Royal Kobayashi pugile
- combattimenti
- 43
- vinto
- 35
- perduto
- 8
- pareggiare
- 0
- Stato
- inactive
- Divisione
- super bantamweight
- Debutto
- 1973-02-25
- Altezza
- 5′ 5½″/166cm
- Arrivare a
- -
- Età
- -
- Nato
- 1949-10-10
- Morte
- -
- Nazionalità
- 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.
Data | Avversario | Ultimi risultati degli avversari | Luogo | Risultato |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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1978-04-27 | Bok-Soo Hwang | WWWWWL | WIN Technical knockout |
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1978-01-19 | Wilfredo Gomez | WWWWWW | Municipal Gymnasium, Kitakyushu | LOST KO |
1977-11-03 | Satoshi Nakai | LWLLWL | WIN Technical knockout |
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1977-05-23 | Shigeru Sasaki | WLWLLW | WIN KO |
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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 |
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1976-02-15 | Emilio Salcedo | WWWDWW | David | LOST Unanimous decision |
1975-12-21 | Ushiwakamaru Harada | WDLWLD | WIN Points |
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1975-10-12 | Alexis Arguello | WWWWWW | Kokugikan | LOST KO |
1975-06-16 | Hwa Yong Yuh | LWWWWL | WIN KO |
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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 |
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1974-12-30 | Sanjo Takemori | WWDDWL | WIN KO |
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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 |
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1974-06-09 | Jose Medel | WLLLWL | Korakuen Hall | WIN Corner retirement |
1974-03-17 | Sung Jong Hong | DWLLDL | WIN KO |
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1974-02-01 | Hiroshi Nunose | LLLWLW | WIN KO |
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1973-11-23 | Jaguar Sekino | LLWWLD | WIN KO |
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1973-10-19 | Nam Chul Chung | WLLL | WIN KO |
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1973-09-07 | Katsutoshi Inuzuka | LWWWLL | WIN KO |
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1973-07-21 | Victor Dounue | L | Kumamoto | WIN KO |
1973-06-15 | Hiroshi Miura | WLL | WIN KO |
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1973-04-27 | Gypsy Sato | LL | WIN KO |
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1973-02-25 | Baron Kumazawa | LLLLLL | Korakuen Hall | WIN Points |