Daiki Kameda
| Daiki Kameda | |
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Kameda in his Benkei costume (October 2006)
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| Real name | Daiki Kameda |
| Nickname(s) | Naniwa no Benkei (浪速乃弁慶?) "Benkei of Osaka" |
| Rated at |
Flyweight Super Flyweight Bantamweight |
| Height | 5'6 (168 cm) |
| Reach | 64.5' (164 cm) |
| Nationality |
 Japan
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| Born |
January 6, 1989 Osaka, Japan |
| Stance | Orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 34 |
| Wins | 29 |
| Wins by KO | 18 |
| Losses | 5 |
| Draws | 0 |
| No contests | 0 |
Daiki Kameda (亀田 大毅? Kameda Daiki) (born January 6, 1989 in Osaka, Japan) is a Japanese professional boxer. He is a former WBA Flyweight Champion and a former IBF Super flyweight Champion.
Daiki is one of the three Kameda brothers, the other two are the former WBA (Regular) Bantamweight Champion, Kōki, and the former WBO Bantamweight Champion, Tomoki.
Nicknamed Naniwa no Benkei (Benkei of Osaka) by his father, Shirō, he made his professional debut on February 26, 2006. "You must never fall down, until I decide to throw in a towel or a referee calls a stop," Shirō said to him. "Fight like Benkei who died while standing up."
In his early career, he had made it his custom to sing a song for the audience after each of his victories.
Kameda lost to Daisuke Naito, then the WBC flyweight champion, in Naito's first title defense on October 11, 2007. Despite making comments before the match that he would commit seppuku if he lost, his manager later confirmed that he would not. His boxer's license was suspended by the Japan Boxing Commission for one year due to professional misconduct during the match.
Kameda resorted to elbowing and Professional Wrestling bodyslams out of frustration during his bout with Naito because he was behind on points and the crowd was against him from the beginning.
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