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Hiroshi Kobayashi

BORN   August 23 1944; Gunma, Japan (Some sources report Isesaki, Japan )
HEIGHT 5-6 1/2
WEIGHT 122-135 3/4 lbs
MANAGER Shinichi Nakamura

Kobayashi was a talented boxer who compiled a career record of 61-10-4 with 10 knockouts; During his career, he captured the WBC Super Featherweight Championship of the World, the WBA Super Featherweight Championship of the World and the Featherweight Championship of Japan

Hiroshi
defeated such men as Yoshiaki Numata, Ricardo Arredondo, Shozo Saijo, Carlos Ruben Canete, Mitsunori Seki, Jaime Valladares, Antonio Amaya, Vicente Derado, Kang Il Suh, Katsutoshi Aoki, Ray Adigun, Hiroshi Shoji, Nubuo Chiba, Bobby Valdez and Toro George

1962
Jul  2 Hisatsugu Kyoya            Tokyo, Japan                        W  4
Jul 13 Michio Ishii               Tokyo, Japan                       TK  2
Jul 30 Yukichi Takase             Tokyo, Japan                        W  4
Aug 20 Saburo Yanagi              Tokyo, Japan                        W  4
Sep 11 Kiyokazu Komura            Tokyo, Japan                        W  4
Sep 25 Kazuyoshi Ohashi           Tokyo, Japan                        W  4
Oct 16 Masayoshi Otake            Tokyo, Japan                        W  4
Nov  7 Kazuo Hayasako             Tokyo, Japan                        W  4
Nov 29 Saburo Yanagi              Tokyo, Japan                        W  4
Dec 15 Hisao Omori                Tokyo, Japan                        W  4
Dec 31 Noriyoshi Toyoshima        Tokyo, Japan                        W  6

1963
Jan 28 Tsutomu Yoshida            Tokyo, Japan                        W  6
Feb 19 Isamu Kato                 Tokyo, Japan                        W  6
Mar 18 Hideo Fukuchi              Tokyo, Japan                        W  6
Apr  4 Kazuhiro Furuya            Tokyo, Japan                        W  6
May  2 Teruo Hino                 Tokyo, Japan                        W  8
May 13 Yuji Masuko                Tokyo, Japan                       KO  2
Jun 24 Dommy Balajada             Tokyo, Japan                        W 10
Jul 30 Toshio Shibazaki           Tokyo, Japan                        W  8
Aug 19 Manzo Kikuchi              Tokyo, Japan                        L 10
          -Featherweight Championship of Japan
Nov  2 Johnny Jamito              Manila, Philippines                LT  6

1964
Jan 26 Kang Il Suh                Osaka, Japan                        L 10
Feb 20 Eduardo Guerrero           Tokyo, Japan                        L 10
Apr 13 Porte Villa                Tokyo, Japan                        W 10
Apr 26 Mitsunori Seki             Tokyo, Japan                        W 10
Jun  1 Kwang Joo Lee              Tokyo, Japan                        W 10
Jul  9 Dong Chun Lee              Tokyo, Japan                        W 10
Sep 28 Yuji Masuko                Tokyo, Japan                        W 10
          -Featherweight Championship of Japan
Nov  9 Atsushi Gunji              Tokyo, Japan                        W 10
Dec 12 Hyun Kim                   Maebashi, Japan                     W 10

1965
Jan 18 Yuji Masuko                Tokyo, Japan                        W 10
          -Featherweight Championship of Japan
Mar  1 Soo Bok Kwon               Tokyo, Japan                       KO  7
May  9 Shigeo Shioyama            Tokyo, Japan                        W 10
          -Featherweight Championship of Japan
Jun 27 Chong Tai Lim              Ichinomiya, Japan                   W 10
Jul 18 Kunio Sakata               Tokyo, Japan                        W 10
Aug 30 Atsushi Gunji              Tokyo, Japan                        W 10
          -Featherweight Championship of Japan
Sep 23 Hyun Kim                   Tokyo, Japan                        W 10
Oct 29 Sugar Cane Carreon         Tokyo, Japan                        W 10
Dec  9 Orlando Medina             Tokyo, Japan                        W 10

1966
Jan 27 Katsutoshi Aoki            Tokyo, Japan                        W 10
Feb 28 Shigeo Shioyama            Tokyo, Japan                        W 10
          -Featherweight Championship of Japan
Mar 31 Hiroshi Mori               Tokyo, Japan                        W 10
May 14 Jaime Valladares           Quito, Ecuador                      D 10
May 30 Freddie Rengifo            Caracas, Venezuela                  L 10
Jun 24 Pedro Gomez                Caracas, Venezuela                 LT  7
Jul 10 Aurelio Cazares            Sinaloa, Mexico                     D 10
Jul 31 Delfino Rosales            Culiacan, Mexico                   KO  9
Aug 18 Bobby Valdez               Los Angeles, Ca                    TK  7
Oct 10 Nobuo Chiba                Tokyo, Japan                        W 10
          -Featherweight Championship of Japan
Nov 10 Sumio Nobata               Tokoname, Japan                     W 10
          -Featherweight Championship of Japan
Nov 28 Del Kid Rosario            Tokyo, Japan                        W 10

1967
Jan 16 Chun-Kyo Shin              Tokyo, Japan                        W 10
Feb  2 Kang Il Suh                Tokyo, Japan                        W 10
Feb 27 Vicente Derado             Tokyo, Japan                        W 10
May  8 Takao Mitsuhashi           Tokyo, Japan                        W 10
          -Featherweight Championship of Japan
Jun 26 Dony Tesorio               Tokyo, Japan                        W 10
Sep  4 Chang Soo Yun              Tokyo, Japan                       KO  7
Oct 16 Ki Jin Song                Tokyo, Japan                       KO  8
Dec 14 Yoshiaki Numata            Tokyo, Japan                       KO 12
          -WBC Super Featherweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Super Featherweight Championship of the World

1968
Mar 30 Rene Barrientos            Tokyo, Japan                        D 15
          -WBC Super Featherweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Super Featherweight Championship of the World
Jun 20 Mando Ramos                Los Angeles, Ca                     L 10
Jul 21 Ulysses Botero             Tokyo, Japan                       KO  6
Aug 26 Ruben Navarro              Tokyo, Japan                        L 10
Oct  5 Jaime Valladares           Tokyo, Japan                        W 15
          -WBC Super Featherweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Super Featherweight Championship of the World

1969
Jan 27 Toro George                Tokyo, Japan                        W 10
Apr  6 Antonio Amaya              Tokyo, Japan                        W 15
          -WBA Super Featherweight Championship of the World
Jul  7 Victor Ramos               Tokyo, Japan                       KO  2
Nov  9 Carlos Ruben Canete        Tokyo, Japan                        W 15
          -WBA Super Featherweight Championship of the World

1970
Feb 15 Hiroshi Shoji              Tokushima City, Japan               D 10
Jun 21 Ray Adigun                 Tokyo, Japan                        W 10
Aug 23 Antonio Amaya              Tokyo, Japan                        W 15
          -WBA Super Featherweight Championship of the World
Dec  3 Shozo Saijo                Tokyo, Japan                        W 10

1971
Mar  4 Ricardo Arredondo          Tokyo, Japan                        W 15
          -WBA Super Featherweight Championship of the World
Jul 29 Alfredo Marcano            Aomori City, Japan                 LT 10
          -WBA Super Featherweight Championship of the World
Oct 16 Roberto Duran              Panama City, Panama                LK  7


Record courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization

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