is a Japanese former
professional boxer who competed from 2008 to 2019. He held the
WBA interim
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flyweight title in 2013 and challenged for the
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super-flyweight title in 2015.
Koki is the oldest of the three Eto brothers. His twin brother Taiki and their younger brother Shingo are all professional boxers.
Professional career
Eto won the interim
WBA flyweight title from Thai
Kompayak Porpramook
Kompayak Porpramook ( th, คมพยัคฆ์ ป.ประมุข) is a Thai professional boxer in the light flyweight and flyweight divisions. He is the former World Boxing Association (WBA) interim flyweight champion and former World B ...
via a twelve round unanimous decision in the latter's first title defence in
Bangkok
Bangkok, officially known in Thai language, Thai as Krung Thep Maha Nakhon and colloquially as Krung Thep, is the capital and most populous city of Thailand. The city occupies in the Chao Phraya River delta in central Thailand and has an estima ...
on August 1, 2013. "I can't believe it... I did it!' he exclaimed wearing the championship belt, "A dream can come true if you won't give it up!"
He would then lose the title to
Yodmongkol Vor Saengthep
Sirichai Thaiyen or Yodmongkol Vor Saengthep or Yodmongkol CP Freshmart ( th, ยอดมงคล ว.แสงเทพ, ยอดมงคล ซีพีเฟรชมาร์ท; nicknamed: Gig, กิ๊ก; born: December 24, 1990 in M ...
on November 29, 2013 in his first title defense in
Chonburi
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via twelfth-round knockout. He had suffered a fracture of the orbital floor in the first round of this fight.
On June 17, 2014, he scored a come-from-behind eighth-round knockout over Ardin Diale to seize the vacant
OPBF flyweight title at the
Korakuen Hall
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History
On April 16, 1962, the Korakuen Hall was officially opened with ...
.
Professional boxing record
See also
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List of flyweight boxing champions
References
Video references
External links
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1988 births
Living people
Sportspeople from Okinawa Prefecture
Japanese male boxers
Flyweight boxers
Super-flyweight boxers
World flyweight boxing champions
World Boxing Association champions
21st-century Japanese people