Kai Ishizawa

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Kai Ishizawa
Statistics
Real name石澤開
Weight(s)Mini-flyweight
Height5 ft 1.5 in (156 cm)
NationalityJapanese
Born (1996-11-23) 23 November 1996 (age 25)
Sagamihara, Japan
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights11
Wins10
Wins by KO9
Losses1

Kai Ishizawa (born 23 November 1996) is a Japanese professional boxer. As of November 2021, BoxRec ranks him as the sixth best mini-flyweight in the world.[1]

Personal life[]

Ishizawa played soccer and practiced karate in elementary school and took up boxing in the first grade of junior high school.[2] He was the captain of the boxing club in Buso Junior High School.[3]

Ishizawa graduated from the Nippon Sport Science University.[4]

Professional career[]

Ishizawa made his professional debut on June 3, 2017, with a second-round knockout of fellow debutante Phongsaphon Panyakum.[5] Ishizawa followed this up with stoppage victories of Yoshimitsu Kushibe on August 4, 2017, Narathip Sungsut on January 30, 2018, and Tatsuro Nakashima on August 4, 2018. These four victories earned him the chance to fight Daiki Tomita for the inaugural Japanese Youth minimumweight championship. He was later forced to withdraw due to an injury.[6]

After recovering from his injury, Ishizawa was scheduled to fight the undefeated Yuga Inoue for the inaugural Japanese minimumweight championship on November 10, 2018. He won the fight by a sixth-round technical knockout.[7]

Ishizawa was scheduled to fight the Indonesian national mini-flyweight champion Silem Serang on June 1, 2019. He won the fight by a fourth-round technical knockout, stopping Serang with eight seconds left in the round.[8] Ishizawa was next scheduled to face Masataka Taniguchi, in a Japanese minimumweight title eliminator match, on September 21, 2019. Taniguchi won the fight by unanimous decision, with scores of 77–74, 77-74 and 78–74.[9]

Ishizawa rebounded from his first professional loss with a sixth-round technical knockout of Masashi Tada on October 13, 2020.[10] Ishizawa was next scheduled to fight Yuni Takada for the Japanese Youth minimumweight title on April 21, 2021. He won the fight by majority decision, with scores of 78–74, 76-76 and 79–73.[11]

Ishizawa was scheduled to face Naoya Haruguchi on October 8, 2021, in a Japanese minimumweight title eliminator match. He won the fight by a fourth-round technical knockout.[12]

Ishizawa was scheduled to face the undefeated Katsuki Mori for the Japanese minumweight title in the main event of "Phoenix Battle 83" at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan on January 11, 2022.[13] He won the fight by an eight-round technical knockout. Ishizawa dropped Mori to the canvas with a flurry of punches, which prompted his corner to throw in the towel. Ishizawa called out the reigning WBO mini-flyweight champion Masataka Taniguchi during his post-fight interview.[14]

Ishizawa is booked to challenge the reigning WBO mini-flyweight champion Masataka Taniguchi on 22 April 2022, in the main event of a Hikari TV broadcast PBX card, which will take place at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. The bout is a rematch of their September 21, 2019 meeting, which Taniguchi won by unanimous decision.[15] Ishizawa vacated the Japanese minimumweight title on 3 March.[16]

Professional boxing record[]

Professional record summary
11 fights 10 wins 1 loss
By knockout 9 0
By decision 1 1
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
12 N/A N/A Japan Masataka Taniguchi N/A - (12) 22 Apr 2022 Japan Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan For WBO mini-flyweight title
11 Win 10–1 Japan Katsuki Mori TKO 8 (10), 2:50 11 Jan 2021 Japan Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Won Japanese minumweight title
10 Win 9–1 Japan Naoya Haruguchi TKO 4 (8), 1:21 8 Oct 2021 Japan Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
9 Win 8–1 Japan Yuni Takada MD 8 21 Apr 2021 Japan Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Defends Japanese Youth Minimumweight title.
8 Win 7–1 Japan Masashi Tada TKO 6 (8), 1:41 13 Oct 2020 Japan Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
7 Loss 6–1 Japan Masataka Taniguchi UD 8 21 Sep 2019 Japan Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
6 Win 6–0 Indonesia Silem Serang TKO 4 (8), 2:52 1 Jun 2019 Japan Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
5 Win 5–0 Japan Yuga Inoue TKO 6 (8), 0:46 10 Nov 2018 Japan Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Wins inaugural Japanese Youth Minimumweight title.
4 Win 4–0 Japan Tatsuro Nakashima TKO 5 (6), 1:35 8 Apr 2018 Japan City Gym, Tomigusuku, Okinawa, Japan
3 Win 3–0 Thailand Narathip Sungsut KO 1 (6), 2:36 30 Jan 2018 Japan Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
2 Win 2–0 Japan Yoshimitsu Kushibe TKO 2 (4), 0:44 4 Aug 2017 Japan Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
1 Win 1–0 Thailand Phongsaphon Panyakum KO 2 (6), 1:03 3 Jun 2017 Japan Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan

References[]

  1. ^ "Boxing Ratings - Minimumweight". boxrec.com. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  2. ^ "石澤 開（かい）さん". townnews.co.jp. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  3. ^ "４階級で県王者に". townnews.co.jp. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
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  7. ^ "船井龍一が右一撃　IBF･S･フライ級挑戦権獲得". boxingnews.jp. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
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  10. ^ "【ボクシング】「天才」阿部麗也が心機一転のカムバック". bbm-japan.com. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
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  12. ^ "石澤選手、日本王座挑戦へ". townnews.co.jp. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
  13. ^ "石澤開ｖｓ森且貴の日本ミニマム級王座決定戦が実現… 来年１月のフェニックスバトル". hochi.news. Retrieved 29 December 2021.
  14. ^ "【ボクシング】石澤開が８回ＴＫＯで新王者。無敗・森且貴をコンパクト＆パワーで仕留める". news.yahoo.co.jp. Retrieved 12 January 2022.
  15. ^ Donovan, Jake (22 February 2022). "Masataka Taniguchi First WBO Title Defense Set, April 22 Rematch With Kai Ishizawa In Tokyo". boxingscene.com. Retrieved 22 February 2022.
  16. ^ "Ishizawa vacates Japanese title". asianboxing.info. Retrieved 4 March 2022.
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