Kenji Yonekura pugile

Kenji Yonekura pugile
combattimenti
24
vinto
13
perduto
10
pareggiare
1
Stato
inactive
Divisione
bantamweight
Debutto
1958-06-27
Altezza
-
Arrivare a
-
Età
-
Nato
1934-05-25
Morte
-
Nazionalità
Japan

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Kenji Yonekura (米倉 健司, Yonekura Kenji, born May 25, 1934) is a retired Japanese boxer who competed at the 1956 Melbourne Olympic Games in the flyweight division, and is a former two-time world title challenger in the flyweight and bantamweight divisions. Currently he is the president of Yonekura Boxing Gym.Yonekura saw the United States Armed Forces' boxing fights in Itazuke Air Base, that was his first encounter with boxing. Yonekura began boxing at the age of a high school student. He was training and sparring with Yoshio Shirai under Alvin Rober Cahn's guidance.Yonekura won the All-Japan Amateur Boxing Championships in the flyweight division in 1956, and represented Japan at the 1956 Summer Olympics in Melbourne, while studying at Meiji University. He won on points over Phachon Muangson in the second round match, and lost on points to René Libeer in the quarterfinals. He also participated in the Seattle Golden Gloves in 1957, and compiled an amateur record of 71–7 (19 KOs) before turning professional.Yonekura made his professional debut under his real name Kenji Yonekura, written as 米倉 健治, in an eight-round bout in June 1958. Before his official debut, he made an exhibition match against the Japanese flyweight champion Sadao Yaoita as a welcome bout for the NBA's public relations manager. He was awarded with Japan's Fight of the Year and Technical Award in his debut year. His ring name was changed into 米倉 健志, pronounced the same, during his professional career. He captured the vacant Japanese flyweight title in January 1959.His first world title shot against Pascual Pérez in the flyweight division, which was postponed three days due to rain, ended in a unanimous decision loss after being knocked down in the second round, in front of 9,000 spectators at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in August 1959. However, as Yonekura had been highly expected to be the winner of it as a former Olympian, its audience rating was 88.0 percent. Yonekura was featured on the front covers of not only boxing-related such as (Japan's) Boxing Gazette, Puroresu & Boxing and Weekly Sports: Fight, but also various magazines such as Weekly Shōnen Magazine, Weekly Yomiuri Sports, Weekly Sankei Sports and Olympic Gahō, as a handsome superstar.Yonekura moved up in weight division to capture the OPBF bantamweight title in January 1960. In his second world title shot in the bantamweight division in May of that year, he lost to José Becerra via a split decision while being watched by 17,000 spectators at the Korakuen Baseball Stadium. From 1960 through 1961, he made an expedition to Mexico and fought four times in Tijuana and Mexico City, but was defeated in all those fights. After defending the OPBF title four times, he lost on points in his fifth defense in October 1962, and hung up his gloves.

Data Avversario Ultimi risultati degli avversari Luogo Risultato
1962-10-29 Katsutoshi Aoki WWWWWW LOST
Points
1962-06-28 Edmundo Esparza LWWWWW LOST
Technical knockout
1962-05-14 Gene Aragon LLDWDL WIN
Points
1962-04-19 Baby Espinosa LLLWLL WIN
Points
1962-01-18 Marcing David LWLWWL Yahata Gym, Kitakyushu WIN
Unanimous decision
1961-12-18 Masao Ogawa LLLWLW WIN
Points
1961-10-01 Johnny Jamito WWWWWL Nagoya WIN
Unanimous decision
1961-07-22 Jorge Baby Salazar WWWLWW Mexico City LOST
Technical knockout
1961-07-03 Eloy Sanchez LWLWDL Tijuana LOST
Points
1961-06-05 Ignacio Pina WWWWWD Tijuana LOST
KO
1961-04-24 Chaidej Naraimaharaj LL WIN
Points
1960-10-03 Eduardo Guerrero LWWWWL Tijuana LOST
Points
1960-08-04 Leo Espinosa WLWLLL DRAW
Split-decision
1960-05-23 Jose Becerra WWWWWW Korakuen Baseball Stadium LOST
Split-decision
1960-01-06 Leo Espinosa LLWLWW WIN
Unanimous decision
1959-12-02 Kozo Nagata WWWLWD WIN
Unanimous decision
1959-10-26 Takeo Suzuki WWLWLL WIN
Points
1959-08-10 Pascual Perez WWWWLW Metropolitan Gym LOST
Unanimous decision
1959-02-18 Pascual Perez WWWWWL Nihon University Auditorium LOST
Unanimous decision
1959-01-04 Atsuto Fukumoto WWDDLW WIN
Points
1958-12-23 Mitsuharu Ikeda WLLLWL WIN
Points
1958-11-11 Sadao Yaoita WWLWWW LOST
Points
1958-08-19 Masakazu Otsuka WWLLLW WIN
Points
1958-06-27 Shichiro Kimura WWWWLL WIN
Corner retirement

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