Kenichi Ogawa boxer

Kenichi Ogawa boxer
bouts
29
won
26
lost
1
draw
1
Status
active
Division
super featherweight
Debut
2010-04-30
Height
5′ 8″/173cm
Reach
-
Age
31
Born
1988-02-01
Death
-
Nationality
Japan

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Kenichi Ogawa (尾川 堅一, Ogawa Ken'ichi, born February 1, 1988) is a Japanese professional boxer who has held the IBF super-featherweight title since November 2021.Ogawa made his professional debut against Chikashi Hayashizaki on April 30, 2010. He won the fight by a third-round technical knockout. Ogawa won two more fights before taking part in the East Japan rookie tournament: a fourth-round technical knockout of Galanter Saito on July 3, 2010, and a second-round technical knockout of Kan Irie on October 2, 2010. After amassing a 3-0 record, Ogawa was scheduled to take part in the 2011 East Japan "Rookie of the Year" tournament. Ogawa faced Junya Nakada on August 2, 2011, in the tournament quarterfinals. He won the fight by a first-round knockout. Advancing to the tournament semifinals, Ogawa was scheduled to fight Jun Hamana on September 27, 2011. He won the fight by unanimous decision, with scores of 40-36, 40-37 and 40-37. Ogawa faced Kenta Ihara in the finals of the 2011 East Japan "Rookie of the Year" tournament, which was held on November 3, 2011. He won the fight by a second-round knockout. This victory earned Ogawa the right to face the winner of the West Japan rookie tournament, Ippo Nishiwaki, in the All Japan "Rookie of the Year" decider on December 18, 2011. He won the fight by unanimous decision, with all three judges scoring the fight 50-45 in his favor.Ogawa was next scheduled to face the journeyman Masashi Murase on April 16, 2012. He won the fight by a third-round technical knockout. Ogawa faced Yuki Miyoshi on August 4, 2012. Miyoshi handed Ogawa his first professional loss, winning the fight by a fifth-round technical knockout. Ogawa successfully bounced back from his first professional loss with a second-round technical knockout of Shunsuke Sato on June 1, 2013. Ogawa's second fight of 2013 was a quick first-round technical knockout of Yuki Miyoshi on November 2, 2013.Ogawa fought three times in 2014. He first notched a second-round knockout of Yon Armed on March 1, 2014. He next fought Gabriel Royo on June 7, 2014, whom he beat by a fourth-round technical knockout. Ogawa finished the year with a seventh-round technical knockout of Ribo Takahata on October 22, 2014. Ogawa had three more fights in 2015 as well, before being booked to challenge for his first regional title. Ogawa first scored a third-round technical knockout of Kazuya Nakano on February 7, 2015. He next beat Raymond Sermona by a sixth-round knockout on June 6, 2015. Ogawa then beat Deivi Julio Bassa by tenth-round technical knockout on September 22, 2015.Ogawa challenged the reigning, undefeated Japanese super featherweight champion Rikki Naito on December 14, 2015, at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. The bout was scheduled as the co-main event of "Diamond Globe & DANGAN 148". Ogawa won the fight by technical decision, with scores of 49-46, 49-46 and 49-47. The fight was stopped in the fifth round, as Naito was unable to continue fighting due to a cut above his right eye, due to an accidental clash of heads.

Date Opponent Last Opponents' Results Place Result
2021-11-27 Azinga Fuzile WWWWLW Madison Square Garden Theater, New York WIN
Unanimous decision
2020-10-02 Kazuhiro Nishitani WWWWWW Korakuen Hall LOST
Unanimous decision
2019-12-07 Joe Noynay WWWWWW Korakuen Hall DRAW
2019-07-06 Glenn Medura LLWLWL Korakuen Hall WIN
Corner retirement
2019-02-02 Roldan Aldea WLWWLL Korakuen Hall WIN
Unanimous decision
2017-12-09 Tevin Farmer WWWWWW Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino, Events Center, Las Vegas NC
No Contest
2017-07-01 Hirotsugu Yamamoto WWLLWD Korakuen Hall WIN
Technical knockout
2017-03-02 Satoru Sugita WWWWLW Kokugikan WIN
Majority decision
2016-12-03 Rikki Naito WWWLWW Korakuen Hall WIN
Unanimous decision
2016-09-10 Kento Matsushita LWLWDW Korakuen Hall WIN
Technical knockout
2016-04-02 Satoru Sugita LWWWWW Korakuen Hall WIN
KO
2015-12-14 Rikki Naito WWWWWW Korakuen Hall WIN
2015-09-22 Deivi Julio Bassa WWWWWW Ota-City General Gymnasium WIN
Technical knockout
2015-06-06 Raymond Sermona DLLWWL Korakuen Hall WIN
KO
2015-02-07 Kazuya Nakano LWWWLW Korakuen Hall WIN
Technical knockout
2014-10-22 Ribo Takahata LWLWLW Yoyogi #2 Gymnasium WIN
Technical knockout
2014-06-07 Gabriel Royo LWWWLL Korakuen Hall WIN
Technical knockout
2014-03-01 Yon Armed WWWLLW Korakuen Hall WIN
KO
2013-11-02 Yuki Miyoshi DLWWWL Korakuen Hall WIN
Technical knockout
2013-06-01 Shunsuke Sato LLWLLL Korakuen Hall WIN
Technical knockout
2012-08-04 Yuki Miyoshi WLWDLW Korakuen Hall LOST
Technical knockout
2012-04-16 Masashi Murase WLWLL Korakuen Hall WIN
Technical knockout
2011-12-18 Ippo Nishiwaki WWWWWD Korakuen Hall WIN
Unanimous decision
2011-11-03 Kenta Ihara WWWWWW Korakuen Hall WIN
KO
2011-09-27 Jun Hamana WWWW Korakuen Hall WIN
Unanimous decision
2011-08-02 Junya Nakada WLWWW Korakuen Hall WIN
KO
2010-10-02 Kan Irie DWL Korakuen Hall WIN
Technical knockout
2010-07-03 Galanter Saito WLLWW Korakuen Hall WIN
Technical knockout
2010-04-30 Chikashi Hayashizaki D Nippon Budokan WIN
Technical knockout

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