is a former professional
boxer who held the world junior lightweight championship.
Professional boxing career
Kobayashi turned pro in 1962 and won the
Lineal,
WBC and
WBA Super Featherweight Title in 1967 by defeating
Yoshiaki Numata
is a former world Junior Lightweight boxing champion.
Numata turned professional in 1962 and won the Lineal, WBC and WBA super featherweight world titles by defeating Flash Elorde by decision in 1967, although Numata was knocked down in the ...
by 12th-round KO, in a bout where Numata was down once in the 6th and three times in the 12th round and thus Kobayashi becoming the undisputed Super Featherweight champion of the world.
He was stripped of his WBA title after failing to fight
Rene Barrientos.
He defended the title six times before losing the belt to
Alfredo Marcano
Alfredo Marcano (January 17, 1947 – April 5, 2009) was a Venezuelan professional boxer who competed from 1966 to 1975. He held the world junior lightweight title.
Professional boxing career
During his career, Marcano won the WBA and lineal ...
in 1971. He retired later in the year after losing by knockout in the 7th round against
Roberto Durán
Roberto Durán Samaniego (born June 16, 1951) is a Panamanian former professional boxer who competed from 1968 to 2001. He held world championships in four weight classes: lightweight, welterweight, light middleweight and middleweight, as w ...
in Panama.
See also
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List of super-featherweight boxing champions
This is a list of Super featherweight boxing champions, as recognized by boxing organizations:
* The World Boxing Association (WBA), established in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA).
* The World Boxing Council (WBC), established in 19 ...
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List of WBA world champions
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List of WBC world champions
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List of The Ring world champions
Boxing magazine '' The Ring'' has awarded world championships in professional boxing within each weight class from its foundation in 1922. The first ''Ring'' world title belt was awarded to heavyweight champion Jack Dempsey, and the second was aw ...
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List of undisputed boxing champions
This is a list of undisputed champions in professional boxing. Eras that are not listed do not have any undisputed champions.
Championship recognition
Titles have been awarded by:
*New York State Athletic Commission (NYSAC), founded in 1920
...
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List of Japanese boxing world champions
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Boxing in Japan
References
External links
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Hiroshi Kobayashi - CBZ Profile
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1944 births
Living people
World Boxing Association champions
World Boxing Council champions
The Ring (magazine) champions
World super-featherweight boxing champions
World boxing champions
Japanese male boxers
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