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Total Fights | 21 |
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Wins | 20 |
Losses | 1 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 4 |
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Title Defenses | 6 |
Title-Fight KOs | 5 |
KO Wins | 11 |
KO Losses | 1 |
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10 years and three months into his professional boxing career, Kosei Tanaka has fought 21 times with 20 wins and a single loss.
Tanaka's boxing record is currently 20-1, which includes four world-title wins and six successful title defense fights at three weight classes — strawweight, light-flyweight, and flyweight. He has a 52.4% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 11 of his total 21 fights being knockout wins, five of which were in title fights. The only loss in Tanaka's career is a 8th round TKO loss to Kazuto Ioka in a super-flyweight title fight.
His latest fight was a 12-round unanimous decision victory over Christian Bacasegua Rangel on February 24, 2024. Tanaka won the super-flyweight WBO (vacant) title with this win.
Some of Tanaka's best fights and notable victories include wins over Wulan Tuolehazi, Vic Saludar, Jonathan González, Palangpol CP Freshmart, Sho Kimura, Rene Patilano, and Ryoichi Taguchi.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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21 | Feb 24, 2024 | 28 | Christian Bacasegua Rangel | Win * | UD |
20 | May 21, 2023 | 27 | Pablo Carrillo | Win | TKO10 |
19 | Dec 11, 2022 | 27 | Yanga Sigqibo | Win | UD |
18 | Jun 29, 2022 | 27 | Masayoshi Hashizume | Win | TKO5 |
17 | Dec 11, 2021 | 26 | Sho Ishida | Win | SD |
16 | Dec 31, 2020 | 25 | Kazuto Ioka | Loss * | TKO8 |
15 | Dec 31, 2019 | 24 | Wulan Tuolehazi | Win * | KO3 |
14 | Aug 24, 2019 | 24 | Jonathan González | Win * | TKO7 |
13 | Mar 16, 2019 | 23 | Ryoichi Taguchi | Win * | UD |
12 | Sep 24, 2018 | 23 | Sho Kimura | Win * | MD |
11 | Mar 31, 2018 | 22 | Ronnie Baldonado | Win | TKO9 |
10 | Sep 13, 2017 | 22 | Palangpol CP Freshmart | Win * | TKO9 |
9 | May 20, 2017 | 21 | Ángel Acosta | Win * | UD |
8 | Dec 31, 2016 | 21 | Moisés Fuentes | Win * | TKO5 |
7 | May 28, 2016 | 20 | Rene Patilano | Win | KO6 |
6 | Dec 31, 2015 | 20 | Vic Saludar | Win * | KO6 |
5 | May 30, 2015 | 19 | Julian Yedras | Win * | UD |
4 | Oct 30, 2014 | 19 | Ryuji Hara | Win | TKO10 |
3 | Jul 20, 2014 | 19 | Crison Omayao | Win | KO1 |
2 | Mar 16, 2014 | 18 | Ronelle Ferreras | Win | UD |
1 | Nov 10, 2013 | 18 | Oscar Raknafa | Win | UD |
* World-title fight
Kosei Tanaka (Chukyo no Kaibutsu) is a 28-year old Japanese professional boxer. He was born in Tajimi, Gifu, Japan on June 15, 1995. He is a four-weight-class world champion and the current WBO super-flyweight world champion.
Tanaka made his professional boxing debut against Oscar Raknafa at the age of 18 on November 10, 2013, defeating Raknafa via 6 round unanimous decision. He went on to win 14 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 9 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 19 on May 30, 2015 after 4 professional fights, against Julian Yedras for the strawweight WBO (vacant) title. He defeated Yedras via 12 round unanimous decision to become the strawweight champion of the world.
Tanaka has won four world titles at four weight classes. For all the details about Tanaka's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Tanaka has had just a single loss in his professional boxing career so far.
His most recent fight was a super-flyweight bout against Christian Bacasegua Rangel on February 24, 2024. Tanaka won the fight via 12 round unanimous decision. It's been 2 months and 1 day since this fight.
Tanaka has had a total of 11 world-title fights till today, which includes winning four world titles and six successful title defenses. He won 10 of these fights and lost one.
Kosei Tanaka has fought for world titles in five fights and won four of these fights, winning one of them via way of stoppage. Till today, he has won four belts across four weight classes.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Feb 24, 2024 | Christian Bacasegua Rangel | Super-flyweight | WBO* | UD |
Sep 24, 2018 | Sho Kimura | Flyweight | WBO | MD |
Dec 31, 2016 | Moisés Fuentes | Light-flyweight | WBO* | TKO |
May 30, 2015 | Julian Yedras | Strawweight | WBO* | UD |
Kosei Tanaka has had six world-title defense fights across three weight classes — strawweight, light-flyweight (x2), and flyweight (x3). He won all of these fights.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Dec 31, 2019 | Wulan Tuolehazi | Flyweight | WBO | KO |
Aug 24, 2019 | Jonathan González | Flyweight | WBO | TKO |
Mar 16, 2019 | Ryoichi Taguchi | Flyweight | WBO | UD |
Sep 13, 2017 | Palangpol CP Freshmart | Light-flyweight | WBO | TKO |
May 20, 2017 | Ángel Acosta | Light-flyweight | WBO | UD |
Dec 31, 2015 | Vic Saludar | Strawweight | WBO | KO |
Tanaka has fought a total of 21 times till today, which includes 11 world-title fights at four weight divisions. These four fights are the highlight of his career.
May 30, 2015: Tanaka wins his first world title by defeating Julian Yedras via 12 round unanimous decision. He is now the WBO strawweight world champion.
March 16, 2019: Tanaka successfully defends the WBO flyweight title against Ryoichi Taguchi, winning the fight via 12 round unanimous decision.
August 24, 2019: Tanaka successfully defends the WBO flyweight title against Jonathan González, winning the fight via 7th round TKO.
December 31, 2019: Tanaka successfully defends the WBO flyweight title against Wulan Tuolehazi, winning the fight via 3rd round KO.
Tanaka has knocked out 11 of his 21 opponents so far. His KO ratio currently stands at 52.4%. Of his total 20 wins, 11 of them have been via KO (55%).
Tanaka's first world-title win was the WBO (vacant) belt at strawweight. He defeated Julian Yedras via 12 round unanimous decision to win the title.
As of April 2024, Tanaka has won four world titles at four weight classes.
Tanaka has had 6 successful title defense fights so far.