is a Japanese
professional boxer
Professional boxing, or prizefighting, is regulated, sanctioned boxing. Professional boxing bouts are fought for a purse that is divided between the boxers as determined by contract. Most professional bouts are supervised by a regulatory autho ...
from
Akō, Hyōgo
is a city located in southwestern Hyōgo Prefecture, Japan. , the city had an estimated population of 45,747 in 20563 households and a population density of 360 persons per km². The total area of the city is .
Geography
Akō is located ...
. He previously held
IBF super bantamweight Super bantamweight, also known as junior featherweight, is a weight class in professional boxing, contested from and up to .
There were attempts by boxing promoters in the 1920s to establish this weight class, but few sanctioning organizations or ...
world title.
Professional boxing career
Oguni made his pro debut on November 8, 2009, winning his first ten fights before losing to his countryman
Shingo Wake in 2013 for the OPBF super bantamweight title. On December 31, 2016, he defeated Dominican super bantamweight champion
Jonathan Guzmán to win the
IBF super bantamweight title in Shimadzu Arena
Kyoto
Kyoto (; Japanese: , ''Kyōto'' ), officially , is the capital city of Kyoto Prefecture in Japan. Located in the Kansai region on the island of Honshu, Kyoto forms a part of the Keihanshin metropolitan area along with Osaka and Kobe. , the c ...
, Japan.
Oguni vs. Casimero
Oguni will be making his comeback by taking on Filipino's
three division world champion John Riel Casimero
John Riel Reponte Casimero (born February 13, 1989) is a Filipino professional boxer and YouTuber. He has held world championships in three weight classes; including the IBF junior-flyweight title from 2012 to 2013; the IBF flyweight title ...
on October 12, 2023, at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo, Japan.
[https://cebudailynews.inquirer.net/524372/casimero-to-take-on-japanese-oguni-on-his-fight-debut-in-japan-in-october]
Professional boxing record
See also
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List of super-bantamweight boxing champions
This is a list of world super-bantamweight 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 re ...
*
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 ( ...
References
External links
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Living people
1988 births
Japanese male boxers
Super-bantamweight boxers
World super-bantamweight boxing champions
International Boxing Federation champions
Sportspeople from Hyōgo Prefecture
21st-century Japanese people
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