Shigeo Nakajima

Shigeo Nakajima
中島 成雄
Born (1954-01-16) January 16, 1954 (age 70)
NationalityJapanese
Statistics
Weight(s)Light flyweight
Height5 ft 3 in (160 cm)
Reach61+12 in (156 cm)
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights19
Wins13
Wins by KO7
Losses5
Draws1

Shigeo Nakajima (中島 成雄, Nakajima Shigeo, born January 16, 1954)[1] is a retired Japanese boxer who is a former WBC junior flyweight champion. He is an alumnus of the Komazawa University.

Nakajima began boxing at Yonekura Boxing Gym at the age of a high school student. He compiled an amateur record of 80–15 (48 KOs) before turning professional.

Professional career

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Nakajima made his professional debut with a second-round knockout victory at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo in July 1976, and won over the reigning Japanese junior flyweight champion Kazunori Tenryū via a third-round knockout in a non-title ten round bout in August 1977. However, he was knocked out by the former WBA flyweight champion Bernabe Villacampo with a body blow in the fourth round in March 1978. He lost on points to the future WBA junior flyweight champion Hwan-Jin Kim in August of that year.

On January 3, 1980, Nakajima fought against Kim Sung-Jun for the WBC junior flyweight title at the Korakuen Hall. Preparing for that fight, Joe Koizumi who is familiar with the boxing theory and was later inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame and the World Boxing Hall of Fame, served as Nakajima's trainer. The gym's president Kenji Yonekura made him move to an apartment near his residence, and woke him up every morning to make him do his roadwork. In the third round, his eardrum was perforated and his ribs cracked, and he suffered a cut above his left eye. Nevertheless, Nakajima was crowned the title via a unanimous decision with his quick blows and footwork.[2]

In his first defense in March 1980, he lost to Hilario Zapata via a close unanimous decision at the Kuramae Kokugikan in Tokyo. Yonekura protested that decision of the judges.[3][4] Yet Nakajima was stopped in the eleventh round of the rematch with Zapata for that title at the Civic Center in Gifu city in September of the same year. After eight months, Nakajima suffered an eight-round knockout loss, and quit boxing.

Professional boxing record

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19 fights 13 wins 5 losses
By knockout 7 3
By decision 6 2
Draws 1
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
19 Loss 13–5–1 Nobuyuki Watanabe KO 8 (10) 1981-05-26 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
18 Loss 13–4–1 Hilario Zapata TKO 11 (15) 1980-09-17 Civic Center, Gifu, Japan For WBC light flyweight title
17 Loss 13–3–1 Hilario Zapata UD 15 (15) 1980-03-24 Kokugikan, Tokyo, Japan Lost WBC light flyweight title
16 Win 13–2–1 Kim Sung-jun UD 15 (15) 1980-01-03 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Won WBC light flyweight title
15 Win 12–2–1 Hong Soo Yang MD 10 (10) 1979-11-06 Japan
14 Win 11–2–1 Kubomura Tomihisa KO 3 (10) 1979-06-12 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
13 Win 10–2–1 Marciano Sekiyama KO 7 (10) 1979-03-27 Japan
12 Loss 9–2–1 Kim Hwan-jin PTS 10 (10) 1978-08-29 Japan
11 Win 9–1–1 Puma Koya PTS 10 (10) 1978-06-30 Japan
10 Loss 8–1–1 Bernabe Villacampo KO 4 (10) 1978-03-07 Japan
9 Win 8–0–1 Yukimitsu Kondo KO 3 (10) 1978-01-24 Japan
8 Win 7–0–1 Torayuki Nanasha KO 4 (10) 1977-11-29 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
7 Win 6–0–1 Kazunori Tenryu KO 3 (10) 1977-08-23 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
6 Win 5–0–1 Koichi Maki MD 10 (10) 1977-06-21 Japan
5 Win 4–0–1 Masayuki Kobayashi PTS 10 (10) 1977-04-02 Kokugikan, Tokyo, Japan
4 Win 3–0–1 Beaver Kajimoto PTS 10 (10) 1976-12-14 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
3 Win 2–0–1 Toshiro Fujii KO 5 (8) 1976-10-12 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
2 Draw 1–0–1 Chi Bok Kim PTS 8 (8) 1976-09-16 Busan, South Korea
1 Win 1–0 Shigeo Maezawa KO 2 (6) 1976-07-12 Japan

Later life

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Nakajima once serves as the president of the golf course development company, and currently acts as the executive secretary of the Pro Boxing World Champions party which is the internal organization of the Japan Pro Boxing Association (JPBA) consisting of Japan's world champions for the social contributions.[5]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ Japan Pro Boxing Association, ed. (June 1, 2008). "中島成雄". 世界王者アーカイヴス (World Champion Archives) – 中島成雄 (in Japanese). Tokyo, Japan: Japan Pro Boxing Association. Retrieved September 13, 2011.
  2. ^ "Sports in Brief". The StarPhoenix. January 4, 1980. p. C15. Retrieved September 13, 2011.
  3. ^ "'Sonic Fans Set Record". Herald-Journal. March 25, 1980. p. B3. Retrieved September 13, 2011.
  4. ^ UPI (September 18, 1980). "Zapata retains junior flyweight title". The Gazette. p. 25. Retrieved September 13, 2011.
  5. ^ Boxing Beat editorial department (May 14, 2010). 世界チャンピオン会発足 19日にファン感謝祭 (in Japanese). MACC Publications Inc. Retrieved September 13, 2011.

Bibliography

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  • Boxing Magazine editorial department, ed. (May 31, 2002). 日本プロボクシング史 世界タイトルマッチで見る50年 (Japan Pro Boxing History – 50 Years of World Title Bouts) (in Japanese). Tokyo, Japan: Baseball Magazine Sha Co., Ltd. pp. 50–52, 297. ISBN 978-4-583-03695-3.
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Sporting positions
World boxing titles
Preceded by WBC light flyweight champion
January 3, 1980 – March 24, 1980
Succeeded by