21 Facts About Ryo Miyazaki

Ryo Miyazaki is a Japanese professional boxer in the Light Flyweight division and a former World Boxing Association Minimumweight champion.

Ryo Miyazaki captured his second professional title by technical knockout, as he stopped Iezumi at the 2:41 minute mark of the eighth round.

Ryo Miyazaki vacated the Japanese light flyweight title on 20 August 2010.

Ryo Miyazaki made his first OPBF light flyweight title defense against Junichi Ebisuoka on 21 October 2010.

Ryo Miyazaki won the fight by an eleventh-round technical knockout.

Ryo Miyazaki made his second title defense against Donny Mabao on 12 June 2011.

Ryo Miyazaki made his third title defense with a fourth-round knockout of Jerson Mancio on 2 October 2011.

Ryo Miyazaki made his fourth and final OPBF light flyweight title defense against Michael Landero on 20 June 2012, whom he beat by unanimous decision.

Ryo Miyazaki faced Pornsawan Porpramook for the vacant WBA minimumweight title on 31 December 2012, at the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium in Osaka, Japan.

Ryo Miyazaki made his first minimumweight title defense against Carlos Velarde on 8 May 2013, st on the Kazuto Ioka undercard and at the Osaka Prefectural Gymnasium in Osaka, Japan.

Ryo Miyazaki made his second WBA world title defense against the WBA interim minimumweight champion Jesus Silvestre on 11 September 2013.

Ryo Miyazaki suffered cuts on his left eyelid and the corner of his right eye due to several accidental headbutts.

Ryo Miyazaki vacated the title on 2 October 2013, in order to move up to light flyweight.

Ryo Miyazaki made his light flyweight debut against Teeraphong Utaida on 31 December 2013.

Ryo Miyazaki suffered his first professional loss, as Utaida knocked him out at the 2:22 minute mark of the third round.

Ryo Miyazaki went on to notch two more stoppage victories the following year, as he knocked Nattawut Saisopa out on 22 April 2015 and Chaowalit Choedram on 31 December 2015.

Ryo Miyazaki failed to renew his boxing license afterwards and submitted a retirement notification to the Japanese boxing commission on 15 August 2017.

In September 2017, Ryo Miyazaki was arrested for driving without a driver's license, which led to him being suspended by the Japanese boxing commission as well.

Once his probation ended in May 2021, Ryo Miyazaki requested that his boxing license be renewed, which was approved soon after.

Ryo Miyazaki next faced Takumi Sakae in a flyweight bout on 29 April 2022.

Ryo Miyazaki returned on 27 November 2022 to face the journeyman Toma Kondo.