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Yoko Gushiken Record

23-0
Total Fights24
Wins23
Losses0
Draws0
No-Contests0
Title Wins1
Title Defenses13
Title-Fight KOs9
KO Wins15
KO Losses0
Yoko Gushiken Record & Stats
Yoko Gushiken's Record
Yoko Gushiken's boxing record and career infographic

      What is Yoko Gushiken's boxing record?

      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.

      #DateAgeOpponentResVia
      24Mar 8, 198125Pedro FloresLoss *KO12
      23Oct 12, 198025Pedro FloresWin *UD
      22Jun 1, 198024Martin VargasWin *KO8
      21Jan 27, 198024Yong-Hyun KimWin *UD
      20Oct 28, 197924Tito AbellaWin *KO7
      19Jul 29, 197924Rafael PedrozaWin *UD
      18Apr 8, 197923Alfonso LopezWin *KO7
      17Jan 7, 197923Rigoberto MarcanoWin *KO7
      16Oct 15, 197823Sang Il JungWin *KO5
      15Aug 14, 197823Mak Dong KimWinKO6
      14May 7, 197822Jaime RiosWin *KO13
      13Jan 29, 197822Aniceto VargasWin *KO14
      12Oct 9, 197722Montsayarm Haw MahachaiWin *KO4
      11May 22, 197721Rigoberto MarcanoWin *SD
      10Jan 30, 197721Jaime RiosWin *SD
      9Oct 10, 197621Juan Antonio GuzmánWin *KO7
      8Jul 16, 197621Toshihisa TakiiWinKO3
      7Jan 23, 197620Cesar Gomez KeeWinKO7
      6Oct 19, 197520Shoji WarabinoWinKO6
      5Jun 25, 197519Yasuo JoWinPTS
      4Mar 9, 197519Yasunobu NittaWinKO4
      3Dec 9, 197419Tadahiro MiharaWinKO5
      2Sep 10, 197419Koichi MakiWinPTS
      1May 28, 197418Koichi MakiWinPTS

      * World-title fight

      Boxing career

      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.

      Championships

      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.

      Title Wins

      Yoko Gushiken fought for a light-flyweight world title once, which he won via KO. He won one light-flyweight belt.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles WonMethod
      Oct 10, 1976Juan Antonio GuzmánLight-flyweightWBAKO

      Title Defenses

      Yoko Gushiken had 13 light-flyweight world-title defense fights. He won all of these fights.

      DateOpponentDivisionTitles DefendedMethod
      Oct 12, 1980Pedro FloresLight-flyweightWBAUD
      Jun 1, 1980Martin VargasLight-flyweightWBAKO
      Jan 27, 1980Yong-Hyun KimLight-flyweightWBAUD
      Oct 28, 1979Tito AbellaLight-flyweightWBAKO
      Jul 29, 1979Rafael PedrozaLight-flyweightWBAUD
      Apr 8, 1979Alfonso LopezLight-flyweightWBAKO
      Jan 7, 1979Rigoberto MarcanoLight-flyweightWBAKO
      Oct 15, 1978Sang Il JungLight-flyweightWBAKO
      May 7, 1978Jaime RiosLight-flyweightWBAKO
      Jan 29, 1978Aniceto VargasLight-flyweightWBAKO
      Oct 9, 1977Montsayarm Haw MahachaiLight-flyweightWBAKO
      May 22, 1977Rigoberto MarcanoLight-flyweightWBASD
      Jan 30, 1977Jaime RiosLight-flyweightWBASD

      Highlights

      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.

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