Tatsuya Fukuhara is a Japanese professional boxer who held the WBO mini-flyweight title in 2017 and challenged twice for the WBC mini-flyweight title in 2017 and 2019.
10 Facts About Tatsuya Fukuhara
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Tatsuya Fukuhara suffered a unanimous decision loss to Takuma Inoue on the latter's debut fight.
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In September 2014, Tatsuya Fukuhara went to a majority draw with Fahlan Sakkreerin Jr.
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Tatsuya Fukuhara won the Japanese mini-flyweight title by beating Hiroya Yamamoto by unanimous decision.
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On his second title defense, Tatsuya Fukuhara drew with Shin Ono by technical draw.
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Tatsuya Fukuhara would defend the title three times before vacating it to fight for an interim world title.
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On February 26,2017, Tatsuya Fukuhara defeated Mexican Moises Calleros via 12-round split decision to win the WBO interim mini-flyweight title.
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Tatsuya Fukuhara was promoted to full champion after original champion Katsunari Takayama vacated the title upon his retirement.
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Tatsuya Fukuhara lost the title in his first defense to fellow countryman Ryuya Yamanaka.
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Tatsuya Fukuhara received another title shot against WBC mini-flyweight champion Wanheng Menayothin.