Kiyoshi Hatanaka
| Kiyoshi Hatanaka | |
|---|---|
| Statistics | |
| Real name | Kiyoshi Hatanaka |
| Rated at | super bantamweight |
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Born |
7 March 1967 Nishikasugai District (later merged into Kitanagoya), Aichi, Japan |
| Stance | orthodox |
| Boxing record | |
| Total fights | 25 |
| Wins | 22 |
| Wins by KO | 15 |
| Losses | 2 |
Kiyoshi Hatanaka (畑中 清詞? Hatanaka Kiyoshi, born March 7, 1967) is a retired Japanese boxer who is a former WBC super bantamweight champion.
Hatanaka began karate at the first grade of elementary school, and won the Japanese championship in the juvenile division at its sixth grade and the first grade of junior high school. In addition, he began football at the fourth grade of elementary school, and was scouted by a prestigious high school. He also set an interval record in the local ekiden race at the age of a junior high school student. At that time, informed from an acquaintance that a professional boxer got paid 30,000 yen per match in the amount of time, he became interested in boxing and joined Matsuda Boxing Gym. He compiled an amateur record of 26–5 (21 KOs) before turning professional.
Hatanaka made his professional debut with a first round knockout victory in November 1984, at the age of a high school student. He won the annual Japanese boxing series, All-Japan Rookie King Tournament in the super flyweight division in March 1986. He captured the Japanese super flyweight title at the Korakuen Hall in February 1987.
In his first world title shot against WBC super flyweight champion Gilberto Román in September 1988, Hatanaka entered the ring of the Nagoya Rainbow Hall with full smile. Román floored Hatanaka in the first round, but was docked a point for a low blow late in the same round. Though Hatanaka was given a full five minutes to recover, he was hit below the belt again in the third round and took three minutes' rest. As the rounds rolled on, Román kept his pace to retain his title via a unanimous decision. Hatanaka was so nervous that he remembered almost nothing after the fight.
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