Kohei Kono

Kohei Kono
Statistics
Real name	Kohei Kono
Nickname(s)	Tough Boy
Rated at	Super flyweight
Height	5 ft 5.5 in (1.66 m)
Reach	67 in (170 cm)
Nationality	Japanese
Born	(1980-11-23) 23 November 1980 Nakakoma District, Yamanashi, Japan
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	41
Wins	32
Wins by KO	13
Losses	8
Draws	1
No contests	0

Kohei Kono (河野公平, Kōno Kōhei) is a Japanese professional boxer who is the current WBA Super flyweight Champion.

Kono captured the WBA super flyweight title in his third world title shot against Thailand's Tepparith Kokietgym via fourth round knockout at the Ota-City General Gymnasium in Tokyo on December 31, 2012.

Professional boxing record

41 fights, 32 wins (13 knockouts), 8 losses, 1 draw
No.	Res.	Record	Opponent	Type	Rd., Time	Date	Location	Notes
41	Win	32–8–1	Inthanon Sithchamuang	UD	12	Apr 27, 2016	Ota-City General Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	Retained WBA super-flyweight title
40	Win	31–8–1	Kōki Kameda	UD	12	Oct 16, 2015	UIC Pavilion, Chicago, US	Retained WBA super-flyweight title
39	Draw	30–8–1	Norberto Jimenez	SD	12	Dec 31, 2014	Ota-City General Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	Retained WBA super-flyweight title
38	Win	30–8	Denkaosan Kaovichit	KO	8 (12), 0:50	Mar 26, 2014	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan	Won vacant WBA super-flyweight title
37	Win	29–8	Dawut Manopkanchang	TKO	3 (8), 0:50	Dec 31, 2013	Ota-City General Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan
36	Loss	28–8	Liborio Solís	MD	12	May 6, 2013	Ota-City General Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	Lost WBA super-flyweight title
35	Win	28–7	Tepparith Singwancha	KO	4 (12), 2:08	Dec 31, 2012	Ota-City General Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan	Won WBA super-flyweight title
34	Win	27–7	Petchbarngborn Kokietgym	UD	8	Sep 10, 2012	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
33	Win	26–7	Yusaku Ishikawa	TKO	5 (8), 1:14	Mar 31, 2012	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
32	Loss	25–7	Yohei Tobe	UD	8	Oct 10, 2011	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
31	Loss	25–6	Yota Sato	UD	10	Apr 9, 2011	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan	For Japanese super-flyweight title
30	Loss	25–5	Tomás Rojas	UD	12	Sep 20, 2010	Super Arena, Saitama, Japan	For vacant WBC super-flyweight title
29	Win	25–4	Masafumi Tonomura	TKO	11 (12), 2:28	May 17, 2010	Super Arena, Saitama, Japan	Retained OPBF super-flyweight title
28	Win	24–4	Marvin Tampus	UD	12	Oct 3, 2009	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan	Retained OPBF super-flyweight title
27	Win	23–4	Daniel Ferreras	UD	12	May 2, 2009	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan	Won vacant OPBF super-flyweight title
26	Win	22–4	Hendrik Barongsay	TKO	6 (10), 2:28	Feb 7, 2009	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
25	Loss	21–4	Nobuo Nashiro	SD	12	Sep 15, 2008	Pacifico, Yokohama, Japan	For vacant WBA super-flyweight title
24	Win	21–3	Kuniyuki Aizawa	UD	12	Feb 16, 2008	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan	Retained OPBF and Japanese super-flyweight titles
23	Win	20–3	Eden Sonsona	SD	12	Oct 6, 2007	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan	Won vacant OPBF super-flyweight title
22	Win	19–3	Kenji Saegusa	TD	9 (10), 1:05	Jun 2, 2007	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan	Retained Japanese super-flyweight title
21	Win	18–3	Teppei Kikui	UD	10	Feb 12, 2007	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan	Won Japanese super-flyweight title
20	Win	17–3	Saichon Or Ounsuwon	TKO	6 (8), 2:41	Sep 4, 2006	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
19	Win	16–3	Prosper Matsuura	TKO	9 (10), 1:50	Feb 11, 2006	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
18	Win	15–3	Petchdam Sithsaithong	KO	2 (10), 1:07	Oct 24, 2005	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
17	Loss	14–3	Teppei Kikui	UD	8	Jul 16, 2005	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
16	Win	14–2	Kyohei Wada	UD	8	Feb 1, 2005	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
15	Win	13–2	Munetake Egawa	SD	8	Aug 25, 2004	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
14	Win	12–2	Kengo Wakao	TKO	7 (10), 1:05	May 20, 2004	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
13	Win	11–2	Asahi Takano	UD	8	Feb 5, 2004	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
12	Win	10–2	Teppei Kikui	SD	8	Nov 4, 2003	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
11	Win	9–2	Makoto Horinouchi	TKO	2 (6), 2:54	Jun 26, 2003	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
10	Loss	8–2	Daigo Nakahiro	UD	6	Dec 22, 2002	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
9	Win	8–1	Kenji Saegusa	UD	6	Nov 9, 2002	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
8	Win	7–1	Yuichiro Komuro	UD	6	Sep 26, 2002	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
7	Win	6–1	Yuki Kishi	UD	6	Aug 2, 2002	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
6	Win	5–1	Kosuke Takamizawa	TKO	4 (4), 1:54	May 31, 2002	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
5	Win	4–1	Ryoji Arai	KO	1 (4), 2:07	Jan 28, 2002	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
4	Win	3–1	Yosuke Ishiwatari	UD	4	Sep 26, 2001	Bunka Gym, Yokohama, Japan
3	Win	2–1	Takaaki Hayashi	UD	4	Jun 19, 2001	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
2	Win	1–1	Kazuya Hirata	UD	4	Apr 18, 2001	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
1	Loss	0–1	Toshiaki Nitta	MD	4	Nov 22, 2000	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan	Professional debut

External links

• Professional boxing record for Kohei Kono from BoxRec

Preceded by Tepparith Kokietgym	WBA Super Flyweight Champion December 31, 2012 – May 6, 2013	Succeeded by Liborio Solís
Vacant Title last held by Liborio Solís	WBA Super Flyweight Champion March 26, 2014 – present	Incumbent