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Kiyoshi Tanabe

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Kiyoshi Tanabe
Tanabe (left) at the 1960 Olympics
BornOctober 10, 1940
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 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)