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Paul Fuji
(Takeshi Fujii)

BORN   June 6 1940; Honolulu, Oahu, Hawaii
HEIGHT 5-6 1/2
WEIGHT 137-148 1/4 lbs
TRAINER Eddie Townsend

Fuji was a strong puncher who compiled a career record of 34-3-1 with 29 knockouts; During his career, he captured the WBC Light Welterweight Championship of the World, the WBA Light Welterweight Championship of the World, the OPBF Light Welterweight Championship and the Light Welterweight Championship of Japan

 Paul defeated such men as Sandro Lopopolo, Willy Quatuor, Luis Molina, Fel Pedranza, Fujio Mikami, Arnie Cotarobles and Rocky Alarde

 
1964
Apr 14 Minoru Goto                Tokyo, Japan                       KO  2
May 26 Kunio Yoshida              Tokyo, Japan                        W  6
Jun 30 Akio Matsunaga             Tokyo, Japan                       KO  3
Jul 18 Fujio Mikami               Tokyo, Japan                       TK  4
Oct  3 Noriyasu Yoshimura         Tokyo, Japan                       KO  2

1965
Jan 26 Bernie Magallanes          Honolulu, Oahu, Hi                 TK  3
Feb 16 Manuel Lugo                Honolulu, Oahu, Hi                 KO  3
Feb 23 Arnie Cotarobles           Honolulu, Oahu, Hi                 TK  8
Mar  9 Leopoldo Corona            Honolulu, Oahu, Hi                  W 10
Apr  6 Neto Villareal             Honolulu, Oahu, Hi                  W  8
Jun 18 Nakao Sasazaki             Tokyo, Japan                       KO  1
          -Light Welterweight Championship of Japan
Sep  9 Yuji Tsukuba               Tokyo, Japan                       KO  8
Nov  2 Willie Castillo            Honolulu, Oahu, Hi                 TK  7
Nov 16 Johnny Santos              Honolulu, Oahu, Hi                  L 10

1966
Jan 20 Deuk-Bong Kim              Tokyo, Japan                       KO  2
Mar 21 Ador Plaza                 Tokyo, Japan                       KO  4
May  5 Rudy Gonzalez              Tokyo, Japan                        W 10
Jun  5 Fel Pedranza               Osaka, Japan                       LK  6
Jun 27 Alfredo Fuentes            Akita City, Japan                  TK  4
Jul 28 Byung-Oh Chang             Yamagata City, Japan               KO  2
Aug 25 Shigeru Ogiwara            Kitakyushu, Japan                  KO  2
          -Light Welterweight Championship of Japan
Sep 29 Rocky Alarde               Tokyo, Japan                       KO  3
          -OPBF Light Welterweight Championship
Nov  3 Larry Flaviano             Tokyo, Japan                       KO  2
Nov 15 Luis Molina                Honolulu, Oahu, Hi                 TK  3
Dec  6 Kid Bassey II              Honolulu, Oahu, Hi                  W 10

1967
Jan  5 Jesse Cortez               Tokyo, Japan                       KO  3
Feb 13 Carl Penalosa              Tokyo, Japan                       KO  2
          -OPBF Light Welterweight Championship
Apr 30 Sandro Lopopolo            Tokyo, Japan                       KO  2
          -WBC Light Welterweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Light Welterweight Championship of the World
Aug 29 Fel Pedranza               Honolulu, Oahu, Hi                 KO  2
Nov 16 Willy Quatuor              Tokyo, Japan                       KO  4
          -WBC Light Welterweight Championship of the World;
          WBA Light Welterweight Championship of the World
Dec 21 Sadao Takagi               Tokyo, Japan                       KO  2

1968
Feb 15 Johnny Williams            Tokyo, Japan                       KO  2
Apr  2 Roberto Cruz               Sapporo, Japan                     KO  2
Dec 12 Nicolino Locche            Tokyo, Japan                       LT 10
          -WBA Light Welterweight Championship of the World

1969
Jul 24 Manfredo Alipala           Tokyo, Japan                       KO 10
Sep 25 Byong Mo Yim               Shizuoka, Japan                     D 10

1970
Mar  5 Suk Kyu Park               Tokyo, Japan                       KO  3
May  3 Benito Juarez              Tokyo, Japan                       KO  3
Jul 24 -Fuji announced his retirement from the ring
Record courtesy of Tracy Callis, Historian, International Boxing Research Organization

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