Royal Kobayashi boxer

Royal Kobayashi boxer
bouts
43
won
35
lost
8
draw
0
Status
inactive
Division
super bantamweight
Debut
1973-02-25
Height
5′ 5½″/166cm
Reach
-
Age
-
Born
1949-10-10
Death
-
Nationality
Japan

Kazuo Kobayashi (小林 和男, Kobayashi Kazuo, born October 10, 1949), better known as Royal Kobayashi, is a retired Japanese boxer who competed at the 1972 Munich Olympic Games in the featherweight division, and won the Lineal and WBC junior featherweight titles in 1976. He is an alumnus of the Takushoku University.Kobayashi who had practiced kendo until high school graduation, began boxing after admission to the Physical Training School of the Self Defense Forces. He won the All-Japan Amateur Boxing Championships in the featherweight division in 1971 and 1972.Kobayashi represented Japan at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. In the second round match against Pat Ryan, Kobayashi knocked him down thrice, badly damaged his face, and won by a 4–1 decision. Beaver County Times called the one vote against Kobayashi "the most ridiculous decision (vote) of the night". Kobayashi then knocked out Italy's Pasqualino Morbidelli in one round, before losing 1–4 to András Botos in the quarterfinals. He compiled an amateur record of 34–3 (28 KOs) before turning professional.Since Kobayashi was an amateur boxer, he was said to be suitable for professional for his hard punches. In 1973, Kobayashi ran into Yoshinori Takahashi who is the president of Kokusai Boxing Sports Gym established in Tokyo in 1971 at a sports massage clinic, and was encouraged to turn professional.Kobayashi made his professional debut under the ring name Royal Kobayashi in an eight-round bout in February 1973. His first world title shot against WBA featherweight champion Alexis Argüello ended in a fifth round knockout loss, in front of 16,000 spectators at the Kuramae Kokugikan in Tokyo in October 1975. After the fight, Kobayashi stated that he felt as if he had been beaten with a chunk of ice. In February 1976, he made an expedition to Panama, and lost on points there.On October 9, 1976, Kobayashi moved down a weight class and dethroned Rigoberto Riasco as the WBC and lineal junior featherweight champion while being watched by 9,000 spectators at the Kuramae Kokugikan. He floored Riasco once with his left hook in the seventh round, and twice with his right hooks in the eighth round. However, he lost the title in his first defense against Dong-Kyun Yum via a majority decision at the Jangchung Gymnasium in Seoul, South Korea, on November 24 of that year. In January 1978, Kobayashi challenged Wilfredo Gómez to regain the WBC junior featherweight title in front of 10,000 spectators at the Kitakyūshū Municipal Gymnasium in Fukuoka, but was knocked out in the third round.

Date Opponent Last Opponents' Results Place Result
1981-10-18 Jung-Han Hwang WWW Munhwa Gymnasium, Seoul LOST
KO
1981-09-06 Young Se Oh WWWWWW Munhwa Gymnasium, Seoul LOST
Unanimous decision
1981-05-19 Dae Hwan Lee DWLWLW Korakuen Hall WIN
Points
1981-01-25 Koichi Matsushima WLWLWW Korakuen Hall WIN
KO
1980-08-19 Dae Hwan Lee WWDWLW WIN
Split-decision
1980-06-09 Takao Maruki WDLWWW Nagoya WIN
KO
1980-02-24 Masa Ito WWWWWW City Gymnasium, Hofu WIN
KO
1979-12-20 Kashi Keno LLLWLL WIN
KO
1979-10-28 Suk Tae Yun WWWLD Aomori City WIN
Unanimous decision
1979-09-08 Chong-Yun Lee WW Seoul WIN
KO
1979-07-26 Hikaru Tomonari LLLLWW Korakuen Hall LOST
Majority decision
1979-04-27 Bok-Soo Hwang LLWLDD Kumamoto WIN
Points
1979-01-09 Eusebio Pedroza WWWWWW Korakuen Hall LOST
Corner retirement
1978-08-06 Spider Nemoto WWWWWW WIN
Split-decision
1978-04-27 Bok-Soo Hwang WWWWWL WIN
Technical knockout
1978-01-19 Wilfredo Gomez WWWWWW Municipal Gymnasium, Kitakyushu LOST
KO
1977-11-03 Satoshi Nakai LWLLWL WIN
Technical knockout
1977-05-23 Shigeru Sasaki WLWLLW WIN
KO
1977-02-08 Blazer Okubo WWLWWL Otsu WIN
KO
1976-11-24 Dong Kyun Yum WWWWWL Changchung Gymnasium, Seoul LOST
Majority decision
1976-10-09 Rigoberto Riasco LWWWWW Kokugikan WIN
KO
1976-07-10 Jaguar Sekino WWWWWL WIN
Technical knockout
1976-02-15 Emilio Salcedo WWWDWW David LOST
Unanimous decision
1975-12-21 Ushiwakamaru Harada WDLWLD WIN
Points
1975-10-12 Alexis Arguello WWWWWW Kokugikan LOST
KO
1975-06-16 Hwa Yong Yuh LWWWWL WIN
KO
1975-05-09 Zensuke Utagawa WWLWWL Korakuen Hall WIN
KO
1975-04-04 Jun Gallego LWW Sendai WIN
KO
1975-02-17 Masanao Toyoshima LLWWWL WIN
KO
1974-12-30 Sanjo Takemori WWDDWL WIN
KO
1974-09-16 Bert Nabalatan WLWWWL Korakuen Hall WIN
Unanimous decision
1974-09-05 Ryu Fukita WWWWWW Osaka WIN
KO
1974-08-04 Freddie Mensah WWLWLW WIN
KO
1974-06-09 Jose Medel WLLLWL Korakuen Hall WIN
Corner retirement
1974-03-17 Sung Jong Hong DWLLDL WIN
KO
1974-02-01 Hiroshi Nunose LLLWLW WIN
KO
1973-11-23 Jaguar Sekino LLWWLD WIN
KO
1973-10-19 Nam Chul Chung WLLL WIN
KO
1973-09-07 Katsutoshi Inuzuka LWWWLL WIN
KO
1973-07-21 Victor Dounue L Kumamoto WIN
KO
1973-06-15 Hiroshi Miura WLL WIN
KO
1973-04-27 Gypsy Sato LL WIN
KO
1973-02-25 Baron Kumazawa LLLLLL Korakuen Hall WIN
Points