Akira Yaegashi
| Akira Yaegashi | |
|---|---|
| Statistics | |
| Real name | Akira Yaegashi |
| Nickname(s) | Onsoku no Kobushi (音速の拳?) "Sonic Fist" |
| Rated at |
Minimumweight Flyweight Light Flyweight |
| Height | 5 ft 3.7 in (1.62 m) |
| Reach | 63.5 in (161 cm) |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Born |
25 February 1983 Kitakami, Iwate, Japan |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 30 |
| Wins | 25 |
| Wins by KO | 13 |
| Losses | 5 |
| Draws | 0 |
| No contests | 0 |
Akira Yaegashi (八重樫 東 Yaegashi Akira?, born February 25, 1983) is a Japanese professional boxer who is the current IBF Light Flyweight Champion; he is a former WBC, The Ring and lineal flyweight champion, as well as a former WBA minimumweight champion. He is an alumnus of the Takushoku University and has been managed by Hideyuki Ohashi's Ohashi Boxing Gym in Yokohama which is the birthplace of boxing in the country.
Yaegashi finished his amateur career with a record of 56–14 after winning the Inter-High School Championship and the National Sports Festival of Japan. His professional debut was at the Yokohama Cultural Gymnasium in March 2005. He won the vacant OPBF minimumweight title there via a fifth round technical knockout in April 2006 and defended the title once before vacating it.
In his first world title shot against the WBC minimumweight champion Eagle Kyowa at the Pacifico Yokohama in June 2007, Yaegashi lost for the first time by a wide points margin after suffering a broken TMJ in two places due to an accidental headbutt in the second round.
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