Akira Yaegashi

Education

Yaegashi finished his amateur career with a record of 56–14 after winning the Inter-High School Championship and the National Sports Festival of Japan.

Career

He is an alumnus of the Takushoku University and has been managed by Hideyuki Ohashi"s Ohashi Boxing Gym in Yokohama which is the birthplace of boxing in the country. His professional debut was at the Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium in March 2005. After a nearly eleven-month absence from the ring, Yaegashi restarted his career, but lost in the semi-final match of the annual Japanese title elimination tournament nicknamed "The Strongest in Korakuen" at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo in July 2008.

lieutenant was a very tough fight.

The fight earned accolades from international media, winning Fight of the Year honors from Entertainment and Sports Programming Network.com and BoxingScene.com, as well as the WBA"s award for Most Dramatic Fight of 2011. When asked whether the result would have been different unless he got swollen eyes, Yaegashi said "We should not think about lieutenant

There is no if"s in boxing". The day after the fight, Ioka decided to move up a weight division.

So, Yaegashi"s team hope the rematch with Ioka in a higher division as their second unification bout.

Yaegashi returned to the ring in a light flyweight bout at the Korakuen Hall on January 5, 2013 to knock out Saenmuangloei Kokietgym in the ninth round. Yaegashi floored Blanquet in the 8th round on his way to a points victory. 2011 Entertainment and Sports Programming Network.com Fight of the Year

2011 BoxingScene.com Fight of the Year

2011 WBA Most Dramatic Fight.

Achievements

• He won the vacant OPBF minimumweight title there via a fifth round technical knockout in April 2006 and defended the title once before vacating lieutenant In his first world title shot against the WBC minimumweight champion Eagle Kyowa at the Pacifico Yokohama in June 2007, Yaegashi lost for the first time by a wide points margin after suffering a broken Temporomandibular Joint Disorders in two places due to an accidental headbutt in the second round. lieutenant was in June 2009 that Yaegashi won the vacant Japanese minimumweight title at the Interface Message Processor Hall in Osaka. Yaegashi won the WBA minimumweight title in his second world title shot against Thai"s Pornsawan Porpramook via a tenth round technical knockout at the Korakuen Hall on October 24, 2011. On June 20, 2012, in a match that marked the first time two Japanese fighters had met to unify world titles, he lost to the WBC champion Kazuto Ioka via a unanimous decision at the Bodymaker Colosseum. First, Yaegashi aims to win a world championship again. Yaegashi became a two-weight class champion when he defeated defending WBC flyweight champion, Toshiyuki Igarashi in a unanimous decision on April 8, 2013 in Tokyo, Japan. Yaegashi became a three-weight world champion after defeating Javier Mendoza via Unanimous decision.

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He defended the title three times before returning lieutenant On 12 August 2013, Yaegashi successfully defended his title by defeating Mexican fighter Oscar Blanquet.