Hiroyuki Ebihara
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Hiroyuki Ebihara (海老原 博幸 Ebihara Hiroyuki?, March 26, 1940 – April 20, 1991) was a Japanese world-champion flyweight boxer from Fussa, Tokyo. His record includes 62 wins (33 KOs), 5 losses, and 1 draw. He was the first world flyweight champion certified by the World Boxing Council, and he was also certified by the World Boxing Association and The Ring. Yuri Arbachakov used the ring name Yuri Ebihara in honor of him and the Pokémon エビワラー (Ebiwarā?, Ebiwalar), known as Hitmonchan in the English-speaking world, is named after him.
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See also
- List of flyweight boxing champions
- List of WBC world champions
- List of WBA world champions
- List of The Ring world champions
- List of undisputed boxing champions
- Hitmonlee and Hitmonchan
| Preceded by | World Flyweight Champion 18 Sep 1963– 23 Jan 1964 |
Succeeded by Pone Kingpetch |
| Preceded by
Horacio Accavallo
Retires |
WBA Flyweight Champion 30 Mar 1969– 19 Oct 1969 |
Succeeded by Bernabe Villacampo |
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