Hiroshi Kobayashi (boxer)
- Featherweight
- Super featherweight
Hiroshi Kobayashi (小林 弘, Kobayashi Hiroshi, born 23 August 1944 in Gunma, Japan) is a former professional boxer who held the world junior lightweight championship.
Professional career
Kobayashi turned pro in 1962 and won the Lineal, WBC and WBA Super Featherweight Title in 1967 by defeating Yoshiaki Numata by 12th-round KO, in a bout where Numata was down once in the 6th and three times in the 12th round. Kobayashi became the undisputed Super Featherweight champion of the world.[1] 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 in 1971.[2] He retired later in the year, after losing by knockout in the 7th round against Roberto Durán in Panama.
Professional boxing record
75 fights | 61 wins | 10 losses |
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By knockout | 10 | 4 |
By decision | 51 | 6 |
Draws | 4 |
No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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75 | Loss | 61–10–4 | Roberto Durán | KO | 7 (10) | 1971-10-16 | Gimnasio Nuevo, Panama City, Panama | |
74 | Loss | 61–9–4 | Alfredo Marcano | TKO | 10 (15) | 1971-07-29 | Prefectural Gymnasium, Aomori City, Japan | Lost WBA & The Ring super featherweight titles |
73 | Win | 61–8–4 | Ricardo Arredondo | UD | 15 (15) | 1971-03-04 | Nihon University Auditorium, Tokyo, Japan | Retained WBA & The Ring super featherweight titles |
72 | Win | 60–8–4 | Shozo Saijo | SD | 10 (10) | 1970-12-03 | Nihon University Auditorium, Tokyo, Japan | |
71 | Win | 59–8–4 | Antonio Amaya | UD | 15 (15) | 1970-08-23 | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan | Retained WBA & The Ring super featherweight titles |
70 | Win | 58–8–4 | Ray Adigun | UD | 10 (10) | 1970-06-21 | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan | |
69 | Draw | 57–8–4 | Hiroshi Shoji | SD | 10 (10) | 1970-02-15 | Tokushima City, Japan | |
68 | Win | 57–8–3 | Carlos Cañete | UD | 15 (15) | 1969-11-09 | Nihon University Auditorium, Tokyo, Japan | Retained WBA & The Ring super featherweight titles |
67 | Win | 56–8–3 | Victor Ramos | KO | 2 (10) | 1969-07-07 | Japan | |
66 | Win | 55–8–3 | Antonio Amaya | SD | 15 (15) | 1969-04-06 | Kokugikan, Tokyo, Japan | Retained WBA & The Ring super featherweight titles |
65 | Win | 54–8–3 | Turori George | UD | 10 (10) | 1969-01-27 | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan | |
64 | Win | 53–8–3 | Jaime Valladares | UD | 15 (15) | 1968-10-05 | Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan | Retained WBA, WBC & The Ring super featherweight titles |
63 | Loss | 52–8–3 | Rubén Navarro | MD | 10 (10) | 1968-08-26 | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan | |
62 | Win | 52–7–3 | Ulises Botero | KO | 6 (10) | 1968-07-21 | Japan | |
61 | Loss | 51–7–3 | Mando Ramos | UD | 10 (10) | 1968-06-20 | Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, U.S. | |
60 | Draw | 51–6–3 | Rene Barrientos | MD | 15 (15) | 1968-03-30 | Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan | Retained WBA, WBC & The Ring super featherweight titles |
