Kohei Kono

Kohei Kono
Statistics
Real name Kohei Kono
Nickname(s) Tough Boy
Rated at Super flyweight
Height 5 ft 5.5 in (1.66 m)
Reach 67 in (170 cm)
Nationality Japanese
Born (1980-11-23) 23 November 1980
Nakakoma District, Yamanashi, Japan
Stance Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights 40
Wins 31
Wins by KO 13
Losses 8
Draws 1
No contests 0

Kohei Kono (河野公平 Kōno Kōhei) is a Japanese professional boxer who is the current WBA Super flyweight Champion.

Kono captured the WBA super flyweight title in his third world title shot against Thailand's Tepparith Kokietgym via fourth round knockout[1] at the Ota-City General Gymnasium in Tokyo on December 31, 2012.

Professional boxing record

31 Wins (13 knockouts, 18 decisions), 8 Losses, 1 Draw
Res. Record Opponent Type Rd., Time Date Location Notes
Win 31-8-1 Japan Kōki Kameda UD 12 2015-10-16 United States UIC Pavilion, Chicago, Illinois Retained WBA World Super Flyweight title.
Draw 30-8-1 Dominican Republic Norberto Jimenez SD 12 2014-12-31 Japan Ota-City General Gymnasium, Tokyo Retained WBA World Super Flyweight title.
Win 30-8 Thailand Denkaosan Kaovichit KO 8 (12), 0:50 2014-03-26 Japan Korakuen Hall, Tokyo Won vacant WBA World Super Flyweight title.
Win 29-8 Thailand Dawut Manopkanchang TKO 3 (8), 0:50 2013-12-31 Japan Ota-City General Gymnasium, Tokyo
Loss 28-8 Venezuela Liborio Solís MD 12 2013-05-06 Japan Ota-City General Gymnasium, Tokyo Lost WBA World Super Flyweight title.
Win 28-7 Thailand Tepparith Singwancha KO 4 (12), 2:08 2012-12-31 Japan Ota-City General Gymnasium, Tokyo Won WBA World Super Flyweight title.
Win 27-7 Thailand Petchbarngborn Kokietgym UD 8 2012-09-10 Japan Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Win 26-7 Japan Yusaku Ishikawa TKO 5 (8), 1:14 2012-03-31 Japan Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Loss 25-7 Japan Yohei Tobe UD 8 2011-10-10 Japan Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Loss 25-6 Japan Yota Sato UD 10 2011-04-09 Japan Korakuen Hall, Tokyo For Japanese Super Flyweight title.
Loss 25-5 Mexico Tomás Rojas UD 12 2010-09-20 Japan Super Arena, Saitama, Saitama For vacant WBC World Super Flyweight title.
Win 25-4 Japan Masafumi Tonomura TKO 11 (12), 2:28 2010-05-17 Japan Super Arena, Saitama, Saitama Retained OPBF Super Flyweight title.
Win 24-4 Philippines Marvin Tampus UD 12 2009-10-03 Japan Korakuen Hall, Tokyo Retained OPBF Super Flyweight title.
Win 23-4 Philippines Daniel Ferreras UD 12 2009-05-02 Japan Korakuen Hall, Tokyo Won vacant OPBF Super Flyweight title.
Win 22-4 India Hendrik Barongsay TKO 6 (10), 2:28 2009-02-07 Japan Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Loss 21-4 Japan Nobuo Nashiro SD 12 2008-09-15 Japan Pacifico, Yokohama, Kanagawa For vacant WBA World Super Flyweight title.
Win 21-3 Japan Kuniyuki Aizawa UD 12 2008-02-16 Japan Korakuen Hall, Tokyo Retained OPBF & Japanese Super Flyweight title.
Win 20-3 Philippines Eden Sonsona SD 12 2007-10-06 Japan Korakuen Hall, Tokyo Won vacant OPBF Super Flyweight title.
Win 19-3 Japan Kenji Saegusa TD 9 (10), 1:05 2007-06-02 Japan Korakuen Hall, Tokyo Retained Japanese Super Flyweight title.
Win 18-3 Japan Teppei Kikui UD 10 2007-02-12 Japan Korakuen Hall, Tokyo Won Japanese Super Flyweight title.
Win 17-3 Thailand Saichon Or Ounsuwon TKO 6 (8), 2:41 2006-09-04 Japan Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Win 16-3 Japan Prosper Matsuura TKO 9 (10), 1:50 2006-02-11 Japan Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Win 15-3 Thailand Petchdam Sithsaithong KO 2 (10), 1:07 2005-10-24 Japan Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Loss 14-3 Japan Teppei Kikui UD 8 2005-07-16 Japan Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Win 14-2 Japan Kyohei Wada UD 8 2005-02-01 Japan Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Win 13-2 Japan Munetake Egawa SD 8 2004-08-25 Japan Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Win 12-2 Japan Kengo Wakao TKO 7 (10), 1:05 2004-05-20 Japan Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Win 11-2 Japan Asahi Takano UD 8 2004-02-05 Japan Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Win 10-2 Japan Teppei Kikui SD 8 2003-11-04 Japan Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Win 9-2 Japan Makoto Horinouchi TKO 2 (6), 2:54 2003-06-26 Japan Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Loss 8-2 Japan Daigo Nakahiro UD 6 2002-12-22 Japan Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Win 8-1 Japan Kenji Saegusa UD 6 2002-11-09 Japan Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Win 7-1 Japan Yuichiro Komuro UD 6 2002-09-26 Japan Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Win 6-1 Japan Yuki Kishi UD 6 2002-08-02 Japan Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Win 5-1 Japan Kosuke Takamizawa TKO 4 (4), 1:54 2002-05-31 Japan Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Win 4-1 Japan Ryoji Arai KO 1 (4), 2:07 2002-01-28 Japan Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Win 3-1 Japan Yosuke Ishiwatari UD 4 2001-09-26 Japan Bunka Gym, Yokohama, Kanagawa
Win 2-1 Japan Takaaki Hayashi UD 4 2001-06-19 Japan Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Win 1-1 Japan Kazuya Hirata UD 4 2001-04-18 Japan Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Loss 0-1 Japan Toshiaki Nitta MD 4 2000-11-22 Japan Korakuen Hall, Tokyo Professional debut.

References

  1. Joe Koizumi (December 31, 2012). "Kono upsets Tepparith to win WBA 115lb belt". Fightnews.com. Retrieved December 31, 2012.

External links

Preceded by
Tepparith Kokietgym
WBA Super Flyweight Champion
December 31, 2012 May 6, 2013
Succeeded by
Liborio Solís
Vacant
Title last held by
Liborio Solís
WBA Super Flyweight Champion
March 26, 2014 present
Incumbent
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