Taiju Shiratori боксёр

Taiju Shiratori (白鳥大珠, Shiratori Taiju, born February 2, 1996) is a Japanese kickboxer and former boxer and Nak Muay. A professional competitor since 2011, Shiratori began his career as a muay thai fighter, most notably winning the WPMF Japan title in 2013. Following an unsuccessful two year boxing career, Shiatori transitioned to kickboxing. He was the 2019 RISE Lightweight champion and RISE World Series winner, as well as the 2021 Rizin KICK tournament winner.Between July and November 2021 he was the #4 ranked bantamweight in the world according to Combat Press.Combat Press ranks him as the #5 super bantamweight kickboxer in the world. Shiratori was ranked as a top ten bantamweight by Combat Press between August 2019 and August 2020, peaking at #1 between April and August 2020. Combat Press furthermore ranked him as a top ten super bantamweight between September 2020 and March 2021, peaking at #1 in September and November 2020.Shiratori made his professional debut against Shogun at Muay Lok 2011 -1st- on February 20, 2011. He lost the fight by unanimous decision. His next two fights were likewise with Muay Lok, during which he defeated Piero Otsuka by unanimous decision at Muay Lok 2011 -2nd- on April 2, 2011, and Rukiya Anpo by unanimous decision at Muay Lok 2011 -3rd- on August 7, 2011.Shiratori made his kickboxing rules debut against Takuya Saito at J-NETWORK J-FIGHT in SHINJUKU -vol.24- on February 19, 2012. Saito won the fight by knockout, stopping Shiratori with just 10 seconds left in the fight.Following his loss to Saito, Shiratori returned to muay thai. He was scheduled to fight Fumiya Iwashita at M-1 Muay Thai Challenge Sutt Yod Muaythai vol.1 Part 1 on March 25, 2012, in the semifinals of the 2012 Next Heroes Cup. Shiroatori notched his first stoppage victory, winning by a first-round technical knockout. Shiratori was next scheduled to face Yuta Tokuyama at Muay Lok 2012 -2nd- on June 17, 2012. Shiratori won the fight by a 35-second knockout. Shiratori faced Daichi Kurashina at REBELS 12 on July 29, 2012, in the finals of the 2012 Next Heroes Cup. He won the fight by unanimous decision, managing to knock Kurashina with a headkick in the third round, with scores of 29–27, 30-26 and 30–26.Shiratori was scheduled to fight Takuro at Muay Lok 2012 -3rd- on October 10, 2021. Takuro snapped Shiratori's three fight winning streak with a second-round technical knockout.