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Total Fights | 38 |
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Wins | 31 |
Losses | 6 |
Draws | 1 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 7 |
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Title Defenses | 6 |
Title-Fight KOs | 4 |
KO Wins | 25 |
KO Losses | 5 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning eight years and 11 months, Koichi Wajima fought 38 times with 31 wins, 6 losses, and 1 draw.
Wajima retired from professional boxing with a record of 31-6-1, which included two world-championship elevations, seven world-title wins, and six successful title defense fights at the super-welterweight weight division. He had a 65.8% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 25 of his total 38 fights being knockout wins, four of which were in title fights. Wajima suffered five knockout losses in his career, four of which were in title fights.
His last fight was a 11th round TKO defeat to Eddie Gazo on June 7, 1977. Wajima was fighting for the super-welterweight WBA and The Ring titles.
Some of Wajima's best fights and notable victories include wins over Oscar Albarado, Yuh Jae-Doo, Matt Donovan, Domenico Tiberia, Silvano Bertini, Cassius Naito, and Miguel De Oliveira.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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38 | Jun 7, 1977 | 34 | Eddie Gazo | Loss * | TKO11 |
37 | May 18, 1976 | 33 | Jose Manuel Duran | Loss * | KO14 |
36 | Feb 17, 1976 | 32 | Yuh Jae-Doo | Win * | KO15 |
35 | Jun 7, 1975 | 32 | Yuh Jae-Doo | Loss * | KO7 |
34 | Jan 21, 1975 | 31 | Oscar Albarado | Win * | UD |
33 | Jun 4, 1974 | 31 | Oscar Albarado | Loss * | KO15 |
32 | Feb 5, 1974 | 30 | Miguel De Oliveira | Win * | MD |
31 | Aug 14, 1973 | 30 | Silvano Bertini | Win * | RTD12 |
30 | Apr 19, 1973 | 29 | Ryu Sorimachi | Win * | MD |
29 | Jan 9, 1973 | 29 | Miguel De Oliveira | Draw * | MD |
28 | Oct 3, 1972 | 29 | Matt Donovan | Win * | KO3 |
27 | May 7, 1972 | 29 | Domenico Tiberia | Win * | KO1 |
26 | Feb 2, 1972 | 28 | Cassius Naito | Win | KO7 |
25 | Oct 31, 1971 | 28 | Carmelo Bossi | Win * | SD |
24 | May 28, 1971 | 28 | Tetsuo Hoshino | Win | KO2 |
23 | Mar 26, 1971 | 27 | Alfredo Fuentes | Win | KO1 |
22 | Feb 18, 1971 | 27 | Hideo Kanazawa | Win | KO2 |
21 | Jan 8, 1971 | 27 | Hisao Minami | Win | KO7 |
20 | Oct 30, 1970 | 27 | Raizo Kashima | Win | KO3 |
19 | Sep 10, 1970 | 27 | Tetsuo Hoshino | Win | KO5 |
18 | Aug 9, 1970 | 27 | Muneo Mizoguchi | Win | KO8 |
17 | May 23, 1970 | 27 | Ken Sato | Win | KO3 |
16 | Apr 9, 1970 | 26 | George Carter | Win | SD |
15 | Feb 5, 1970 | 26 | George Carter | Loss | UD |
14 | Dec 18, 1969 | 26 | Turtle Okabe | Win | KO7 |
13 | Oct 30, 1969 | 26 | Pedro Adigue | Loss | KO1 |
12 | Sep 4, 1969 | 26 | Noriyasu Yoshimura | Win | KO4 |
11 | Jul 30, 1969 | 26 | Rocky Alarde | Win | KO8 |
10 | Jun 16, 1969 | 26 | Alacran Kusanagi | Win | KO9 |
9 | Mar 27, 1969 | 25 | Takemi Kato | Win | KO6 |
8 | Feb 3, 1969 | 25 | Masaki Nomoto | Win | PTS |
7 | Dec 30, 1968 | 25 | Masami Takechi | Win | RTD4 |
6 | Oct 27, 1968 | 25 | Sozo Yamamoto | Win | KO1 |
5 | Oct 6, 1968 | 25 | Takao Higa | Win | KO3 |
4 | Aug 31, 1968 | 25 | Tadakazu Sakai | Win | KO2 |
3 | Aug 8, 1968 | 25 | Toshiaki Kaneko | Win | KO3 |
2 | Jun 30, 1968 | 25 | Koji Watanabe | Win | KO2 |
1 | Jun 15, 1968 | 25 | Akira Takekawa | Win | KO1 |
* World-title fight
Koichi Wajima (Hono no Otoko) is a 81-year old retired Japanese professional boxer. He was born in Shibetsu, Hokkaidō, Japan on April 21, 1943. He is a former two-weight-class world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 8 years — from 1968 to 1977.
