Akihiko Honda
| Akihiko Honda | |
|---|---|
| Native name | Japanese: 本田 明彦 |
| Born | September 9, 1947 |
| Nationality | Japan |
| Alma mater | Rikkyo University (graduated in 1969) |
| Occupation | Boxing promoter |
| Years active | 1964–present |
| Organization | Teiken Promotions |
| Known for | Promotion of the two Mike Tyson fights against Tony Tubbs and James Douglas Promoting boxers such as Masao Ōba, Jirō Watanabe, Genaro Hernández, Eloy Rojas, Jorge Linares, Edwin Valero and Román González among others |
| Notable work | Hozumi Hasegawa vs. Fernando Montiel,Nonito Donaire vs. Toshiaki Nishioka,Nihito Arakawa vs. Omar Figueroa, etc. |
| Television |
World Premium Boxing on Nippon Television Excite Match on WOWOW |
| Parent(s) | Akira Honda (father) |
| Awards | International Boxing Hall of Fame |
| Website | TEIKEN |
Akihiko Honda (本田 明彦 Honda Akihiko?, born September 9, 1947) is a Japanese professional boxing promoter who was inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame in 2008, and was also selected as an inductee into the International Boxing Hall of Fame in 2009.
Honda has served as the president of the Teiken Promotions and Teiken Boxing Gym in Tokyo, Japan since 1964. Honda's motto "Pro Deo et Patria" implying "for God and Country" in Latin phrase is also that of Rikkyo University (also known as St. Paul's University) which Teiken Boxing Gym's founder Sadayuki Ogino and Honda graduated from. At the age of twenty-two in 1970, Honda guided Masao Ōba to the world title, and later promoted the two of Mike Tyson's fights in 1988 and 1990. He also realized the first world title tripleheader in Japan in 1998.
In the 1990s, in addition to the world title fights of Genaro Hernández,Jose Luis Bueno,Eloy Rojas et al., Honda staged the fights of Yūichi Kasai (including his world title clash), Jōichirō Tatsuyoshi et al. in the United States. In 1999, Honda who was asked what to do to improve Japan's professional boxing responded as follows:
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