1. Park Kwang-cheol, better known by his Japanese name Kotetsu Boku, is a retired Japanese-born South Korean mixed martial artist and kickboxer, competing in the Featherweight division of Rizin Fighting Federation.
20 Facts About Kotetsu Boku
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Kotetsu Boku has mostly fought in Shooto, where he was the Shooto Pacific Rim Welterweight Champion, but has fought in ONE Championship, DREAM, King of the Cage, S-Cup, Cage Force and K-1 HERO'S.
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Kotetsu Boku won his next two fights, against Takuhito Hida and Mitsuo Matsumoto, before losing to Takaharu Murahama at Shooto: Treasure Hunt 6 on May 5,2002.
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Kotetsu Boku won his next fight against Toniko Junior, but again suffered a setback by losing the following two fights against Mitsuhiro Ishida and Kenichiro Togashi.
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Kotetsu Boku then had another four fights in Shooto, winning all four, before transferring to K-1 Hero's in 2005.
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Kotetsu Boku was the Shooto Pacific Rim Welterweight Champion, but vacated his title when he left for K-1 Hero's.
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Kotetsu Boku then fought at Cage Force 3,4 and 5, winning all but one fight which he lost to Artur Oumakhanov.
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Kotetsu Boku then fought Yutaka Ueda, and won, before taking on Endo again in a rematch which was a title-challenge this time.
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Kotetsu Boku then took on Yukio Sakaguchi at Revolutionary Exchanges 3 and won by TKO in round 1.
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Kotetsu Boku faced Zorobabel Moreira for the inaugural ONE FC Lightweight Championship on October 6,2012.
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Kotetsu Boku managed to endure vicious leg kicks throughout the majority of the fight to eventually earn an upset comeback TKO over Moreira early in the third round.
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Kotetsu Boku lost his ONE FC Lightweight Championship to Shinya Aoki at ONE Fighting Championship: Kings and Champions on April 5,2013.
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Aoki fought to avenge his Evolve MMA teammate Moreira, and forced Kotetsu Boku to submit at 2:01 during round 2 with a rear-naked choke.
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Kotetsu Boku faced Arnaud Lepont at ONE FC 14 on March 14,2014.
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Kotetsu Boku won the fight via TKO in the first round.
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On February 24,2020, it was revealed that Kotetsu Boku had signed with Rizin Fighting Federation.
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Kotetsu Boku made his Rizin debut against Jin Aoi at Rizin 23, where lost by unanimous decision.
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Kotetsu Boku was next scheduled to face Rikuto Shirakawa at Rizin 25.
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Kotetsu Boku lost to Shirakawa via third-round technical knockout and subsequently retired from the sport.
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Kotetsu Boku is a tattoo artist and has a tiger and turtle ship tattooed on his torso.