(born September 25, 1953 in Yamagata) is a retired amateur boxer from Japan, who won the gold medal at the 1974 Asian Games in the men's

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(– 54 kg) division. He represented his native country at the

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, Canada, falling to eventual bronze medal winner

Viktor Rybakov Viktor Grigorievich Rybakov (russian: Виктор Григорьевич Рыбаков) (born May 28, 1956 in Magadan) is a retired boxer, who represented the USSR twice at the Summer Olympics during his career as an Olympian. He ...

in the third round.

1976 Olympic results

Below ore the results of Hitoshi Ishigaki, a Japanese bantamweight boxer who competed at the 1976 Montreal Olympics: * Round of 64: bye * Round of 32: defeated Jozsef Jakab (Hungary) on a second-round disqualification * Round of 16: lost to Viktor Rybakov (Soviet Union) on points, 0-5

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* 1953 births Living people People from Yamagata (city) Bantamweight boxers Boxers at the 1976 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Japan Asian Games medalists in boxing Boxers at the 1974 Asian Games Japanese male boxers Asian Games gold medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1974 Asian Games {{Japan-boxing-bio-stub