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Total Fights | 31 |
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Wins | 27 |
Losses | 2 |
Draws | 2 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 2 |
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Title Defenses | 12 |
Title-Fight KOs | 9 |
KO Wins | 19 |
KO Losses | 2 |
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In a professional boxing career spanning 12 years and one month, Shinsuke Yamanaka fought 31 times with 27 wins, 2 losses, and 2 draws.
Yamanaka retired from professional boxing with a record of 27-2-2, which included two bantamweight world-title wins and 12 successful title defense fights. He had a 61.3% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 19 of his total 31 fights being knockout wins, nine of which were in title fights. Yamanaka lost twice via knockout, both of them in title fights.
His last fight was a 2nd round TKO defeat to Luis Nery on March 1, 2018. Yamanaka lost the bantamweight The Ring title to Nery in this fight.
Some of Yamanaka's best fights and notable victories include wins over Carlos Carlson, Jose Nieves, Anselmo Moreno, Vic Darchinyan, Liborio Solís, Diego Santillan, and Tomás Rojas.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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31 | Mar 1, 2018 | 35 | Luis Nery | Loss * | TKO2 |
30 | Aug 15, 2017 | 34 | Luis Nery | Loss * | TKO4 |
29 | Mar 2, 2017 | 34 | Carlos Carlson | Win * | TKO7 |
28 | Sep 16, 2016 | 33 | Anselmo Moreno | Win * | TKO7 |
27 | Mar 4, 2016 | 33 | Liborio Solís | Win * | UD |
26 | Sep 22, 2015 | 32 | Anselmo Moreno | Win * | SD |
25 | Apr 16, 2015 | 32 | Diego Santillan | Win * | KO7 |
24 | Oct 22, 2014 | 32 | Suriyan Sor Rungvisai | Win * | UD |
23 | Apr 23, 2014 | 31 | Stephane Jamoye | Win * | TKO9 |
22 | Nov 10, 2013 | 31 | Alberto Guevara | Win * | KO9 |
21 | Aug 12, 2013 | 30 | Jose Nieves | Win * | KO1 |
20 | Apr 8, 2013 | 30 | Malcolm Tuñacao | Win * | TKO12 |
19 | Nov 3, 2012 | 30 | Tomás Rojas | Win * | KO7 |
18 | Apr 6, 2012 | 29 | Vic Darchinyan | Win * | UD |
17 | Nov 6, 2011 | 29 | Christian Esquivel | Win * | TKO11 |
16 | Mar 5, 2011 | 28 | Ryosuke Iwasa | Win | TKO10 |
15 | Oct 24, 2010 | 28 | José Silveira | Win | RTD9 |
14 | Jun 20, 2010 | 27 | Mikio Yasuda | Win | TKO7 |
13 | Mar 6, 2010 | 27 | Kazuharu Morimoto | Win | KO1 |
12 | Nov 7, 2009 | 27 | Yuta Uetani | Win | TKO1 |
11 | Jul 4, 2009 | 26 | Masanori Murata | Win | TKO1 |
10 | Mar 21, 2009 | 26 | Wanpadechsuk Sithsaithong | Win | TKO3 |
9 | Jan 17, 2009 | 26 | Ryuichi Funai | Win | TKO7 |
8 | Oct 4, 2008 | 25 | Zaragoza Uema | Win | UD |
7 | Apr 22, 2008 | 25 | Kenichi Yamaguchi | Draw | PTS |
6 | Oct 31, 2007 | 25 | Toyoto Shiraishi | Win | MD |
5 | Aug 29, 2007 | 24 | Yoichi Oguma | Win | SD |
4 | Apr 7, 2007 | 24 | Takeo Sato | Win | TKO2 |
3 | Dec 16, 2006 | 24 | Yuta Sato | Win | TKO2 |
2 | Aug 23, 2006 | 23 | Keiji Yokomamura | Draw | PTS |
1 | Jan 7, 2006 | 23 | Hitoshi Takahashi | Win | UD |
* World-title fight
Shinsuke Yamanaka (Kami no hidari) is a 41-year old retired Japanese professional boxer. He was born in Konan, Shiga, Japan on October 11, 1982. He is a former bantamweight world champion. His professional boxing career spanned more than 12 years — from 2006 to 2018.
