional boxing
The flyweight division was the last of boxin ...
division. Hanagata won the
WBA flyweight championship in 1974 when he defeated
Thai champion
Chartchai Chionoi
Chartchai Chionoi (; ) a.k.a. Chartchai Laemfapha (; ) or birth name Naris Chionoi (; ; October 10, 1942 – January 21, 2018) was a Thai professional boxer, WBC world champion and WBA world champion in the flyweight division. He took the WBC ...
via a sixth-round
technical knockout
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.
See also
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List of light-flyweight boxing champions
This is a list of world light-flyweight boxing champions (also known as junior-flyweight), as recognized by the four major sanctioning organizations in boxing:
* The World Boxing Association (WBA), established in 1921 as the National Boxing Assoc ...
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List of Japanese boxing world champions
This is a list of Japanese boxing world champions who have won major world titles from the "Big four" Sports governing body, governing bodies in professional boxing namely the World Boxing Association (WBA), World Boxing Council (WBC), Internation ...
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Boxing in Japan
The history of boxing in Japan began in 1854 when Matthew Perry landed at Shimoda, Shizuoka soon after the Convention of Kanagawa. At that time, American sailors often engaged in sparring matches on board their ships, with their fists wrapped i ...
References
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1947 births
Living people
Flyweight boxers
World flyweight boxing champions
World Boxing Association champions
Japanese male boxers
Martial artists from Yokohama
Presidents of the Japan Pro Boxing Association
20th-century Japanese sportsmen