Takanori Hatakeyama
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Personal life
Hatakeyama played baseball throughout his childhood, wanting to become a professional baseball player when he grew up. However, a boxing match he saw on television made him take an interest in boxing. He decided to become a professional boxer after seeing Joichiro Tatsuyoshi win the WBC bantamweight title. He quit high school, moving to Tokyo to begin serious training.
Professional career
He made his professional debut at age 17 in June 1993, without a single fight as an amateur. He won the OPBF Super Featherweight title in 1996, and challenged the WBA Super Featherweight champion Yong-Soo Choi in 1997. The fight was a close draw, and Choi retained his title.
Hatakeyama challenged the Japanese super-featherweight champion in March 1998, winning by 9th-round TKO. He immediately returned his title to prepare for another world title match. He fought Yong-Soo Choi again for the WBA title on September 5, 1998, this time winning by decision to gain his first world title.
Hatakeyama made his first defense with a draw, but lost his second defense match against the mandatory challenger Lakva Sim in 1999.[1] He announced his retirement after the fight, but resumed training in 2000, moving up to the lightweight division.
Hatakeyama's first fight after returning from retirement was a world title match, fighting Gilberto Serrano for the WBA lightweight title on June 11, 2000. He won by technical knockout in the 8th round, becoming the fourth Japanese boxer to have captured world titles in two different weight classes. Hatakeyama chose fellow Japanese boxer Hiroyuki Sakamoto to challenge his title, and the two fought an epic fight in October, 2000. Hatakeyama win Sakamoto by TKO in the 10th round, making his first defense.
In February, 2001, he fought American born fighter Rick Yoshimura, who had defended the Japanese lightweight title 22 consecutive times. Hatakeyama managed to keep his title with a draw, but Yoshimura would have won the fight if he had not lost a point for a foul. In July, 2001, he fought former lightweight champion and mandatory challenger Julien Lorcy for his third defense. Hatakeyama pushed Lorcy against the ropes several times, but was pummeled repeatedly by Lorcy, and lost the fight by decision.[2] Hatakeyama officially retired after the fight at the young age of 25. His record was 24-2-3 (19 KO).
Professional boxing record
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
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| 29 | Loss | 24–2–3 | Julien Lorcy | UD | 12 | Jul 1, 2001 | Super Arena, Saitama, JapanScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Lost WBA lightweight titleScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 28 | Template:DrawDraw | 24–1–3 | Rick Yoshimura | SD | 12 | Feb 17, 2001 | Kokugikan, Tokyo, JapanScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Retained WBA lightweight titleScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 27 | Win | 24–1–2 | Hiroyuki Sakamoto | KO | 10 (12) | Oct 11, 2000 | Arena, Yokohama, JapanScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Retained WBA lightweight titleScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 26 | Win | 23–1–2 | Gilberto Serrano | TKO | 8 (12) | Jun 11, 2000 | Ariake Coliseum, Tokyo, JapanScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Won WBA lightweight titleScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 25 | Loss | 22–1–2 | Lakva Sim | TKO | 5 (12) | Jun 27, 1999 | Ariake Coliseum, Tokyo, JapanScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Lost WBA super-featherweight titleScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 24 | Template:DrawDraw | 22–0–2 | Saul Duran | SD | 12 | Feb 13, 1999 | Ariake Coliseum, Tokyo, JapanScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Retained WBA super-featherweight titleScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 23 | Win | 22–0–1 | Choi Yong-soo | MD | 12 | Sep 5, 1998 | Kokugikan, Tokyo, JapanScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Won WBA super-featherweight titleScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 22 | Win | 21–0–1 | Koji Arisawa | TKO | 9 (10) | Mar 29, 1998 | Kokugikan, Tokyo, JapanScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Won Japanese super-featherweight titleScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 21 | Template:DrawDraw | 20–0–1 | Choi Yong-soo | SD | 12 | Oct 5, 1997 | Kokugikan, Tokyo, JapanScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | For WBA super-featherweight titleScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 20 | Win | 20–0 | Jorge Luis Lopez | PTS | 10 | May 19, 1997 | JapanScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 19 | Win | 19–0 | Dong Chul Yoon | TKO | 4 (12) | Feb 17, 1997 | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, JapanScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Retained OPBF super featherweight titleScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 18 | Win | 18–0 | Okky Abi Bakrin | KO | 9 (12) | Sep 21, 1996 | Kawasaki, JapanScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Retained OPBF super-featherweight titleScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 17 | Win | 17–0 | Rudy Cabiles | PTS | 12 | Jun 19, 1996 | Yokohama, JapanScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Retained OPBF super-featherweight titleScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 16 | Win | 16–0 | Jung-Chil Choi | KO | 2 (12) | Mar 18, 1996 | JapanScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Won vacant OPBF super-featherweight titleScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
| 15 | Win | 15–0 | Bert Navarez | KO | 4 (10) | Dec 12, 1995 | JapanScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 14 | Win | 14–0 | Flash Pena | TKO | 6 (10) | Oct 16, 1995 | JapanScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 13 | Win | 13–0 | Jae Woon Park | KO | 2 (10) | Jul 17, 1995 | JapanScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 12 | Win | 12–0 | Jun Ignasio Mataganas | KO | 2 (10) | May 15, 1995 | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, JapanScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 11 | Win | 11–0 | ByungSoo Moon | TKO | 3 (10) | Feb 20, 1995 | JapanScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Hyun Woo Pyo | KO | 3 (10) | Nov 21, 1994 | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, JapanScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Masaaki Horiguchi | TKO | 4 (10) | Sep 19, 1994 | JapanScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Hee-Chul Yang | KO | 3 (8) | Jun 20, 1994 | JapanScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Shigeru Kotani | KO | 3 (6) | Feb 13, 1994 | Prefectural Gymnasium, Osaka, JapanScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Kazunori Sakamoto | TKO | 1 (6) | Dec 18, 1993 | JapanScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Kenji Ichikawa | PTS | 4 | Nov 4, 1993 | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, JapanScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Shinya Ueda | PTS | 4 | Oct 4, 1993 | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, JapanScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Tomoaki Sakayori | TKO | 4 (4) | Sep 2, 1993 | JapanScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Hiroshi Kawata | KO | 1 (4) | Aug 4, 1993 | JapanScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Kazuhiro Fukumura | KO | 1 (4) | Jun 17, 1993 | JapanScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Post-retirement
Hatakeyama has succeeded in several careers after retiring from boxing. He opened an amateur boxing gym with former WBA Middleweight champion Shinji Takehara, and occasionally appears on television shows. He works as a special staff member for a boxing and fitness gym in Kyoto, personally teaching classes once or twice a month. He married announcer Kumiko Kiyohara on June 17, 2006, and his first son was born in September of the same year. Hatakeyama has another son, born with his former wife in 1996. He also appears as a commentator for K-1 WORLD MAX events. He is known to be an avid fan of the Rakuten Eagles baseball team, and attended Aomori University in 2007 to obtain a bachelor's degree.
See also
- Boxing in Japan
- List of Japanese boxing world champions
- List of world super-featherweight boxing champions
- List of world lightweight boxing champions
References
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