59 | Win | 51–6–2 | Yoshiaki Numata | KO | 12 (15) | 1967-12-14 | Kokugikan, Tokyo, Japan | Won WBA, WBC & The Ring super featherweight titles |
58 | Win | 50–6–2 | Ki Jin Song | KO | 8 (10) | 1967-10-16 | Japan | |
57 | Win | 49–6–2 | Chang Soo Yun | KO | 7 (10) | 1967-09-04 | Japan | |
56 | Win | 48–6–2 | Dony Tesorio | UD | 10 (10) | 1967-06-26 | Japan | |
55 | Win | 47–6–2 | Takao Mitsuhashi | UD | 10 (10) | 1967-05-08 | Japan | Retained Japanese featherweight title |
54 | Win | 46–6–2 | Vicente Milan Derado | UD | 10 (10) | 1967-02-27 | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan | |
53 | Win | 45–6–2 | Kang Il Suh | UD | 10 (10) | 1967-02-02 | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan | |
52 | Win | 44–6–2 | Chun Kyo Shin | PTS | 10 (10) | 1967-01-16 | Japan | |
51 | Win | 43–6–2 | Del Kid Rosario | PTS | 10 (10) | 1966-11-28 | Japan | |
50 | Win | 42–6–2 | Sumio Nobata | PTS | 10 (10) | 1966-11-10 | Tokoname, Japan | Retained Japanese featherweight title |
49 | Win | 41–6–2 | Nobuo Chiba | PTS | 10 (10) | 1966-10-10 | Japan | Retained Japanese featherweight title |
48 | Win | 40–6–2 | Bobby Valdez | RTD | 7 (10) | 1966-08-18 | Olympic Auditorium, Los Angeles, California, U.S. | |
47 | Win | 39–6–2 | Delfino Rosales | KO | 9 (10) | 1966-07-31 | Culiacan, Mexico | |
46 | Draw | 38–6–2 | Aurelio Cazares | PTS | 10 (10) | 1966-07-10 | Sinaloa de Leyva, Mexico | |
45 | Loss | 38–6–1 | Pedro Gómez | TKO | 7 (10) | 1966-06-24 | Nuevo Circo, Caracas, Venezuela | |
44 | Loss | 38–5–1 | Freddie Rengifo | PTS | 10 (10) | 1966-05-30 | Nuevo Circo, Caracas, Venezuela | |
43 | Draw | 38–4–1 | Jaime Valladares | PTS | 10 (10) | 1966-05-14 | Quito, Ecuador | |
42 | Win | 38–4 | Hiroshi Mori | PTS | 10 (10) | 1966-03-31 | Japan | |
41 | Win | 37–4 | Shigeo Shioyama | PTS | 10 (10) | 1966-02-28 | Japan | Retained Japanese featherweight title |
40 | Win | 36–4 | Katsutoshi Aoki | PTS | 10 (10) | 1966-01-27 | Japan | |
39 | Win | 35–4 | Orlando Medina | PTS | 10 (10) | 1965-12-09 | Japan | |
38 | Win | 34–4 | Sugar Cane Carreon | PTS | 10 (10) | 1965-10-29 | Japan | |
37 | Win | 33–4 | Hyun Kim | PTS | 10 (10) | 1965-09-23 | Japan | |
36 | Win | 32–4 | Atsushi Gunji | PTS | 10 (10) | 1965-08-30 | Japan | Retained Japanese featherweight title |
35 | Win | 31–4 | Kunio Sakata | PTS | 10 (10) | 1965-07-18 | Japan | |
34 | Win | 30–4 | Jong Tae Lim | PTS | 10 (10) | 1965-06-27 | Ichinomiya, Japan | |
33 | Win | 29–4 | Shigeo Shioyama | PTS | 10 (10) | 1965-05-09 | Japan | Retained Japanese featherweight title |
32 | Win | 28–4 | Soo Bok Kwon | KO | 7 (10) | 1965-03-01 | Japan | |
31 | Win | 27–4 | Yuji Masuko | UD | 10 (10) | 1965-01-18 | Japan | Retained Japanese featherweight title |
30 | Win | 26–4 | Hyun Kim | PTS | 10 (10) | 1964-12-12 | Maebashi, Japan | |
29 | Win | 25–4 | Atsushi Gunji | PTS | 10 (10) | 1964-11-09 | Japan | |
28 | Win | 24–4 | Yuji Masuko | PTS | 10 (10) | 1964-09-28 | Japan | Won Japanese featherweight title |
