is a super bantamweight

Super Bantamweight

Super bantamweight is a weight division in professional boxing. The maximum weight for this division is 122 pounds, or roughly 55.34 kilograms....

 boxer

Boxing

Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...

 from Japan

Japan

Japan is an island nation in East Asia. Located in the Pacific Ocean, it lies to the east of the Sea of Japan, China, North Korea, South Korea and Russia, stretching from the Sea of Okhotsk in the north to the East China Sea and Taiwan in the south...

 and the former world champion of WBA at Super bantamweight

Super Bantamweight

Super bantamweight is a weight division in professional boxing. The maximum weight for this division is 122 pounds, or roughly 55.34 kilograms....

. He was born in Hiroshima Prefecture

Hiroshima Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region on Honshu island. The capital is the city of Hiroshima.- History :The area around Hiroshima was formerly divided into Bingo Province and Aki Province. This location has been a center of trade and culture since the beginning of Japan's recorded...

, grew up in Kure city

Kure

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, and currently lives in Tokyo

Tokyo

, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...

. Shimoda has trained under Yūichi Kasai

Yūichi Kasai

is a Japanese boxing trainer and a former three-time world title challenger in the junior featherweight division.Kasai was born in Yokohama, Kanagawa Prefecture, Japan, and began boxing at the age of a high school student. He won the Japan's inter-high school championship in the bantamweight...

's instruction at the Teiken Boxing Gym

Teiken Boxing Gym

in Tokyo, a Japan's traditional boxing club whose genesis dates back to 1926, manages professional boxers as a member of the , a subsidiary body of . Currently located in Kagurazaka, Shinjuku, its president is the International Boxing Hall of Famer , the representative is , and the long-time female...

 in Tokyo.

Young　age

Akifumi Shimoda was born in Kure city

Kure, Hiroshima

is a city in Hiroshima prefecture, Japan.As of October 1, 2010, the city has an estimated population of 240,820 and a population density of 681 persons per km². The total area is 353.74 km².- History :...

 of Hiroshima Prefecture

Hiroshima Prefecture

is a prefecture of Japan located in the Chūgoku region on Honshu island. The capital is the city of Hiroshima.- History :The area around Hiroshima was formerly divided into Bingo Province and Aki Province. This location has been a center of trade and culture since the beginning of Japan's recorded...

, Japan

Japan

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 on September 11, 1984.

At the third year of junior high school, he started learning boxing. He was known as a problem child　as he was suspended from school for an indefinite period several times. For this reason, although he sent in applications for admission to several high school, he was sent a letter of failure from 5 schools. He visited Teiken Boxing Gym to get rid of his stress before entering high school. After he managed to enter Hozen High School, he dropped out the school in 2 months.　

He did not succeeded in schooling, but the makings　of a fine boxer had been　appreciate　by boxing coaches as he was allowed to participate sparring in two days after joining the gym. Although he has not made his debut yet, he served　a sparring partner for Alexander Muñoz

Alexander Muñoz

Alexander Muñoz is a professional boxer in the super flyweight division, nicknamed "El Explosivo."- Boxing career :...

 from Venezuela

Venezuela

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 in March 2002.

He participated two matches and won twice in his amateur career.

Debut

Shimoda turned professional in 2003. On January 18, 2003, he fought against Kazumasa Watanabe, and won his debut via the first round knockout on 18 January. After this victory, won eleven straight victories.

Winning national and international title

On April 9, 2007, Shimoda captured the Japanese super bantamweight

Super Bantamweight

Super bantamweight is a weight division in professional boxing. The maximum weight for this division is 122 pounds, or roughly 55.34 kilograms....

 title and defended it four times. On March 28, 2010, Shimoda captured the OPBF

Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation

The Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation is a professional boxing organization that sanctions title fights in the Asian and Pacific region.-History:The OPBF was formed in 1954 by the Japanese, Korean, and Filipino boxing commissions...

 super bantamweight

Super Bantamweight

Super bantamweight is a weight division in professional boxing. The maximum weight for this division is 122 pounds, or roughly 55.34 kilograms....

 title, then defended it once.

Winning the world title

Shimoda won the WBA

World Boxing Association

The World Boxing Association is a boxing organization that sanctions official matches, and awards the WBA world championship title at the professional level. It was previously known as the National Boxing Association before changing its name in 1962...

 super bantamweight title from Japanese Ryol Li Lee

Ryol Li Lee

Ryol Li Lee or Retsuri Lee is a professional boxer from Japan, born on May 20, 1982. He was born in Kadoma, Osaka, and lives in Yokohama, Kanagawa.-Biography:Lee won his first fight by third round KO in 2005...

 via a twelfth round unanimous decision in the latter's first title defence in Tokyo at the Ariake Coliseum

Ariake Coliseum

is an indoor sporting arena in located in Ariake, Kōtō, Tokyo, Japan. It has a capacity of 10,000. The arena is used as the center court for the Japan Open Tennis Championships and the Toray Pan Pacific Open held in Ariake Tennis Forest Park....

 on January 31, 2011.

Professional boxing record

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Rico Ramos

Rico Dashon Ramos is an American Super Bantamweight boxer of Puerto Rican descent. He is the current WBA world super bantamweight champion.-Amateur career:...

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Ryol Li Lee

Ryol Li Lee or Retsuri Lee is a professional boxer from Japan, born on May 20, 1982. He was born in Kadoma, Osaka, and lives in Yokohama, Kanagawa.-Biography:Lee won his first fight by third round KO in 2005...

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Titles

• 60th East Japan Freshman Tournament Bantamweight winner (November 2, 2003)
• 32nd Japanese Super bantamweight champion (Defences: 4)
• 37th OPBF Super bantamweight champion (Defences: 1)
• 31st WBA World Super bantamweight champion (Defences: 0)

See also

• List of WBA world champions
• List of super bantamweight boxing champions
• List of current world boxing champions#Super flyweight, Junior bantamweight (115 lb, 52.2 kg)

External links

• Shimoda Akifumi Official website