Shinsuke Yamanaka (27-2-2, 19) was born in Konan, Shiga, Japan on October 11, 1982. At the age of 23 years on January 7, 2006, he made his professional boxing debut against Hitoshi Takahashi, winning the fight via 6-round unanimous decision.
On his 17th career fight at 29 years old, Yamanaka became a bantamweight world champion on November 6, 2011 after defeating Christian Esquivel via 11th-round TKO to win the vacant WBC title.
Yamanaka's last fight was a bantamweight world-title unification fight against Luis Nery on March 1, 2018. He lost the fight via 2nd-round TKO and lost the The Ring title. He retired on a 2-fight losing streak.
Some of Shinsuke Yamanaka's best fights have been against Vic Darchinyan, Liborio SolĂs, Anselmo Moreno, Malcolm Tuñacao, Stephane Jamoye, Tomás Rojas and Ryosuke Iwasa.
Yamanaka has 2 losses on his boxing record.
| # | Date | Opponent | Weight | Round | Method | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
31  | Mar 1, 2018 35 years, 4 months 27-2-2 (19) | 23 years, 2 months 25-0 (19) | BT | 2 | TKO | LOSS Lost The Ring For WBC Vacant |
30 | Aug 15, 2017 34 years, 10 months 27-1-2 (19) | 22 years, 8 months 23-0 (17) | BT | 4 | TKO | LOSS Lost WBC, The Ring |
29 | Mar 2, 2017 34 years, 4 months 27-0-2 (19) | Carlos Carlson | BT | 7 | TKO | WIN Defended WBC, The Ring |
28  | Sep 16, 2016 33 years, 11 months 26-0-2 (18) | 31 years, 2 months 36-4-1 (12) | BT | 7 | TKO | WIN Won The Ring Defended WBC Vacant |
27  | Mar 4, 2016 33 years, 4 months 25-0-2 (17) | 33 years, 11 months 23-3-1 (10) | BT | 12 | UD | WIN Defended WBC |
26 | Sep 22, 2015 32 years, 11 months 24-0-2 (17) | 30 years, 2 months 35-3-1 (12) | BT | 12 | SD | WIN Defended WBC |
25 | Apr 16, 2015 32 years, 6 months 23-0-2 (17) | Diego Santillan | BT | 7 | KO | WIN Defended WBC |
24 | Oct 22, 2014 32 years 22-0-2 (16) | Suriyan Sor Rungvisai | BT | 12 | UD | WIN Defended WBC |
23  | Apr 23, 2014 31 years, 6 months 21-0-2 (16) | 24 years, 6 months 25-4 (15) | BT | 9 | TKO | WIN Defended WBC |
22 | Nov 10, 2013 31 years 20-0-2 (15) | Alberto Guevara | BT | 9 | KO | WIN Defended WBC |
21 | Aug 12, 2013 30 years, 10 months 19-0-2 (14) | Jose Nieves | BT | 1 | KO | WIN Defended WBC |
20  | Apr 8, 2013 30 years, 5 months 18-0-2 (13) | 35 years, 4 months 32-2-3 (20) | BT | 12 | TKO | WIN Defended WBC |
19  | Nov 3, 2012 30 years 17-0-2 (12) | 32 years, 4 months 39-13-1 (26) | BT | 7 | KO | WIN Defended WBC |
18  | Apr 6, 2012 29 years, 5 months 16-0-2 (11) | 36 years, 2 months 37-4-1 (27) | BT | 12 | UD | WIN Defended WBC |
17 | Nov 6, 2011 29 years 15-0-2 (11) | Christian Esquivel | BT | 11 | TKO | WIN Won WBC Vacant |
16  | Mar 5, 2011 28 years, 4 months 14-0-2 (10) | 21 years, 2 months 8-0 (6) | BT | 10 | TKO | WIN |
15 | Oct 24, 2010 28 years 13-0-2 (9) | José Silveira | BT | 9 | RTD | WIN |
14 | Jun 20, 2010 27 years, 8 months 12-0-2 (8) | Mikio Yasuda | BT | 7 | TKO | WIN |
13 | Mar 6, 2010 27 years, 4 months 11-0-2 (7) | Kazuharu Morimoto | 1 | KO | WIN | |
12 | Nov 7, 2009 27 years 10-0-2 (6) | Yuta Uetani | 1 | TKO | WIN | |
11 | Jul 4, 2009 26 years, 8 months 9-0-2 (5) | Masanori Murata | 1 | TKO | WIN | |
10 | Mar 21, 2009 26 years, 5 months 8-0-2 (4) | Wanpadechsuk Sithsaithong | 3 | TKO | WIN | |
9 | Jan 17, 2009 26 years, 3 months 7-0-2 (3) | Ryuichi Funai | 7 | TKO | WIN | |
8 | Oct 4, 2008 25 years, 11 months 6-0-2 (2) | Zaragoza Uema | 8 | UD | WIN | |
7 | Apr 22, 2008 25 years, 6 months 5-0-2 (2) | Kenichi Yamaguchi | 8 | PTS | DRAW | |
6 | Oct 31, 2007 25 years 5-0-1 (2) | Toyoto Shiraishi | 8 | MD | WIN | |
5 | Aug 29, 2007 24 years, 10 months 4-0-1 (2) | Yoichi Oguma | 6 | SD | WIN | |
4 | Apr 7, 2007 24 years, 5 months 3-0-1 (2) | Takeo Sato | 2 | TKO | WIN | |
3 | Dec 16, 2006 24 years, 2 months 2-0-1 (1) | Yuta Sato | 2 | TKO | WIN | |
2 | Aug 23, 2006 23 years, 10 months 1-0-1 (0) | Keiji Yokomamura | 5 | PTS | DRAW | |
1 | Jan 7, 2006 23 years, 2 months 1-0 (0) | Hitoshi Takahashi | 6 | UD | WIN |
