Ryoichi Taguchi

Ryoichi Taguchi (田口 良一, Taguchi Ryōichi, born 1 December 1986) is a Japanese former professional boxer who competed from 2006 to 2019. He was a unified light-flyweight world champion, having held the WBA title from 2014 to 2018 and the IBF and Ring magazine titles from 2017 to 2018.

Professional career[]

On 25 August 2013, Taguchi defended the Japanese light-flyweight title against Naoya Inoue, but lost via twelve-round unanimous decision.^[1]

On 31 December 2014, Taguchi defeated Alberto Rossel via twelve-round unanimous decision to win the WBA light-flyweight title.^[2]

Professional boxing record[]

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
33	Loss	27–4–2	Kosei Tanaka	UD	12	16 Mar 2019	Memorial Center, Gifu, Japan	For WBO flyweight title
32	Loss	27–3–2	Hekkie Budler	UD	12	20 May 2018	Ota City General Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	Lost WBA (Unified), IBF, and The Ring light-flyweight titles
31	Win	27–2–2	Milan Melindo	UD	12	31 Dec 2017	Ota City General Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	Retained WBA (Unified) light-flyweight title; Won IBF and vacant The Ring light-flyweight titles
30	Win	26–2–2	Robert Barrera	TKO	9 (12)	23 Jul 2017	Ota City General Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	Retained WBA light-flyweight title
29	Draw	25–2–2	Carlos Cañizales	SD	12	31 Dec 2016	Ota City General Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	Retained WBA light-flyweight title
28	Win	25–2–1	Ryo Miyazaki	UD	12	31 Aug 2016	Ota City General Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	Retained WBA light-flyweight title
27	Win	24–2–1	Juan Jose Landaeta	RTD	11 (12)	27 Apr 2016	Ota City General Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	Retained WBA light-flyweight title
26	Win	23–2–1	Luis de la Rosa	RTD	9 (12)	31 Dec 2015	Ota City General Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	Retained WBA light-flyweight title
25	Win	22–2–1	Kwanthai Sithmorseng	TKO	8 (12)	6 May 2015	Ota City General Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	Retained WBA light-flyweight title
24	Win	21–2–1	Alberto Rossel	UD	12	31 Dec 2014	Ota City General Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	Won WBA light-flyweight title
23	Win	20–2–1	Florante Condes	UD	8	5 Jul 2014	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
22	Win	19–2–1	Ryan Bito	UD	8	31 Dec 2013	Ota City General Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan
21	Loss	18–2–1	Naoya Inoue	UD	10	25 Aug 2013	Sky Arena, Zama, Japan	Lost Japanese light-flyweight title
20	Win	18–1–1	Yuki Chinen	UD	10	3 Apr 2013	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan	Won vacant Japanese light-flyweight title
19	Win	17–1–1	Eakkasit Jaikongkaew	KO	1 (8)	16 Jul 2012	Winghat, Kasukabe, Japan
18	Draw	16–1–1	Masayuki Kuroda	SD	10	12 Mar 2012	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan	For Japanese light-flyweight title
17	Win	16–1	Yu Kimura	TKO	6 (8)	15 Oct 2011	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
16	Win	15–1	Tetsuya Hisada	UD	6	5 Jul 2011	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
15	Win	14–1	Keiichi Numata	TKO	8 (8)	28 Jan 2011	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
14	Win	13–1	Toshimasa Ouchi	TKO	7 (8)	1 Oct 2010	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
13	Win	12–1	Seiya Hirakawa	TKO	6 (8)	28 Jul 2010	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
12	Win	11–1	Sho Nakazawa	UD	8	11 Apr 2010	IMP Hall, Osaka, Japan
11	Win	10–1	Norihito Tanaka	DQ	2 (6)	28 Dec 2009	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
10	Loss	9–1	Masayoshi Segawa	UD	8	1 Aug 2009	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
9	Win	9–0	Pattana Tadniyom	KO	2 (6)	7 Feb 2009	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
8	Win	8–0	Shintaro Sue	UD	6	27 Mar 2008	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
7	Win	7–0	Sho Nakazawa	UD	5	22 Dec 2007	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
6	Win	6–0	Masayoshi Takashima	UD	4	4 Nov 2007	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
5	Win	5–0	Kazuki Oshiro	UD	4	27 Sep 2007	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
4	Win	4–0	Taisei Hirano	UD	4	6 Jun 2007	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
3	Win	3–0	Ryu Onigashima	UD	4	11 Dec 2006	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
2	Win	2–0	Akihiro Konya	TKO	3 (4)	27 Sep 2006	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
1	Win	1–0	Tomohiro Seo	TKO	1 (4)	19 Jul 2006	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan

See also[]

• List of light-flyweight boxing champions
• List of Japanese boxing world champions
• Boxing in Japan

References[]

External links[]

• Boxing record for Ryoichi Taguchi from BoxRec