(born January 6, 1975 in

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) is a retired male

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from

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. He represented his native country twice at the

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: in 1996 and 2000. After having competed in the men's flyweight division (– 51 kg) in

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he changed weights, and fought in the bantamweight class (– 54 kg) in

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. There he was stopped in the second round by Cuba's eventual gold medalist

Guillermo Rigondeaux Guillermo Rigondeaux Ortiz (; born 30 September 1980) is a Cuban professional boxer. He is a former world champion in two weight classes, having held the unified WBA (Super), WBO and ''Ring'' magazine super bantamweight titles between 2013 and ...

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1975 births Living people Flyweight boxers Bantamweight boxers Boxers at the 1996 Summer Olympics Boxers at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic boxers for Japan Boxers at the 1994 Asian Games Boxers at the 1998 Asian Games Boxers at the 2002 Asian Games Japanese male boxers Asian Games competitors for Japan Sportspeople from Nara, Nara {{Japan-boxing-bio-stub