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Total Fights | 24 |
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Wins | 23 |
Losses | 1 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 2 |
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Title Defenses | 3 |
Title-Fight KOs | 1 |
KO Wins | 12 |
KO Losses | 0 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning six years and five months, Masashi Kudo fought 24 times with 23 wins and a single loss.
Kudo retired from professional boxing with a record of 23-1, which included two super-welterweight world-title wins and three successful title defense fights. He had a 50% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 12 of his total 24 fights being knockout wins, one of which was in a title fight. The only loss in Kudo's career was a 15-round unanimous decision loss to Ayub Kalule in a super-welterweight title fight.
His last fight was a 15-round unanimous decision defeat to Ayub Kalule on October 24, 1979. Kudo lost the super-welterweight WBA and The Ring titles to Kalule in this fight.
Some of Kudo's best fights and notable victories include wins over Manuel Ricardo Gonzalez, Eddie Gazo, Ho Joo, Katsuo Esashi, Peter Nanboku, Saburo Sakai, and Yuichiro Watanabe.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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24 | Oct 24, 1979 | 28 | Ayub Kalule | Loss * | UD |
23 | Jun 20, 1979 | 27 | Manuel Ricardo Gonzalez | Win * | TKO12 |
22 | May 14, 1979 | 27 | Manuel Ricardo Gonzalez | Win * | MD |
21 | Dec 13, 1978 | 27 | Ho Joo | Win * | SD |
20 | Aug 9, 1978 | 26 | Eddie Gazo | Win * | SD |
19 | May 2, 1978 | 26 | Katsuo Esashi | Win | PTS |
18 | Oct 31, 1977 | 26 | Katsuo Esashi | Win | RTD3 |
17 | Sep 6, 1977 | 26 | Peter Nanboku | Win | KO9 |
16 | Jul 2, 1977 | 25 | Saburo Sakai | Win | KO7 |
15 | May 3, 1977 | 25 | Yuichiro Watanabe | Win | PTS |
14 | Jan 30, 1977 | 25 | Saburo Sakai | Win | KO9 |
13 | Sep 26, 1976 | 25 | Nessie Horiguchi | Win | PTS |
12 | Jun 27, 1976 | 24 | Yuichiro Watanabe | Win | KO3 |
11 | Mar 28, 1976 | 24 | Saburo Sakai | Win | KO1 |
10 | Jan 27, 1976 | 24 | Takeshi Izumi | Win | KO4 |
9 | Nov 30, 1975 | 24 | Yuji Miyagoshi | Win | UD |
8 | Jul 18, 1975 | 23 | Yuji Miyagoshi | Win | PTS |
7 | Jun 1, 1975 | 23 | Takeshi Watanabe | Win | PTS |
6 | Mar 2, 1975 | 23 | Nobuyoshi Ozaki | Win | PTS |
5 | Jul 29, 1974 | 22 | Cassius Naito | Win | PTS |
4 | Dec 27, 1973 | 22 | Seiji Nagai | Win | KO4 |
3 | Dec 3, 1973 | 22 | Hachiro Kuroishi | Win | KO2 |
2 | Sep 30, 1973 | 22 | Keiji Miyawaki | Win | KO3 |
1 | May 18, 1973 | 21 | Toshio Oki | Win | RTD3 |
* World-title fight
Masashi Kudo is a 72-year old retired Japanese professional boxer. He was born in Gojōme, Akita, Japan on August 24, 1951. He is a former super-welterweight world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 6 years — from 1973 to 1979.
Kudo made his professional boxing debut against Toshio Oki at the age of 21 on May 18, 1973, defeating Oki via 3rd round RTD. He went on to win 22 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 11 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 26 on August 9, 1978 after 19 professional fights, against Eddie Gazo for the super-welterweight WBA and The Ring titles. He defeated Gazo via 15 round split decision to become the super-welterweight champion of the world.
Kudo has won two world titles at super-welterweight. For all the details about Kudo's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Kudo had just a single loss in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a super-welterweight title defense bout against Ugandan boxer Ayub Kalule on October 24, 1979. Kudo lost the fight via 15 round unanimous decision — and lost his WBA and The Ring titles. It's been 44 years, 6 months, and 9 days since this fight.
Kudo had a total of five world-title fights, which includes winning two world titles and three successful title defenses. He won four of these fights and lost one.
Masashi Kudo fought for super-welterweight world titles once, which he won via split decision. In total, he won two super-welterweight belts.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Aug 9, 1978 | Eddie Gazo | Super-welterweight | WBA, The Ring | SD |
Masashi Kudo had four super-welterweight world-title defense fights. He won three of them and lost once.
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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Jun 20, 1979 | Manuel Ricardo Gonzalez | Super-welterweight | WBA, The Ring | TKO |
May 14, 1979 | Manuel Ricardo Gonzalez | Super-welterweight | WBA, The Ring | MD |
Dec 13, 1978 | Ho Joo | Super-welterweight | WBA, The Ring | SD |
Masashi Kudo lost one world-title defense fight, and lost two titles in the fight.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Lost | Method |
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Oct 24, 1979 | Ayub Kalule | Super-welterweight | WBA, The Ring | UD |
Kudo fought a total of 24 times during his professional career, which includes 5 world-title fights at the super-welterweight division. He put on some very good performances in these fights. These two fights are the highlight of his career.
August 9, 1978: Kudo wins his first world titles by defeating Eddie Gazo via 15 round split decision. He is now the WBA and The Ring super-welterweight world champion.
June 20, 1979: Kudo successfully defends the WBA and The Ring super-welterweight titles against Manuel Ricardo Gonzalez, winning the fight via 12th round TKO.
Kudo knocked out 12 of his 24 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 50%. Of his total 23 wins, 12 of them were via KO (52.2%).
Kudo's first world-title win were the WBA and The Ring belts at super-welterweight. He defeated Eddie Gazo via 15 round split decision to win the titles.
Kudo won two world titles at super-welterweight.
Kudo had a total of four title defense fights. He was successful three times and lost one time.