Kōki Kameda
| Kōki Kameda | |
|---|---|
| Statistics | |
| Real name | Kōki Kameda |
| Nickname(s) | Naniwa no Tōken (浪速の逃犬?) "The Fighting Fist of Osaka" |
| Rated at |
Light flyweight Flyweight Super flyweight Bantamweight |
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5.5 in) |
| Reach | 1.68 m (5 ft 6.2 in) |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Born |
November 17, 1986 Osaka, Japan |
| Stance | Southpaw/八百長 |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 35 |
| Wins | 33 |
| Wins by KO | 18 |
| Losses | 2 |
Kōki Kameda (亀田 興毅 Kameda Kōki?, born November 17, 1986) is a Japanese professional boxer. He is a former WBA (Regular) bantamweight Champion and a former WBC and lineal flyweight champion. He is the oldest of the three Kameda brothers and presided over the Kameda Promotions. His brothers, Daiki and Tomoki, are also boxers.
Back in 2000 when Kameda was only 14 years old, Kameda managed to get some national attention by taking on former two time division world champion, Hiroki Ioka, in a 2 round exhibition match. Ioka was the inaugural WBC minimumweight champion and was also the former WBA lightflyweight champion, a title which Kameda himself would controversially win in August 2006. Kameda at first was believed to have got a first round knockdown on the former champion by landing a left straight and a right hook, but the referee ruled it as a slip. Kameda throughout the exhibition bout, would try to go for a knockout. However, the fight went the distance and this would jump start Kameda by going all out on the former champion.
On August 2, 2006, in his first attempt for the world title, Kameda squared off with Juan Jose Landaeta of Venezuela in Yokohama, Japan, for the World Boxing Association light flyweight title. The fight was rather controversial as Kameda won the fight in a split decision despite getting knocked down in the first round and being dominated in the final two rounds. Further fueling controversy was the fact that the Korean judge who scored the fight 114-113 in Kameda's favor gave the final round to Kameda 10-9, although the perception by most observers was that the clearly exhausted Japanese boxer did nothing but tie up his opponent and try to avoid being knocked out in that round. If the Korean judge had scored the final round in favor of Landaeta, the Venezuelan would have won the bout. The match reinforced the existence of a home field advantage and the bias a foreign fighter must face when fighting on Japanese soil.
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