27 | Win | 23–4 | Dong Chun Lee | PTS | 10 (10) | 1964-07-09 | Japan | |
26 | Win | 22–4 | Kwang Joo Lee | PTS | 10 (10) | 1964-06-01 | Japan | |
25 | Win | 21–4 | Mitsunori Seki | PTS | 10 (10) | 1964-04-26 | Japan | |
24 | Win | 20–4 | Porte Villa | PTS | 10 (10) | 1964-04-13 | Japan | |
23 | Loss | 19–4 | Eduardo Guerrero | PTS | 10 (10) | 1964-02-20 | Japan | |
22 | Loss | 19–3 | Kang Il Suh | PTS | 10 (10) | 1964-01-26 | Osaka, Japan | |
21 | Loss | 19–2 | Johnny Jamito | RTD | 6 (10) | 1963-11-02 | Araneta Coliseum, Quezon City, Philippines | |
20 | Loss | 19–1 | Manzo Kikuchi | PTS | 10 (10) | 1963-08-19 | Japan | For vacant Japanese featherweight title |
19 | Win | 19–0 | Toshio Shibazaki | PTS | 8 (8) | 1963-07-30 | Japan | |
18 | Win | 18–0 | Dommy Balajada | UD | 10 (10) | 1963-06-24 | Japan | |
17 | Win | 17–0 | Yuji Masuko | KO | 2 (10) | 1963-05-13 | Japan | |
16 | Win | 16–0 | Teruo Hino | PTS | 8 (8) | 1963-05-02 | Japan | |
15 | Win | 15–0 | Kazuhiro Furuya | MD | 6 (6) | 1963-04-04 | Kokugikan, Tokyo, Japan | |
14 | Win | 14–0 | Hideo Fukuchi | UD | 6 (6) | 1963-03-18 | Japan | |
13 | Win | 13–0 | Isamu Kato | UD | 6 (6) | 1963-02-19 | Japan | |
12 | Win | 12–0 | Tsutomu Yoshida | UD | 6 (6) | 1963-01-28 | Japan | |
11 | Win | 11–0 | Noriyoshi Toyoshima | UD | 6 (6) | 1962-12-31 | Japan | |
10 | Win | 10–0 | Hisao Omori | UD | 4 (4) | 1962-12-15 | Japan | |
9 | Win | 9–0 | Saburo Yanagi | SD | 4 (4) | 1962-11-29 | Japan | |
8 | Win | 8–0 | Kazuo Hayasako | UD | 4 (4) | 1962-11-07 | Korakuen Gym, Tokyo, Japan | |
7 | Win | 7–0 | Masayoshi Otake | UD | 4 (4) | 1962-10-16 | Japan | |
6 | Win | 6–0 | Kazuyoshi Ohashi | UD | 4 (4) | 1962-09-25 | Japan | |
5 | Win | 5–0 | Kiyokazu Komura | UD | 4 (4) | 1962-09-11 | Japan | |
4 | Win | 4–0 | Saburo Yanagi | UD | 4 (4) | 1962-08-20 | Japan | |
3 | Win | 3–0 | Yukichi Takase | UD | 4 (4) | 1962-07-30 | Japan | |
2 | Win | 2–0 | Michio Ishii | TKO | 2 (4) | 1962-07-13 | Japan | |
1 | Win | 1–0 | Hisatsugu Kyoya | MD | 4 (4) | 1962-07-02 | Korakuen Gym, Tokyo, Japan |
See also
- Lineal championship
- Boxing in Japan
- List of Japanese boxing world champions
- List of world super-featherweight boxing champions
References
External links
- Boxing record for Hiroshi Kobayashi from BoxRec (registration required)
- Hiroshi Kobayashi - CBZ Profile
Sporting positions | ||||
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Regional boxing titles | ||||
Preceded by Yuji Masuko | Japanese featherweight champion September 28, 1964 – 1967 Vacated | Vacant Title next held by Nobuo Chiba | ||
World boxing titles | ||||
Preceded by | WBA super featherweight champion December 16, 1967 – July 29, 1971 | Succeeded by | ||
WBC super featherweight champion December 16, 1967 – January 19, 1969 Stripped | Vacant Title next held by Rene Barrientos | |||
The Ring super featherweight champion December 16, 1967 – July 29, 1971 | Succeeded by Alfredo Marcano | |||
Undisputed super featherweight champion December 16, 1967 – January 19, 1969 Titles fragmented | Vacant |