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Kiyoshi Tanabe

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Kiyoshi Tanabe
Tanabe (left) at the 1960 Olympics
Born (1940-10-10) October 10, 1940 (age 84)
Statistics
Weight(s)Flyweight
Height159 cm (5 ft 3 in)
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights22
Wins21
Wins by KO5
Losses0
Draws1
Medal record
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1960 Rome Flyweight
Asian Games
Gold medal – first place 1962 Jakarta Bantamweight

Kiyoshi Tanabe (田辺 清, born October 10, 1940) is a retired Japanese boxer who won a bronze medal at the 1960 Olympics.[1]

Biography

As an amateur Tanabe won a bronze medal at the 1960 Olympics, becoming the first Japanese boxer to win an Olympic medal. His amateur record was 115-5 (30RSC). He made his professional debut in 1963, and won the Japanese flyweight title in 1965, which he defended twice before vacating. In February 1967, he fought WBA & WBC flyweight champion Horacio Accavallo in a non-title match, and won by 6th-round TKO.[2]

Tanabe was scheduled to get his first world title shot in July 1967, and expectations heightened around the talented fighter. However, it was discovered that he had suffered a detached retina in his right eye, which forced him into retirement. He had surgery on his right eye, but lost his vision two years later.[citation needed]

References

  1. ^ Kiyoshi Tanabe. sports-reference.com
  2. ^ Boxing record for Kiyoshi Tanabe from BoxRec (registration required)