Toshiyuki Igarashi

Toshiyuki Igarashi
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Real name	Toshiyuki Igarashi Japanese: 五十嵐 俊幸
Nickname(s)	Super Sonic
Rated at	Light Flyweight Flyweight
Height	5 ft 5.5 in (1.66 m)
Nationality	Japanese
Born	(1984-01-17) 17 January 1984 Yurihonjō, Akita, Japan
Stance	Southpaw
Boxing record
Total fights	23
Wins	20
Wins by KO	11
Losses	2
Draws	1

Toshiyuki Igarashi (五十嵐 俊幸, Igarashi Toshiyuki, born January 17, 1984 in Yurihonjō, Akita) is a Japanese boxer and a former WBC and The Ring Flyweight World Champion.

Amateur career

He competed for his native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece, where he was stopped in the first round of the men's light flyweight division (– 48 kg) by Ethiopia's Endalkachew Kebede (21:26). Igarashi replaced Noman Karim (PAK) as a lucky loser, because the Pakistani fighter dropped "due to technical reasons". Igarashi amassed an amateur record of 77 wins (16 KOs) 18 losses, and graduated from the Tokyo University of Agriculture.

Professional career

After turning professional in 2006, he made his professional debut with a third-round knockout on August 13 of that year. Fighting out of Teiken Boxing Gym in Tokyo under Yūichi Kasai's instruction, Igarashi gained the Japanese flyweight interim title via a split decision on August 2, 2008. Although Igarashi lost to the regular champion Tomonobu Shimizu four months later, he captured the vacated Japanese flyweight title by a third round knockout on February 5, 2011. He defended it once, until June of the same year.

Igarashi defeated Mexico's Wilbert Uicab in the WBC flyweight title eliminator via a unanimous decision at the Yoyogi National Stadium Second Gymnasium on November 6, 2011.

On July 16, 2012, Igarashi barely outpointed Sonny Boy Jaro via a split decision to win the WBC and The Ring flyweight titles in Kasukabe, Saitama. He defended his both titles against previously undefeated Nestor Daniel Narvaes via a majority decision in Sendai, Miyagi on November 3 of that year.

He fought former WBA minimumweight champion Akira Yaegashi in his second defense at the Ryōgoku Kokugikan on April 8, 2013. Igarashi and his team had initially planned the fight against Edgar Sosa. However, when it turned out that it would not be signed, Igarashi made a direct appeal to his promoter for the fight against Yaegashi. Igarashi mentioned that while his championship belt would be at stake, Yaegashi's popularity and recognition also would be on the line for that fight. Igarashi has so far fought against Yaegashi four times (once in his high school days, and three times in his university years) and won every time. Their trainers, Kasai (mentioned above) and Kōji Matsumoto (for Yaegashi) are high school alumni. Both are former OPBF champions and three-time world title challengers. Igarashi lost to Yaegashi in a unanimous decision.

Professional boxing record

20 Wins (11 knockouts), 2 Losses, 1 Draw
Res.	Record	Opponent	Type	Round Time	Date	Location	Notes
Win	20-2-1	Efrain Perez	TD	10 (10), 0:20	2015–02–07	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Win	19-2-1	Renren Tesorio	TD	9 (10), 1:03	2014–09–06	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Win	18-2-1	Omar Soto	KO	9 (10), 2:32	2013–09–07	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Loss	17-2-1	Akira Yaegashi	UD	12	2013–04–08	Ota-City General Gymnasium, Tokyo	Lost WBC and The Ring Flyweight titles.
Win	17-1-1	Nestor Narvaes	MD	12	2012–11–03	Xebio Arena, Sendai, Miyagi	Retained WBC and The Ring Flyweight titles.
Win	16–1–1	Sonny Boy Jaro	SD	12	2012–07–16	Winghat, Kasukabe, Saitama	Won WBC and The Ring Flyweight titles.
Win	15–1–1	Wilbert Uicab	UD	12	2011–11–06	Yoyogi National Gymnasium, Tokyo	WBC Flyweight title eliminator.
Win	14–1–1	Kenji Yoshida	TD	8 (10) 1:14	2011–06–04	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo	Ret. Japanese Flyweight title.
Win	13–1–1	Takayasu Kobayashi	TKO	3 (10) 2:07	2011–02–05	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo	Won vacant Japanese Flyweight title.
Win	12–1–1	Armando Santos	UD	8	2010–11–06	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Win	11–1–1	Rexon Flores	KO	1 (8) 1:46	2010–07–03	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Win	10–1–1	Abel Ochoa	TKO	6 (8) 2:38	2010–03–06	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Win	9–1–1	Erick Diaz Siregar	RTD	5 (8) 3:00	2009–11–07	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Win	8–1–1	Yuchi Carryboy	TKO	6 (8) 0:15	2009–07–04	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Loss	7–1–1	Tomonobu Shimizu	UD	10	2008–12–23	Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo	For Japanese Flyweight title.
Win	7–0–1	Tomoya Kaneshiro	SD	10	2008–08–02	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo	Won interim Japanese Flyweight title.
Win	6–0–1	Alex Buckie	KO	6 (8) 1:30	2008–04–19	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Draw	5–0–1	Naoto Saito	MD	8	2007–12–01	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Win	5–0	Masatsugu Okada	TKO	7 (8) 1:20	2007–08–04	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Win	4–0	Tomoaki Handa	UD	6	2007–05–03	Ariake Coliseum, Tokyo
Win	3–0	Manachai Sithsaithong	KO	1 (8) 1:29	2007–02–03	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
Win	2–0	Myung Jae-Sung	TKO	6 (6) 0:19	2006–11–13	Nippon Budokan, Tokyo
Win	1–0	Kim Yun-Woo	KO	3 (6) 1:07	2006–08–12	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo

See also

• 1st AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament
• 2nd AIBA Asian 2004 Olympic Qualifying Tournament
• Japan at the 2004 Summer Olympics
• Boxing at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Light flyweight
• List of WBC world champions

External links

• Toshiyuki Igarashi Biography and Olympic Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com
• Professional boxing record for Toshiyuki Igarashi from BoxRec
• Igarashi Toshiyuki Official Site at the Wayback Machine (archived June 3, 2009) (Japanese)

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Sonny Boy Jaro	WBC Flyweight Champion July 16, 2012 – April 8, 2013	Succeeded by Akira Yaegashi
	The Ring Flyweight Champion July 16, 2012 – April 8, 2013