Kiyoshi Tanabe

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Japanese boxer (born 1940)

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Kiyoshi Tanabe

Tanabe (left) at the 1960 Olympics

Born|  (1940-10-10) October 10, 1940 (age 83)

Aomori City, Japan

Statistics
Weight(s)| Flyweight
Height| 159 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Stance| Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights| 22
Wins| 21
Wins by KO| 5
Losses| 0
Draws| 1

Medal record

Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
|  1960 Rome | Flyweight
Asian Games
|  1962 Jakarta | Bantamweight

Kiyoshi Tanabe (田辺 清, born October 10, 1940) is a retired Japanese boxer who won a bronze medal at the 1960 Olympics.[1]

## Biography

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As an amateur Tanabe won a bronze medal at the 1960 Olympics, becoming the first Japanese boxer to win an Olympic medal. His amateur record was 115-5 (30RSC). He made his professional debut in 1963, and won the Japanese flyweight title in 1965, which he defended twice before vacating. In February 1967, he fought WBA & WBC flyweight champion Horacio Accavallo in a non-title match, and won by 6th-round TKO.[2]

Tanabe was scheduled to get his first world title shot in July 1967, and expectations heightened around the talented fighter. However, it was discovered that he had suffered a detached retina in his right eye, which forced him into retirement. He had surgery on his right eye, but lost his vision two years later.[citation needed]

## References

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1. ^ Kiyoshi Tanabe. sports-reference.com
2. ^ Boxing record for Kiyoshi Tanabe from BoxRec (registration required)

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Asian Games Champions in Boxing – Men's Bantamweight

1954–2006: 54 kg • 2010–2018: 56 kg

* 1954:  Alejandro Ortuoste (PHI)
* 1958:  Thein Myint (BIR)
* 1962:  Kiyoshi Tanabe (JPN)
* 1966:  Cherdchai Udompaichitkul (THA)
* 1970:  Ricardo Fortaleza (PHI)
* 1974:  Hitoshi Ishigaki (JPN)
* 1978:  Hwang Chul-soon (KOR)
* 1982:  Moon Sung-kil (KOR)
* 1986:  Moon Sung-kil (KOR)
* 1990:  Roberto Jalnaiz (PHI)
* 1994:  Yeom Jong-kil (KOR)
* 1998:  Dingko Singh (IND)
* 2002:  Kim Won-il (KOR)
* 2006:  Joan Tipon (PHI)
* 2010:  Worapoj Petchkoom (THA)
* 2014:  Ham Sang-myeong (KOR)
* 2018:  Mirazizbek Mirzakhalilov (UZB)

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