Background
He was born in Sapporo, Hokkaido and grew up in Kure City in Hiroshima Prefecture.
下田 昭文
He was born in Sapporo, Hokkaido and grew up in Kure City in Hiroshima Prefecture.
He currently lives in Tokyo. Shimoda has trained under Yūichi Kasai"s instruction at the Teiken Boxing Gym in Tokyo. Akifumi Shimoda was born in Kure city of Hiroshima Prefecture, Japan on September 11, 1984.
Debut
Shimoda turned professional in 2003.
Winning national and international title
Winning the world title.
On April 9, 2007, Shimoda captured the Japanese super bantamweight title and defended it four times. On March 28, 2010, Shimoda captured the OPBF super bantamweight title, then defended it once.