Kosei Tanaka (Chukyo no Kaibutsu) is a 29-year-old Japanese professional boxer. He is a four-weightclass world champion with 4 world-title wins. 11 years, 3 months, and 6 days into his career, Tanaka's record stands at 20-2, which includes 11 wins via KO, 5 of which were in world-title fights.
Kosei Tanaka was born in Tajimi, Gifu, Japan on June 15, 1995. He made his professional debut at the age of 18 years on November 10, 2013 against Oscar Raknafa. Tanaka defeated Raknafa via 6-round unanimous decision, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
Tanaka became a world champion at the age of 19 after 4 professional fights. He challenged Julian Yedras for the vacant WBO strawweight title and defeated Yedras via 12-round unanimous decision, winning his first world title.
He then went on to successfully conquer the light-flyweight (WBO), flyweight (WBO), and super-flyweight (WBO) divisions as well to become a four-division world champion.
Tanaka's latest fight was a split decision loss to Phumelele Cafu at age 29, on October 14, 2024, in which he lost his WBO super-flyweight title.
Some of Kosei Tanaka's best fights so far have been against Ángel Acosta, Vic Saludar, Ryoichi Taguchi, Jonathan González, Ronnie Baldonado, Crison Omayao, and Sho Ishida. For a complete list of Tanaka's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Kosei Tanaka".
Tanaka has just 2 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Kosei Tanaka Losses".
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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22 | Oct 14, 2024 | 29 | ![]() | loss | SD 12 |
21 | Feb 24, 2024 | 28 | ![]() | win | UD 12 |
20 | May 21, 2023 | 27 | ![]() | win | TKO 10 |
19 | Dec 11, 2022 | 27 | ![]() | win | UD 10 |
18 | Jun 29, 2022 | 27 | ![]() | win | TKO 5 |
17 | Dec 11, 2021 | 26 | ![]() | win | SD 10 |
16 | Dec 31, 2020 | 25 | ![]() | loss | TKO 8 |
15 | Dec 31, 2019 | 24 | ![]() | win | KO 3 |
14 | Aug 24, 2019 | 24 | ![]() | win | TKO 7 |
13 | Mar 16, 2019 | 23 | ![]() | win | UD 12 |
12 | Sep 24, 2018 | 23 | ![]() | win | MD 12 |
11 | Mar 31, 2018 | 22 | ![]() | win | TKO 9 |
10 | Sep 13, 2017 | 22 | ![]() | win | TKO 9 |
9 | May 20, 2017 | 21 | ![]() | win | UD 12 |
8 | Dec 31, 2016 | 21 | ![]() | win | TKO 5 |
7 | May 28, 2016 | 20 | ![]() | win | KO 6 |
6 | Dec 31, 2015 | 20 | ![]() | win | KO 6 |
5 | May 30, 2015 | 19 | ![]() | win | UD 12 |
4 | Oct 30, 2014 | 19 | ![]() | win | TKO 10 |
3 | Jul 20, 2014 | 19 | ![]() | win | KO 1 |
2 | Mar 16, 2014 | 18 | ![]() | win | UD 8 |
1 | Nov 10, 2013 | 18 | ![]() | win | UD 6 |