Tomonobu Shimizu
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is a Japanese professional boxer who is a former WBA
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champion. He is an alumnus of the
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Biography

Shimizu had an amateur record of 68–10 (25 KOs). He turned to professional and made his debut in March 2004. He is managed by Kentarō Kaneko's Kaneko Boxing Gym and trained under Kenji Kaneko's guidance. In April 2007, Shimizu lost to
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in the WBC
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championship in Sara Buri,
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. Then he captured the Japanese flyweight title in April 2008. After losing his second world title shot against
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at the
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, Japan, in July of that year, he defeated the interim champion
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in the Japanese title unification match and defended that title three more times.


WBA super flyweight title

Shimizu moved up in weight division and won the WBA super flyweight title with a
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over
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at the
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in Tokyo, on August 31, 2011. It was presented by Kameda Promotions. At first, WBA's Gilberto Mendoza did not approve this fight. However it was authorized at the last minute. He suffered a fracture of the right orbital floor in that fight. Although it took three months to recover, the prospects for recovery were clear, and Shimizu had started training for the first defense that would take place in around March 2012. Nevertheless, the JBC (Japan Boxing Commission) indefinitely-suspended second Shirō Kameda, and identically the JBC indefinitely-suspended promoter Noriyuki Igarashi (both from Kameda Promotions) requested that the scheduled
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WBA super flyweight title match
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vs.
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would be elevated to the regular title bout at the WBA Championship Committee in
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. As a result of that, Shimizu was designated as a champion in recess on November 10, 2011. Shimizu who has recovered from injury enough to do his usual training including sparring, and his manager Kaneko held a press conference on 29 November. Shimizu stated that he would fight against anyone as a champion. The team Shimizu strongly demanded a retraction and complained that the bout between Tepparith and Kameda should be taken place as an intern championship or a title eliminator. Kaneko Boxing Gym submitted a questionnaire with the December 5 deadline to the JBC. The team Shimizu mentioned that they would give up the title, if they can not get a coherent answer. The WBA's decision to make Shimizu a champion in recess has been controversial in Japan, and it has been continuously reported in the major media such as three major newspapers. Although Kaneko Boxing Gym were given the almost zero response from the JBC, as the maximum concession, they barely accepted the status quo on condition that the unification match is early implemented. Shimizu fought against Tepparith Kokietgym in the WBA super flyweight unification bout at the
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on April 4, 2012. It was staged again by Kameda Promotions who had also had the exclusive promotional rights for the future title defense ahead of Simizu. Shimizu lost there via a ninth round stoppage. After the fight, Shimizu mentioned that he would not waste the last six months where he grew both as a boxer and as a person.


Professional boxing record


See also

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List of WBA world champions This is a list of WBA world champions, showing every world champion certified by the World Boxing Association (WBA). The list also includes champions certified by the National Boxing Association (NBA), the predecessor to the WBA. Boxers who won t ...
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List of super-flyweight boxing champions This is a list of world super-flyweight boxing champions (also known as junior-bantamweight), as recognized by the four major sanctioning organizations in boxing: * The World Boxing Association (WBA), established in 1921 as the National Boxing As ...
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List of Japanese boxing world champions This is a list of Japanese boxing world champions who have won major world titles from the "Big four" Sports governing body, governing bodies in professional boxing namely the World Boxing Association (WBA), World Boxing Council (WBC), Internation ...
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Boxing in Japan The history of boxing in Japan began in 1854 when Matthew C. Perry, Matthew Perry landed at Shimoda, Shizuoka soon after the Convention of Kanagawa. At that time, American sailors often engaged in sparring matches on board their ships, with thei ...


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* , - {{DEFAULTSORT:Shimizu, Tomonobu 1981 births Living people Super-flyweight boxers World Boxing Association champions World super-flyweight boxing champions World boxing champions People from Fukui (city) Sportspeople from Fukui Prefecture Japanese male boxers Japanese sportsperson-politicians