Satoshi Shimizu

Japanese boxer

Satoshi Shimizu

Born|  (1986-03-13) March 13, 1986 (age 38)

Sōja, Okayama[3]

Nationality| Japanese
Other names| Diamond Left[2]
Statistics
Weight(s)|

* Featherweight
* Super-featherweight

Height| 179 cm (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Boxing record
Total fights| 13
Wins| 11
Wins by KO| 10
Losses| 2

Medal record

Men's amateur boxing
Representing  Japan
Olympic Games
| 2012 London | Bantamweight
Asian Championships
|  2009 Zhuhai | Featherweight

Satoshi Shimizu (清水 聡, Shimizu Satoshi, born March 13, 1986 in Okayama[4]) is a Japanese professional boxer who has held the OPBF featherweight title since 2017. As an amateur, he won the bronze medal in the men's bantamweight division at the 2012 Olympics.[5]

## Personal career

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He is currently an employee of a children's clothing maker, Miki House. He was Second lieutenant in the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force in 2012,[6][7] and was affiliated with his alma mater, Komazawa University in 2008.[4][6][8]

## Amateur boxing career

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Shimizu started boxing at a gym in Kurashiki, Okayama in the third grade of junior high school.[9]

### 2008 Summer Olympics

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He competed at the 2008 Summer Olympics at featherweight (- 57 kg) but lost his first bout 9–12 to Yakup Kılıç.[4] He was not happy about the judgement,[10][11] and turned down the offers to sign professional contracts in order to win a medal at the Olympics.[9] He secured the bronze medal in the featherweight division in the 2009 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships in Zhuhai, China,[12] and won the National Sports Festival of Japan in the lightweight division to become a three-division champion of that title in the same year.[13]

In January 2010, he had surgery on the shoulder injury that has plagued him for years, and won the regional round of the National Sports Festival all by RSC in the lightweight division.[14] Only one week after that, he moved down in weight class to the bantamweight division because the featherweight division has been removed in the AIBA events for the 2012 Summer Olympics since September 2010,[14][15] and participated in the Asian Games, but lost in the quarterfinals.[12]

### 2012 Summer Olympics

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Shimizu qualified for the 2012 Summer Olympics in the bantamweight division. He beat Isaac Dogboe 10–9, then was initially declared the loser in his second fight by Magomed Abdulhamidov of Azerbaijan due to controversial judging and refereeing. At the beginning of the third round, he was trailing Abdulhamidov by 7 points; however, in the last 2 minutes of that round, Abdulhamidov began to tire. Shimizu repeatedly knocked his opponent down, 6 times in total.[Video 1] AIBA officially overturned the ruling after an appeal by the Japanese Coach stating that Abdulhamidov should have been given at least 3 warnings and therefore disqualified.

Shimizu defeated Algeria's Mohamed Ouadahi 17–15 in the quarter-finals[16] but lost to Great Britain's Luke Campbell 20–11 in the semi-finals which won him the bronze medal. It was Japan's first men's boxing medal since 1968.[5] Shimizu made a significant contribution to Japan's 2012 Olympic boxing team as an icebreaker.[17] However, the medal was lost in spring 2013.[6]

He decided to join APB (AIBA Pro Boxing) for the right to fight for the gold at the 2016 Summer Olympics.[18] So, he retired from the Japan Ground Self-Defense Force, and entered Miki House in April 2014.[6]

## Professional boxing career

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### Early career

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Shimizu decided to turn professional after failing to qualify for the 2016 Summer Olympics.[19] He began training at the Ohashi Boxing Gym,[20] and acquired his professional boxing license on July 29, 2016.[21]

Shimizu made his professional debut against In Kyoo Lee on September 4, 2016, on the undercard of the WBO super-flyweight title bout between Naoya Inoue and Petchbarngborn Kokietgym.[22] He won the fight by a fifth-round knockout, flooring Lee with a left hook to the body, which prompted his corner-men to throw in the towel. Prior to the knockout, Lee was knocked down in both the second and fourth rounds.[23]

Shimizu faced the 6–3 Carlo Demecillo in his second professional appearance, which took place on the undercard of the December 30, 2016, WBO super-flyweight title bout between Naoya Inoue and Kohei Kono.[24] He won the fight by a third-round knockout, stopping Demecillo with a right hook to the jaw.[25] Shimizu was next scheduled to face Takuya Yamamoto on May 21, 2017.[26] He won the fight by a first-round technical knockout.[27]

### OPBF featherweight champion

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Shimizu was booked to challenge the reigning OPBF featherweight champion Sa Myung Noh on October 2, 2017. The title fight was scheduled as the main event of the "61st Phoenix Battle", which took place at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.[28] He captured the belt with a fifth-round knockout of Noh. Shimizu pressured Noh from the outset of the fight and knocked him down it the fourth. Although he was unable to finish him in that round, he managed to do so at the 1:54 minute mark of the very next round.[29] Shimizu made his first title defense against Eduardo Mancito on December 30, 2017, on the undercard of the Naoya Inoue and Yoan Boyeaux WBO super-flyweight title bout. He knocked Mancito down with a right hook in the first round and dropped him twice more in the seventh round, before finally finishing the Filipino challenger with a right hook at the 2:08 minute mark of the seventh round.[30]

