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Total Fights | 24 |
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Wins | 23 |
Losses | 0 |
Draws | 0 |
No-Contests | 0 |
Title Wins | 1 |
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Title Defenses | 13 |
Title-Fight KOs | 9 |
KO Wins | 15 |
KO Losses | 0 |
In a professional boxing career spanning six years and nine months, Yoko Gushiken fought 24 times with 23 wins and no losses.
Gushiken retired from professional boxing with an undefeated record of 23-0, which included one light-flyweight world-title win and 13 successful title defense fights. He had a 62.5% knockouts-to-fights ratio with 15 of his total 24 fights being knockout wins, nine of which were in title fights.
His last fight was a 12th round KO Loss against Pedro Flores on March 8, 1981. Gushiken lost the light-flyweight WBA title to Flores in this fight.
Some of Gushiken's best fights and notable victories include wins over Sang Il Jung, Montsayarm Haw Mahachai, Martin Vargas, Tito Abella, Alfonso Lopez, Rigoberto Marcano, and Juan Antonio Guzmán.
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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24 | Mar 8, 1981 | 25 | Pedro Flores | Loss * | KO12 |
23 | Oct 12, 1980 | 25 | Pedro Flores | Win * | UD |
22 | Jun 1, 1980 | 24 | Martin Vargas | Win * | KO8 |
21 | Jan 27, 1980 | 24 | Yong-Hyun Kim | Win * | UD |
20 | Oct 28, 1979 | 24 | Tito Abella | Win * | KO7 |
19 | Jul 29, 1979 | 24 | Rafael Pedroza | Win * | UD |
18 | Apr 8, 1979 | 23 | Alfonso Lopez | Win * | KO7 |
17 | Jan 7, 1979 | 23 | Rigoberto Marcano | Win * | KO7 |
16 | Oct 15, 1978 | 23 | Sang Il Jung | Win * | KO5 |
15 | Aug 14, 1978 | 23 | Mak Dong Kim | Win | KO6 |
14 | May 7, 1978 | 22 | Jaime Rios | Win * | KO13 |
13 | Jan 29, 1978 | 22 | Aniceto Vargas | Win * | KO14 |
12 | Oct 9, 1977 | 22 | Montsayarm Haw Mahachai | Win * | KO4 |
11 | May 22, 1977 | 21 | Rigoberto Marcano | Win * | SD |
10 | Jan 30, 1977 | 21 | Jaime Rios | Win * | SD |
9 | Oct 10, 1976 | 21 | Juan Antonio Guzmán | Win * | KO7 |
8 | Jul 16, 1976 | 21 | Toshihisa Takii | Win | KO3 |
7 | Jan 23, 1976 | 20 | Cesar Gomez Kee | Win | KO7 |
6 | Oct 19, 1975 | 20 | Shoji Warabino | Win | KO6 |
5 | Jun 25, 1975 | 19 | Yasuo Jo | Win | PTS |
4 | Mar 9, 1975 | 19 | Yasunobu Nitta | Win | KO4 |
3 | Dec 9, 1974 | 19 | Tadahiro Mihara | Win | KO5 |
2 | Sep 10, 1974 | 19 | Koichi Maki | Win | PTS |
1 | May 28, 1974 | 18 | Koichi Maki | Win | PTS |
* World-title fight
Yoko Gushiken (Fierce Eagle) is a 68-year old retired Japanese professional boxer. He was born in Ishigaki, Okinawa, Japan on June 26, 1955. He is a former light-flyweight world champion. Gushiken was inducted into the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in 2015. His professional boxing career spanned more than 6 years — from 1974 to 1981.
Gushiken made his professional boxing debut against Koichi Maki at the age of 18 on May 28, 1974, defeating Maki via 4 round PTS. He went on to win 22 more consecutive fights after the debut, which included 15 wins via stoppage.
He had his first world title fight at the age of 21 on October 10, 1976 after 8 professional fights, against Juan Antonio Guzmán for the light-flyweight WBA title. He defeated Guzmán via 7th round KO to become the light-flyweight champion of the world.
Gushiken has won one world title at light-flyweight. For all the details about Gushiken's world title wins and defenses refer to the "Championships" section below.
Gushiken has never lost a fight in his professional boxing career.
His last professional fight was a light-flyweight title defense bout against Pedro Flores on March 8, 1981.. It's been 43 years, 3 months, and 8 days since this fight.
Gushiken had a total of 15 world-title fights, which includes winning one world title and 13 successful title defenses. He won 14 of these fights.
Yoko Gushiken fought for a light-flyweight world title once, which he won via KO. He won one light-flyweight belt.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Won | Method |
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Oct 10, 1976 | Juan Antonio Guzmán | Light-flyweight | WBA | KO |
Yoko Gushiken had 13 light-flyweight world-title defense fights. He won all of these fights.
Date | Opponent | Division | Titles Defended | Method |
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Oct 12, 1980 | Pedro Flores | Light-flyweight | WBA | UD |
Jun 1, 1980 | Martin Vargas | Light-flyweight | WBA | KO |
Jan 27, 1980 | Yong-Hyun Kim | Light-flyweight | WBA | UD |
Oct 28, 1979 | Tito Abella | Light-flyweight | WBA | KO |
Jul 29, 1979 | Rafael Pedroza | Light-flyweight | WBA | UD |
Apr 8, 1979 | Alfonso Lopez | Light-flyweight | WBA | KO |
Jan 7, 1979 | Rigoberto Marcano | Light-flyweight | WBA | KO |
Oct 15, 1978 | Sang Il Jung | Light-flyweight | WBA | KO |
May 7, 1978 | Jaime Rios | Light-flyweight | WBA | KO |
Jan 29, 1978 | Aniceto Vargas | Light-flyweight | WBA | KO |
Oct 9, 1977 | Montsayarm Haw Mahachai | Light-flyweight | WBA | KO |
May 22, 1977 | Rigoberto Marcano | Light-flyweight | WBA | SD |
Jan 30, 1977 | Jaime Rios | Light-flyweight | WBA | SD |
Gushiken fought a total of 24 times during his professional career, which includes 15 world-title fights at the light-flyweight division. He put on some very good performances in these fights. These three fights are the highlight of his career.
October 10, 1976: Gushiken wins his first world title by defeating Juan Antonio Guzmán via 7th round KO. He is now the WBA light-flyweight world champion.
October 9, 1977: Gushiken successfully defends the WBA light-flyweight title against Montsayarm Haw Mahachai, winning the fight via 4th round KO.
October 15, 1978: Gushiken successfully defends the WBA light-flyweight title against Sang Il Jung, winning the fight via 5th round KO.
Gushiken knocked out 15 of his 24 opponents. By his last fight, his KO ratio was at 62.5%. Of his total 23 wins, 15 of them were via KO (65.2%).
Gushiken's first world-title win was the WBA belt at light-flyweight. He defeated Juan Antonio Guzmán via 7 round KO to win the title.
Gushiken won one world title at light-flyweight.
Gushiken had a total of 14 title defense fights. He was successful 13 times and lost one time.