is a former world Junior Lightweight
boxing
Boxing (also known as "Western boxing" or "pugilism") is a combat sport in which two people, usually wearing protective gloves and other protective equipment such as hand wraps and mouthguards, throw punches at each other for a predetermined ...
champion.
Numata turned professional in 1962 and won the
Lineal,
WBC and
WBA super featherweight world titles by defeating
Flash Elorde
Gabriel "Flash" Elorde (March 25, 1935 – January 2, 1985) was a Filipino professional boxer. He won the lineal super featherweight title in 1960. In 1963, he won the inaugural WBC and WBA super featherweight titles. He holds the record at sup ...
by decision in 1967, although Numata was knocked down in the 3rd round. He lost the title in his first defense to
Hiroshi Kobayashi by KO in the 12th. Numata was down once in the 6th and three times in the 12th round.
In 1970 Numata captured the WBC super featherweight title with a decision over Rene Barrientos. He defended the title three times before losing the belt to
Ricardo Arredondo
Ricardo Arredondo (May 26, 1949 in Apatzingan, Michoacán, Mexico – September 20, 1991) was a Mexican professional boxer. A former WBC super featherweight champion, he was the brother of two-time World light welterweight champion, Rene Arre ...
in 1971. Numata retired a year later.
See also
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List of super-featherweight boxing champions
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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 ...
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List of WBC world champions
This is a list of WBC world champions, showing every world champion certificated by the World Boxing Council (WBC). The WBC is one of the four major governing bodies in professional boxing, and certifies world champions in 18 different weight c ...
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List of The Ring world champions
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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
This is a list of Japanese boxing world champions who have won major world titles from the "Big four" governing bodies in professional boxing namely the World Boxing Association (WBA), World Boxing Council (WBC), International Boxing Federation ( ...
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Boxing in Japan
The history of boxing in Japan began in 1854 when 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 their fists wrapped ...
References
External links
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Yoshiaki Numata - CBZ Profile
1945 births
Living people
World Boxing Association champions
World Boxing Council champions
The Ring (magazine) champions
World super-featherweight boxing champions
World boxing champions
Sportspeople from Hokkaido
Japanese male boxers
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