Shimizu made his second title defense against Kyung Min Kwon on March 26, 2018, in his return to the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan, where he first won the belt.[31] He first knocked Kwon down with a left straight in the sixth round, before forcing the referee to wave the fight off with a flurry of punches in the eight round.[32] Shimizu made his third title defense against the 16–3–1 Shingo Kawamura on August 17, 2018.[33] He won the fight by a fourth-round knockout. Shimizu first staggered Kawamura with a left straight, before knockoing him out with a strike to the body.[34] Shimizu made his third title defense against the undefeated Takuya Uehara on December 3, 2018, in the main event of "66th Phoenix Battle".[35] He won the fight by a third-round technical knockout.[36]

Shimizu was booked to challenge the reigning WBO Asia Pacific super-featherweight champion Joe Noynay on July 12, 2019, on the Rob Brant vs Ryota Murata II undercard, at the Edion Arena in Osaka, Japan.[37] Despite coming into the fight as a favorite, Shimizu suffered an upset stoppage loss. Shimizu was knocked down twice in the first round and failed to recover in the remaining five rounds, as he lost the fight by a sixth-round technical knockout.[38]

Shimizu made his fifth OPBF featherweight title defense against Kyohei Tonomoto on July 16, 2020, after a year-long absence from the sport.[39] He won the fight by a seventh-round technical knockout.[40] Shimizu was booked to face the WBO Asia Pacific featherweight champion Musashi Mori in his sixth title defense on May 21, 2021. He won the fight by unanimous decision. Two of the judges scored the fight 118–110 in his favor, while the third judge scored the fight 116–112 for Shimizu.[41] Shimizu vacated the WBO Asia Pacific title on November 26, 2021, six months after he had won it.[42]

## Professional boxing record

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14 fights  | 12 wins  | 2 losses

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By knockout  | 11  | 2
By decision  | 1  | 0
No. | Result  | Record  | Opponent  | Type  | Round, time  | Date  | Location  | Notes

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13  | Loss  | 11–2  | Robeisy Ramírez | TKO  | 5 (12) 1:08 | 25 Jul 2023 | Ariake Arena, Tokyo, Japan | For WBO featherweight title
12  | Win  | 11–1  | Landy Cris Leon  | RTD | 2 (8), 3:00 | 13 Dec 2022 | Ariake Arena, Tokyo, Japan |
11  | Win  | 10–1  | Musashi Mori  | UD | 12  | 21 May 2021  | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan | Retained OPBF featherweight title;
Won WBO Asia Pacific featherweight title
10  | Win  | 9–1  | Kyohei Tonomoto  | TKO  | 7 (12), 2:10 | 16 Jul 2020  | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan | Retained OPBF featherweight title
9  | Loss  | 8–1  | Joe Noynay | TKO  | 6 (12), 2:18 | 12 Jul 2019  | Edion Arena, Osaka, Japan | For WBO Asia Pacific super-featherweight title
8  | Win  | 8–0  | Takuya Uehara  | TKO  | 3 (12), 1:26 | 3 Dec 2018  | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan | Retained OPBF featherweight title
7  | Win  | 7–0  | Shingo Kawamura  | TKO  | 4 (12), 2:43 | 17 Aug 2018  | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan | Retained OPBF featherweight title
6  | Win  | 6–0  | Kyung Min Kwon  | TKO  | 8 (12), 1:06 | 26 Mar 2018  | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan | Retained OPBF featherweight title
5  | Win  | 5–0  | Eduardo Mancito  | TKO  | 7 (12), 2:08 | 30 Dec 2017  | Cultural Gymnasium, Yokohama, Japan | Retained OPBF featherweight title
4  | Win  | 4–0  | Sa Myung Noh  | TKO  | 5 (12), 1:54 | 2 Oct 2017  | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan | Won OPBF featherweight title
3  | Win  | 3–0  | Takuya Yamamoto  | TKO | 1 (8), 1:49 | 21 May 2017  | Ariake Coliseum, Tokyo, Japan |
2  | Win  | 2–0  | Carlo Demecillo  | KO  | 3 (8), 1:09 | 30 Dec 2016  | Ariake Coliseum, Tokyo, Japan |
1  | Win  | 1–0  | In Kyoo Lee  | KO | 5 (6), 2:13 | 4 Sep 2016  | Sky Arena, Zama, Japan |

## See also

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* List of Olympic medalists in boxing
* List of 2012 Summer Olympics medal winners
* 2012 Asian Boxing Olympic Qualification Tournament
* Controversies at the 2012 Summer Olympics
* Chronological summary of the 2012 Summer Olympics