Yamanaka made his professional boxing debut against Hitoshi Takahashi at the age of 23 on January 7, 2006, defeating Takahashi via 6 round unanimous decision.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 29 on November 6, 2011 after 16 professional fights, against Christian Esquivel for the bantamweight WBC (vacant) title. He defeated Esquivel via 11th round TKO to become the bantamweight champion of the world.
Yamanaka has won two world titles at bantamweight. For all the details about Yamanaka's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Yamanaka had a total of two losses in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a bantamweight title defense bout against Mexican boxer Luis Nery on March 1, 2018 for the vacant bantamweight WBC title. Yamanaka lost the fight via 2nd round TKO — and lost his The Ring title. It's been 6 years, 1 month, and 24 days since this fight.
Yamanaka had a total of 15 world-title fights, which includes winning two world titles and 12 successful title defenses. He won 13 of these fights and lost two.
Shinsuke Yamanaka fought for bantamweight world titles in three fights and won two of these fights, both of them via stoppage. In total, he won two bantamweight belts.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Sep 16, 2016 | Anselmo Moreno | Bantamweight | The Ring* | TKO |
Nov 6, 2011 | Christian Esquivel | Bantamweight | WBC* | TKO |
Shinsuke Yamanaka had 14 bantamweight world-title defense fights. He won 12 of them and lost two 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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Mar 2, 2017 | Carlos Carlson | Bantamweight | WBC, The Ring | TKO |
Sep 16, 2016 | Anselmo Moreno | Bantamweight | WBC | TKO |
Mar 4, 2016 | Liborio Solís | Bantamweight | WBC | UD |
Sep 22, 2015 | Anselmo Moreno | Bantamweight | WBC | SD |
Apr 16, 2015 | Diego Santillan | Bantamweight | WBC | KO |
Oct 22, 2014 | Suriyan Sor Rungvisai | Bantamweight | WBC | UD |
Apr 23, 2014 | Stephane Jamoye | Bantamweight | WBC | TKO |
Nov 10, 2013 | Alberto Guevara | Bantamweight | WBC | KO |
Aug 12, 2013 | Jose Nieves | Bantamweight | WBC | KO |
Apr 8, 2013 | Malcolm Tuñacao | Bantamweight | WBC | TKO |
Nov 3, 2012 | Tomás Rojas | Bantamweight | WBC | KO |
Apr 6, 2012 | Vic Darchinyan | Bantamweight | WBC | UD |
Yamanaka fought a total of 31 times during his professional career, which includes 15 world-title fights at the bantamweight division. These seven fights are the highlight of his career.
November 6, 2011: Yamanaka wins his first world title by defeating Christian Esquivel via 11th round TKO. He is now the WBC bantamweight world champion.
April 6, 2012: Yamanaka successfully defends the WBC bantamweight title against Vic Darchinyan, winning the fight via 12 round unanimous decision.
November 3, 2012: Yamanaka successfully defends the WBC bantamweight title against Tomás Rojas, winning the fight via 7th round KO.
April 8, 2013: Yamanaka successfully defends the WBC bantamweight title against Malcolm Tuñacao, winning the fight via 12th round TKO.
August 12, 2013: Yamanaka successfully defends the WBC bantamweight title against Jose Nieves, winning the fight via 1st round KO.
March 4, 2016: Yamanaka successfully defends the WBC bantamweight title against Liborio Solís, winning the fight via 12 round unanimous decision.
March 2, 2017: Yamanaka successfully defends the WBC and The Ring bantamweight titles against Carlos Carlson, winning the fight via 7th round TKO.
Yamanaka knocked out 19 of his 31 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 61.3%. Of his total 27 wins, 19 of them were via KO (70.4%).
Yamanaka's first world-title win was the WBC (vacant) belt at bantamweight. He defeated Christian Esquivel via 11 round TKO to win the title.
Yamanaka won two world titles at bantamweight.
Yamanaka had a total of 14 title defense fights. He was successful 12 times and lost two times.