Teruo Misawa (born 11 December 1978) is a Japanese former

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who competed from 1998 to 2008. He held the Japanese mini-flyweight title from 2006 to 2007 and challenged for the WBC

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mini-flyweight title in 2008.

Professional career

Misawa made his debut in 1998 with a win over Yuji Kogure. In his nineteenth bout, Satoshi Kogumazaka narrowly defeated Misawa by a close

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(UD) to retain his Japanese mini-flyweight title in March 2005. After an August 2006 rematch for the now vacant title ended in a

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(SD), Misawa finally defeated Kogumazaka to win the title by UD in December 2006. Misawa lost the title in his first defense to Yasutaka Kuroki in May 2007 by unanimous

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(TD). After Kuroki defeated Misawa in a rematch, WBC

champion Juan Palacios defeated Misawa by seventh-round

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(TKO) to retain his title in November 2008.

Professional boxing record

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Misawa, Teruo 1978 births Living people Japanese male boxers Mini-flyweight boxers