Yudai Shigeoka

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Yudai Shigeoka
重岡優大
Statistics
Weight(s)Mini-flyweight
Height5 ft 3 in (160 cm)
NationalityJapanese
Born (1997-04-16) 16 April 1997 (age 24)
Kumamoto, Japan
StanceSouthpaw
Boxing record[1]
Total fights4
Wins4
Wins by KO2
Losses0

Yudai Shigeoka (Japanese: 重岡優大, Shigeoka Yudai, born 16 April 1997) is a Japanese professional boxer who has held the WBO Asia Pacific mini-flyweight title since November 2021. As of December 2021, he is ranked as the world's tenth-best active mini-flyweight by The Ring.[2]

Early life and amateur career[]

Yudai is the older brother of fellow boxer Ginjiro Shigeoka.[3]

While attending the Kaishin High School, Shigeoka won four national titles as a pinweight.[4] In 2018, Shigeoka won the All Japan Boxing Championship as a light flyweight,[5] and reached the finals of the World University Championships in Russia, once again as a light flyweight.[6] Shigeoka intended to compete in the 2020 Olympic Games while attending the Takushoku University, but decided to drop out of university and become a professional after the junior flyweight division was expunged from the Games.[7] Shigeoka was given his professional boxing license on August 1, 2019.[8] He finished his amateur career with a record of 82–10, with 20 victories coming by way of stoppage.[9]

Professional boxing career[]

Shigeoka made his professional debut on 30 October 2019, against Manop Audomphanawari, at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. He won the fight by technical knockout in the second round, dropping Manop with repeated body shots at the 2:16 minute mark.[10] Two months later, on 10 December 2019, Shigeoka was scheduled to face the reigning OPBF minimumweight champion Lito Dante in a six round non-title bout.[11] He won the fight by unanimous decision, with scores of 59-55, 60-54 amd 59-55.[12]

Shigeoka was scheduled to fight Ryu Horikawa for the vacant Japanese light flyweight title on 11 February 2021, after a fourteen-month layoff.[13] He won the fight by a fifth-round technical knockout. Horikawa was first knocked down with a left straight in the third round, and once again in the fifth round. Following the second knockdown, referee Akihiko Katsuragi decided to wave the fight off.[14] Shigeoka vacated the title on August 2, 2021.[15]

Shigeoka was scheduled to face the former OPBF minimumweight champion Tsubasa Koura for the vacant WBO Asia Pacific mini flyweight title on 12 November 2021. It was Shigeoka's first career twelve round bout. Koura was furthermore seen as a huge step up in class compared to his previous opponents.[16] Shigeoka won the closely contested fight by majority decision, with two judges scoring the fight 115-113 in his favor, while the third judge scored the fight as a 114-114 draw.[17]

Professional boxing record[]

Professional record summary
4 fights 4 wins 0 losses
By knockout 2 0
By decision 2 0
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
4 Win 4–0 Japan Tsubasa Koura MD 12 12 Nov 2021 Japan Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Won vacant WBO Asia Pacific mini-flyweight title
3 Win 3–0 Japan Ryu Horikawa TKO 5 (8), 2:42 11 Feb 2021 Japan Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Won vacant Japanese light-flyweight title
2 Win 2–0 Philippines Lito Dante UD 6 10 Dec 2021 Japan Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
1 Win 1–0 Thailand Manop Audomphanawari TKO 2 (6), 2:16 30 Oct 2021 Japan Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan

References[]

  1. ^ "Boxing record for Yudai Shigeoka
    重岡優大"    . BoxRec.
  2. ^ "Ratings - Strawweight". ringtv.com. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  3. ^ "５冠の重岡優大がプロテスト　弟銀次朗はアジア王者". nikkansports.com. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  4. ^ "アマエリートの重岡兄がデビュー". boxmob.jp. 1 October 2019. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  5. ^ "最優秀にミドル級の森脇唯人　アマ全日本選手権". boxingnews.jp. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  6. ^ Wainwright, Anson (8 February 2020). "New Faces: Yudai Shigeoka". ringtv.com. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  7. ^ "重岡優大がプロテスト受験　兄弟世界王者目指す". boxingnews.jp. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  8. ^ "重岡兄・優大がB級プロテスト合格！". watanabegym.com. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  9. ^ "左:重岡優大がついにデビュー". boxmob.jp. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  10. ^ "弟銀次朗と世界制圧へ、重岡優大２回ＴＫＯデビュー". nikkansports.com. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  11. ^ "重岡優大「毎ラウンド飽きさせない」". boxmob.jp. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  12. ^ "重岡優大「強かった」判定で世界ランカー下すも反省". nikkansports.com. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  13. ^ "あす日本フェザー級戦　V3狙う佐川遼「倒して勝ちたい」　 ホープ丸田陽七太「世界にいくため絶対に獲る！」". boxingnews.jp. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  14. ^ "丸田陽七太が痛烈TKO勝ち！　日本フェザー級新王者に". boxingnews.jp. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  15. ^ "重岡優大が日本ユース王座を返上". boxmob.jp. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  16. ^ "Tsubasa Koura and Yudai Shigeoka clash for WBO Asia Pacific title!". asianboxing.info. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
  17. ^ Armit, Eric (13 November 2021). "Takuma Inoue, Yudai Shigeoka Victorious in Japan". philboxing.com. Retrieved 10 December 2021.
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