Shigeji Kaneko
Shigeji Kaneko | |
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Statistics | |
Weight(s) | Featherweight, super featherweight |
Nationality | Japanese |
Born | Tsubame, Niigata, Japan | 13 August 1931
Died | 2 January 2016 Tokyo, Japan | (aged 84)
Boxing record | |
Total fights | 65 |
Wins | 54 |
Wins by KO | 33 |
Losses | 10 |
Draws | 1 |
Shigeji Kaneko (Japanese: 金子繁治, 13 August 1931 – 2 January 2016) was a Japanese featherweight boxer during the 1950s. He fought Gabriel "Flash" Elorde four times, winning them all. He was also a boxing promoter from the 1980s until the early 2000s.
Shigeji died from pneumonia on 2 January 2016 in Tokyo. He was 84.[1]
References[]
- ^ "SHIGEJI KANEKO WHO BEAT 'FLASH' ELORDE FOUR TIMES PASSES AWAY". PhilBoxing. 3 January 2016. Retrieved 3 January 2016.
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Categories:
- 1931 births
- 2016 deaths
- Disease-related deaths in Japan
- Featherweight boxers
- Japanese male boxers
- People from Tsubame, Niigata
- Sportspeople from Niigata Prefecture
- Japanese boxing biography stubs