Kai Ishizawa

Kai Ishizawa
Born
石澤開

(1996-11-23) 23 November 1996 (age 27)
Sagamihara, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Statistics
Weight(s)Mini-flyweight
Height5 ft 1.5 in (156 cm)
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights14
Wins11
Wins by KO10
Losses3

Kai Ishizawa (born 23 November 1996) is a Japanese professional boxer. He is a one-time world title challenger, having fought for the WBO mini flyweight title in 2022.

Personal life

Ishizawa played soccer and practiced karate in elementary school and took up boxing in the first grade of junior high school.[1] He was the captain of the boxing club in Buso Junior High School.[2]

Ishizawa graduated from the Nippon Sport Science University.[3]

Professional career

Ishizawa made his professional debut on June 3, 2017, with a second-round knockout of fellow debutante Phongsaphon Panyakum.[4] Ishizawa followed this up with stoppage victories of Yoshimitsu Kushibe on August 4, 2017, Narathip Sungsut on January 30, 2018, and Tatsuro Nakashima on August 4, 2018. These four victories earned him the chance to fight Daiki Tomita for the inaugural Japanese Youth minimumweight championship. He was later forced to withdraw due to an injury.[5]

After recovering from his injury, Ishizawa was scheduled to fight the undefeated Yuga Inoue for the inaugural Japanese minimumweight championship on November 10, 2018. He won the fight by a sixth-round technical knockout.[6]

Ishizawa was scheduled to fight the Indonesian national mini-flyweight champion Silem Serang on June 1, 2019. He won the fight by a fourth-round technical knockout, stopping Serang with eight seconds left in the round.[7] Ishizawa was next scheduled to face Masataka Taniguchi, in a Japanese minimumweight title eliminator match, on September 21, 2019. Taniguchi won the fight by unanimous decision, with scores of 77–74, 77-74 and 78–74.[8]

Ishizawa rebounded from his first professional loss with a sixth-round technical knockout of Masashi Tada on October 13, 2020.[9] Ishizawa was next scheduled to fight Yuni Takada for the Japanese Youth minimumweight title on April 21, 2021. He won the fight by majority decision, with scores of 78–74, 76-76 and 79–73.[10]

Ishizawa was scheduled to face Naoya Haruguchi on October 8, 2021, in a Japanese minimumweight title eliminator match. He won the fight by a fourth-round technical knockout.[11]

Ishizawa was scheduled to face the undefeated Katsuki Mori for the Japanese minumweight title in the main event of "Phoenix Battle 83" at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan on January 11, 2022.[12] He won the fight by an eight-round technical knockout. Ishizawa dropped Mori to the canvas with a flurry of punches, which prompted his corner to throw in the towel. Ishizawa called out the reigning WBO mini-flyweight champion Masataka Taniguchi during his post-fight interview.[13]

Ishizawa is booked to challenge the reigning WBO mini-flyweight champion Masataka Taniguchi on 22 April 2022, in the main event of a Hikari TV broadcast PBX card, which will take place at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan. The bout is a rematch of their September 21, 2019 meeting, which Taniguchi won by unanimous decision.[14] Ishizawa vacated the Japanese minimumweight title on 3 March.[15] Ishizawa failed to make weight for the title bout, as he weighed in 2.5 kg over the championship limit in his first attempt and 2.3 kg over the limit in his second attempt.[16] Ishizawa was allowed to compete after making 49.9 kg on the day of the fight, although he was ineligible to win the title. He lost the fight by an eleventh-round technical knockout, and was down on all three of the judges scorecards at the time of the stoppage.[17]

On July 19, 2022, it was announced that JBC had handed Ishizawa a six-month ban for missing weight against Taniguchi. The suspension was backed dated to April 22 and was accompanied by a strict caution by his gym and gym manager.[18] Ishizawa was booked to face Jaysever Abcede on June 12, 2023, after serving out his ban from professional competition. He won the fight by a fifth-round knockout.[19]

Professional boxing record

14 fights 11 wins 3 losses
By knockout 10 1
By decision 1 2
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
14 Loss 11–3 Vince Paras SD 8 12 Oct 2023 Ariake Arena, Tokyo, Japan
13 Win 11–2 Jaysever Abcede KO 5 (8), 2:37 12 Jun 2023 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
12 Loss 10–2 Masataka Taniguchi TKO 11 (12), 2:29 22 Apr 2022 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
11 Win 10–1 Katsuki Mori KO 8 (10), 2:50 11 Jan 2022 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Won Japanese minimumweight title
10 Win 9–1 Naoya Haruguchi TKO 4 (8), 1:21 8 Oct 2021 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
9 Win 8–1 Yuni Takada MD 8 21 Apr 2021 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Retained Japanese Youth minimumweight title
8 Win 7–1 Masashi Tada TKO 6 (8), 1:41 13 Oct 2020 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
7 Loss 6–1 Masataka Taniguchi UD 8 21 Sep 2019 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
6 Win 6–0 Silem Serang TKO 4 (8), 2:52 1 Jun 2019 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
5 Win 5–0 Yuga Inoue TKO 6 (8), 0:46 10 Nov 2018 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Won inaugural Japanese Youth minimumweight title
4 Win 4–0 Tatsuro Nakashima TKO 5 (6), 1:35 8 Apr 2018 City Gym, Tomigusuku, Okinawa, Japan
3 Win 3–0 Narathip Sungsut KO 1 (6), 2:36 30 Jan 2018 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
2 Win 2–0 Yoshimitsu Kushibe TKO 2 (4), 0:44 4 Aug 2017 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
1 Win 1–0 Phongsaphon Panyakum KO 2 (6), 1:03 3 Jun 2017 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan

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