Shoji Oguma (大熊 正二 born July 22, 1951 in Koriyama, Japan) is a Japanese former
professional boxer
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who held the
WBC and
Lineal titles in the
Flyweight
Flyweight is a weight class in combat sports.
Boxing
Flyweight is a class in boxing which includes fighters weighing above 49 kg (108 lb) and up to 51 kg (112 lb).
Professional boxing
The flyweight division was the last of b ...
division.
Professional career
Oguma turned pro in 1970 and in 1974 won the WBC Flyweight Title by winning a split decision over
Betulio González. He lost the title three months later in his first defense against
Miguel Canto
Miguel Angel Canto Solis (born January 30, 1948) is a Mexican former world boxing champion who held the WBC and Lineal flyweight titles.
Boxing life
Unlike many Mexican boxers, Canto was not a "slam-bang" type of boxer ("Slam-Bang" boxers ...
. In 1976, Oguma challenged WBA Flyweight champion
Alfonso Lopez but lost a majority decision. In 1978 he landed a rematch with WBC Flyweight champion Canto but came up short with a split decision loss. Later that year he fought his third bout with Canto, and this time lost a more clear unanimous decision to complete their trilogy.
In 1979 he rematched WBA Flyweight champion Gonzalez and the result was a draw. Later that year they fought a rematch and Gonzalez came up with the victory via a 12th-round KO in their third match.
Winning the lineal championship
In 1980 Oguma landed a shot at WBC and Lineal Flyweight Champion
Chan-Hee Park and KO'd Park in the 9th round to capture the titles. He defended the titles twice the same year, including a split decision over Park, and his annual performance was named
Ring magazine Comeback of the Year
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1980s
...
for 1980.
In 1981 Oguma defended the titles successfully again against Park, but lost the belts in his following bout by KO to
Antonio Avelar
Jose Antonio Rodríguez Avelar (born August 25, 1958) is a Mexican former professional boxer in the flyweight division. He is a former WBC and Lineal flyweight Champion.
Professional career
In August 1980, Avelar won his first NABF Championshi ...
. He then moved up in weight and in 1982 took on WBA Super Flyweight Title holder
Jiro Watanabe
is a Japanese former boxer. Watanabe, who fought only in Japan and South Korea, was one of the first World super flyweight champions, as the division was relatively new when he was crowned.
Biography
With a background in Shotokan Karate, he ...
, but was TKO'd in the 12th. Oguma retired after the bout.
See also
*
List of flyweight boxing champions
This is a list of world flyweight boxing champions, as recognized by the four major sanctioning organizations in boxing:
* The World Boxing Association (WBA), established in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA). The WBA often recognize up ...
*
List of WBC world champions
*
List of Japanese boxing world champions
*
Boxing in Japan
References
External links
*
Shoji Oguma - CBZ Profile
1951 births
Flyweight boxers
Living people
People from Kōriyama
World Boxing Council champions
World flyweight boxing champions
World boxing champions
Japanese male boxers
Sportspeople from Fukushima Prefecture
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