Eagle Kyowa

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Eagle Kyowa
Statistics
Real name	Den Janlaphan
Nickname	Eagle
Weight	Strawweight
Nationality	Thai
Birth date	December 4, 1978
Birth place	Phichit, Thailand
Style	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	18
Wins	17
Wins by KO	6
Losses	1
Draws	0
No contests	0

Eagle Kyowa (イーグル京和, born as Den Janlaphan on December 4, 1978 in Phichit province, Thailand) is a professional boxer in the strawweight (105 lb) division. His record is 16-1 (6 KOs). He is the current WBC world strawweight champion.

Kyowa originally won the WBC strawweight title on January 10, 2004, when he defeated José Antonio Aguirre.^[1] In his second defense of the title, a shoulder injury forced him to lose to Isaac Bustos by TKO.^[1] Kyowa fought against Katsunari Takayama for the WBC strawweight title again in his first match after the injury (eight months later, on August 6, 2005).^[1] Kyowa regained the title in that match with a unanimous decision victory.^[1] He has defended the title twice since then.^[1]

[edit] See also

• List of current world boxing champions
• List of male boxers
• List of WBC world champions

[edit] Notes and references

[edit] External links

• Eagle Kyowa - BoxRec Boxing Encyclopedia
• Eagle Kyowa Official website (Japanese)

Preceded by: José Antonio Aguirre	Strawweight boxing champion (WBC) January 10, 2004–December 18, 2004	Succeeded by: Isaac Bustos
Preceded by: Katsunari Takayama	Strawweight boxing champion (WBC) August 6, 2005–Present	Incumbent

Persondata
NAME	Kyowa, Eagle
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Akakura, Eagle; Janlaphan, Den
SHORT DESCRIPTION	Thai strawweight boxer
DATE OF BIRTH	December 4, 1978
PLACE OF BIRTH	Phichit, Thailand
DATE OF DEATH
PLACE OF DEATH