Ryoichi Taguchi (27-4-2, 12) was born in Tokyo, Japan on December 1, 1986. At the age of 19 years on July 19, 2006, he made his professional boxing debut against Tomohiro Seo, winning the fight via 1st-round TKO.
On his 24th career fight at 28 years old, Taguchi became a light-flyweight world champion on December 31, 2014 after defeating Alberto Rossel via 12-round unanimous decision to win the WBA title.
Taguchi's last fight was a flyweight world-title fight against Kosei Tanaka for Tanaka's WBO title on March 16, 2019. He lost the fight via 12-round unanimous decision. He retired on a 2-fight losing streak.
Some of Ryoichi Taguchi's best fights have been against Milan Melindo, Kwanthai Sithmorseng and Carlos Cañizales.
Taguchi has 4 losses on his boxing record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
33  | Mar 16, 2019 32 years, 3 months 27-4-2 (12) | 23 years, 9 months 12-0 (7) | FL | 12 | UD | LOSS For WBO |
32  | May 20, 2018 31 years, 5 months 27-3-2 (12) | 30 years 31-3 (10) | LFL | 12 | UD | LOSS Lost WBA (Unified), IBF, The Ring |
31  | Dec 31, 2017 31 years 27-2-2 (12) | 29 years, 10 months 37-2 (13) | LFL | 12 | UD | WIN Won IBF, The Ring Defended WBA (Unified) Vacant |
30 | Jul 23, 2017 30 years, 7 months 26-2-2 (12) | Robert Barrera | LFL | 9 | TKO | WIN Defended WBA |
29  | Dec 31, 2016 30 years 25-2-2 (11) | 23 years, 9 months 16-0 (13) | LFL | 12 | SD | DRAW Defended WBA |
28 | Aug 31, 2016 29 years, 8 months 25-2-1 (11) | Ryo Miyazaki | LFL | 12 | UD | WIN Defended WBA |
27 | Apr 27, 2016 29 years, 4 months 24-2-1 (11) | Juan Jose Landaeta | LFL | 11 | RTD | WIN Defended WBA |
26 | Dec 31, 2015 29 years 23-2-1 (10) | Luis de la Rosa | LFL | 9 | RTD | WIN Defended WBA |
25  | May 6, 2015 28 years, 5 months 22-2-1 (9) | 30 years, 6 months 47-3-1 (25) | LFL | 8 | TKO | WIN Defended WBA |
24 | Dec 31, 2014 28 years 21-2-1 (8) | Alberto Rossel | LFL | 12 | UD | WIN Won WBA |
23 | Jul 5, 2014 27 years, 7 months 20-2-1 (8) | Florante Condes | 8 | UD | WIN | |
22 | Dec 31, 2013 27 years 19-2-1 (8) | Ryan Bito | 8 | UD | WIN | |
21  | Aug 25, 2013 26 years, 8 months 18-2-1 (8) | 20 years, 4 months 3-0 (3) | LFL | 10 | UD | LOSS |
20 | Apr 3, 2013 26 years, 4 months 18-1-1 (8) | Yuki Chinen | LFL | 10 | UD | WIN |
19 | Jul 16, 2012 25 years, 7 months 17-1-1 (8) | Eakkasit Jaikongkaew | 1 | KO | WIN | |
18 | Mar 12, 2012 25 years, 3 months 16-1-1 (7) | Masayuki Kuroda | LFL | 10 | SD | DRAW |
17 | Oct 15, 2011 24 years, 10 months 16-1 (7) | Yu Kimura | 6 | TKO | WIN | |
16 | Jul 5, 2011 24 years, 7 months 15-1 (6) | Tetsuya Hisada | 6 | UD | WIN | |
15 | Jan 28, 2011 24 years, 1 months 14-1 (6) | Keiichi Numata | 8 | TKO | WIN | |
14 | Oct 1, 2010 23 years, 10 months 13-1 (5) | Toshimasa Ouchi | 7 | TKO | WIN | |
13 | Jul 28, 2010 23 years, 7 months 12-1 (4) | Seiya Hirakawa | 6 | TKO | WIN | |
12 | Apr 11, 2010 23 years, 4 months 11-1 (3) | Sho Nakazawa | 8 | UD | WIN | |
11 | Dec 28, 2009 23 years 10-1 (3) | Norihito Tanaka | 2 | DQ | WIN | |
10 | Aug 1, 2009 22 years, 8 months 9-1 (3) | Masayoshi Segawa | 8 | UD | LOSS | |
9 | Feb 7, 2009 22 years, 2 months 9-0 (3) | Pattana Tadniyom | 2 | KO | WIN | |
8 | Mar 27, 2008 21 years, 3 months 8-0 (2) | Shintaro Sue | 6 | UD | WIN | |
7 | Dec 22, 2007 21 years 7-0 (2) | Sho Nakazawa | 5 | UD | WIN | |
6 | Nov 4, 2007 20 years, 11 months 6-0 (2) | Masayoshi Takashima | 4 | UD | WIN | |
5 | Sep 27, 2007 20 years, 9 months 5-0 (2) | Kazuki Oshiro | 4 | UD | WIN | |
4 | Jun 6, 2007 20 years, 6 months 4-0 (2) | Taisei Hirano | 4 | UD | WIN | |
3 | Dec 11, 2006 20 years 3-0 (2) | Ryu Onigashima | 4 | UD | WIN | |
2 | Sep 27, 2006 19 years, 9 months 2-0 (2) | Akihiro Konya | 3 | TKO | WIN | |
1 | Jul 19, 2006 19 years, 7 months 1-0 (1) | Tomohiro Seo | 1 | TKO | WIN |