Wajima made his professional boxing debut against Akira Takekawa at the age of 25 on June 15, 1968, defeating Takekawa via 1st round KO. He went on to win 11 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 10 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 28 on October 31, 1971 after 24 professional fights, against Carmelo Bossi for the welterweight WBA and WBC titles. He defeated Bossi via 15 round split decision to become the welterweight champion of the world.
Koichi Wajima was a two-time undisputed world champion — at super-welterweight and welterweight, and has won seven world titles at two weight classes. He was elevated as world champion twice. For all the details about Wajima's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Wajima had a total of six losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was on June 7, 1977 against Nicaraguan boxer Eddie Gazo for Gazo's super-welterweight WBA and The Ring titles. Wajima lost the fight via 11th round TKO. It's been 46 years, 10 months, and 25 days since this fight.
Wajima had a total of 13 world-title fights, which includes winning seven world titles and six successful title defenses. He won eight of these fights, lost four, and drew in one.
Koichi Wajima fought for world titles in five fights and won three of these fights, winning one of them via way of stoppage. In total, he won seven belts across two weight classes. He was elevated as world champion twice, by WBA and WBC.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Feb 17, 1976 | Yuh Jae-Doo | Super-welterweight | WBA, The Ring | KO |
Jan 21, 1975+ | Oscar Albarado | Super-welterweight | WBA, WBC, The Ring | UD |
Oct 31, 1971+ | Carmelo Bossi | Welterweight | WBA, WBC | SD |
Koichi Wajima had nine super-welterweight world-title defense fights. He won six of them and lost three times.
Following is the table of his successful title defense fights, the next section has the fights where he lost his titles.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Feb 5, 1974 | Miguel De Oliveira | Super-welterweight | WBA, WBC | MD |
Aug 14, 1973 | Silvano Bertini | Super-welterweight | WBA, WBC | RTD |
Apr 19, 1973 | Ryu Sorimachi | Super-welterweight | WBA, WBC | MD |
Jan 9, 1973 | Miguel De Oliveira | Super-welterweight | WBA, WBC | MD (draw) |
Oct 3, 1972 | Matt Donovan | Super-welterweight | WBA, WBC | KO |
May 7, 1972 | Domenico Tiberia | Super-welterweight | WBA, WBC | KO |
Koichi Wajima lost three world-title defense fights, and lost a total of seven titles in these fights.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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May 18, 1976 | Jose Manuel Duran | Super-welterweight | WBA, The Ring | KO |
Jun 7, 1975 | Yuh Jae-Doo | Super-welterweight | WBA, WBC, The Ring | KO |
Jun 4, 1974 | Oscar Albarado | Super-welterweight | WBA, WBC | KO |
Wajima fought a total of 38 times during his professional career, which includes 13 world-title fights at two weight divisions. He was among the top boxers of his generation and put on some great performances in his fights. These five fights are the highlight of his career.
October 31, 1971: Wajima becomes the undisputed welterweight world champion in his first world-title fight by beating Carmelo Bossi via 15 round split decision. He now holds the WBA and WBC welterweight world-champion belts.
May 7, 1972: Wajima successfully defends the WBA and WBC super-welterweight titles against Domenico Tiberia, winning the fight via 1st round KO.
October 3, 1972: Wajima successfully defends the WBA and WBC super-welterweight titles against Matt Donovan, winning the fight via 3rd round KO.
January 21, 1975: Wajima becomes the undisputed super-welterweight world champion by defeating Oscar Albarado via 15 round unanimous decision. He now holds the WBA, WBC, and The Ring super-welterweight world-champion belts.
February 17, 1976: Wajima wins the WBA and The Ring super-welterweight titles from Yuh Jae-Doo, by beating Jae-Doo via 15th round KO.
Wajima knocked out 25 of his 38 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 65.8%. Of his total 31 wins, 25 of them were via KO (80.6%).
Wajima's first world-title win were the WBA and WBC belts at welterweight. He defeated Carmelo Bossi via 15 round split decision to win the titles.
Wajima won seven world titles at two weight classes.
Wajima had a total of nine title defense fights. He was successful six times and lost three times.