## References

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1. ^ "Japanese Medalists in London 2012 Olympics". joc.or.jp. Japanese Olympic Committee. Retrieved 17 January 2014.
2. ^ 清水聡「ダイヤモンドレフト」で最速東洋タイトルだ 日刊スポーツ 2017-07-12
3. ^ 防衛省・自衛隊：自衛隊岡山地方協力本部 (in Japanese). Okayama Provincial Cooperation Office of the Japan Self-Defense Forces. 2012. Retrieved August 2, 2012.
4. ^ a b c Satoshi Shimizu Biography and Olympic Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com
5. ^ a b "Olympics: Murata reaches final, Shimizu takes bronze in boxing". Kyodo News. August 10, 2012. Retrieved August 10, 2012.
6. ^ a b c d "London medalist Shimizu leaves SDF, joins Miki House". Yomiuri Shimbun. Archived from the original on 2014-04-13. Retrieved August 18, 2016.
7. ^ "SDF Personnel Who Are Active on the World Stage" (PDF). Ministry of Defense (Japan). 2012. p. 36. Retrieved August 28, 2012.
8. ^ "2008 Beijing Summer Olympics - SHIMIZU Satoshi Profile & Bio, Photos & Videos - NBC Olympics". NBCUniversal. 2008. Archived from the original on August 8, 2008. Retrieved August 2, 2012.
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10. ^ Ed Odeven (August 16, 2008). "Japan's boxers lose in first round". The Japan Times. Retrieved August 22, 2012.
11. ^ Padraic Halpin/Alison Wildey (August 1, 2012). "Boxing: Judges under fire amid "fix" claims". Reuters UK. Retrieved August 22, 2012.
12. ^ a b "Biographies for Satoshi Shimizu". Asian Boxing Confederation. 2013. Retrieved May 25, 2013.
13. ^ チーム駒大、国体で優勝ラッシュ! (in Japanese). Komadai Sports Newspaper. October 6, 2009. Retrieved August 29, 2012.
14. ^ a b 予想を裏切り続ける清水 聡のスイッチ (in Japanese). Physical Training School of the Self Defense Forces. 2010. Retrieved August 29, 2012.
15. ^ "AIBA drops Featherweight division". New Vision. September 11, 2009. Archived from the original on October 5, 2013. Retrieved August 29, 2012.
16. ^ "Olympics-Men's boxing bantamweight quarter-finals results". Reuters. August 5, 2012. Retrieved August 5, 2012.
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19. ^ "清水 リオ自力切符消えた...五輪代表選考会で流血判定負け". sponichi.co.jp. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
20. ^ "ロンドン銅の清水聡プロ転向「２年以内に世界王者」". nikkansports.com. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
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22. ^ "清水聡、初の前日計量「１人で盛り上げた」会長感心". nikkansports.com. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
23. ^ "ロンドン銅から４年の清水聡が５回ＴＫＯで会心勝利". nikkansports.com. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
24. ^ "八重樫東が公開スパーでも"激闘" 清水聡も順調". boxingnews.jp. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
25. ^ "清水聡、プロ２戦目もＫＯ ロンドン五輪銅メダリスト". sankei.com. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
26. ^ "初のボクシング大会". townnews.co.jp. 11 May 2017. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
27. ^ "清水聡が初回KOで3連勝、松本亮&細野悟も快勝". boxingnews.jp. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
28. ^ Adachi, Hisao (26 September 2017). "Satoshi Shimiz peleará en Octubre". conmilupanoticias.com. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
29. ^ Koizumi, Joe (2 October 2017). "Olympic Bronze Medalist Shimizu wins OPBF 126lb belt; Abe upsets WBC #12 Hosono". fightnews.com. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
30. ^ Koizumi, Joe (31 December 2017). "2012 Olympic medalist Shimizu keeps OPBF 126lb belt". fightnews.com. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
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33. ^ Wainwright, Anson (13 August 2018). "Satoshi Shimizu to face Shingo Kawamura, fast-tracking towards world title shot". ringtv.com. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
34. ^ "【ボクシング】清水聡、豪雨被害の故郷に届けたV3". efight.jp. 18 August 2018. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
35. ^ "Satoshi Shimizu to defend OPBF title against Takuya Uehara!". asianboxing.info. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
36. ^ "清水聡!無敗の新鋭とV4戦". boxmob.jp. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
37. ^ Christ, Scott (23 May 2019). "Satoshi Shimizu to return on Brant vs Murata II undercard". badlefthook.com. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
38. ^ Simpson, Bakari (12 July 2019). "Joe Noynay Shocks Satoshi Shimizu!". 3kingsboxing.com. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
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40. ^ "清水聡が５度目防衛"再出発"の日に１年ぶり再起". nikkansports.com. Retrieved 23 January 2022.
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### Video references

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1. ^ Boxing Men's Bantam (56kg) Round of 16 Replay - London 2012 Olympic Games (YouTube video). IOC. August 1, 2012. Event occurs at 51:44. Retrieved August 16, 2012.[dead YouTube link]

## External links

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* Boxing record for Satoshi Shimizu from BoxRec (registration required)
* AIBA INTERNATIONAL BOXING ASSOCIATION biographies
* Satoshi Shimizu's boxing stats by the AIBA

Sporting positions

Regional boxing titles
Preceded by

Sa Myung Noh

|  OPBF featherweight champion
2 October 2017 – present  | Incumbent
*[No.]: Number
*[RTD]: Corner retirement
*[UD]: Unanimous decision
*[TKO]: Technical knockout
*[KO]: Knockout