Teruo Misawa (born 11 December 1978) is a Japanese former professional boxer who competed from 1998 to 2008. He held the Japanese mini-flyweight title from 2006 to 2007 and challenged for the WBC interim mini-flyweight title in 2008.

Teruo Misawa
Born (1978-12-11) 11 December 1978 (age 45)
NationalityJapanese
Statistics
Weight(s)Mini-flyweight
Height5 ft 2 in (1.57 m)
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights27
Wins18
Wins by KO7
Losses5
Draws4

Professional career edit

Misawa made his debut in 1998 with a win over Yuji Kogure. In his nineteenth bout, Satoshi Kogumazaka narrowly defeated Misawa by a close unanimous decision (UD) to retain his Japanese mini-flyweight title in March 2005. After an August 2006 rematch for the now vacant title ended in a split draw (SD), Misawa finally defeated Kogumazaka to win the title by UD in December 2006. Misawa lost the title in his first defense to Yasutaka Kuroki in May 2007 by unanimous technical decision (TD). After Kuroki defeated Misawa in a rematch, WBC interim champion Juan Palacios defeated Misawa by seventh-round technical knockout (TKO) to retain his title in November 2008.

Professional boxing record edit

27 fights 18 wins 5 losses
By knockout 7 1
By decision 11 4
Draws 4
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
27 Loss 18–5–4   Juan Palacios TKO 7 (12), 2:28 Nov 7, 2008   Sichuan Gymnasium, Chengdu, China For WBC interim mini-flyweight title
26 Loss 18–4–4   Yasutaka Kuroki UD 10 Apr 2, 2008   Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan For Japanese mini-flyweight title
25 Win 18–3–4   Adisak Polkratok KO 2 (10), 1:38 Oct 6, 2007   Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
24 Loss 17–3–4   Yasutaka Kuroki TD 7 (10), 1:46 May 5, 2007   Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Lost Japanese mini-flyweight title;
Unanimous TD
23 Win 17–2–4   Satoshi Kogumazaka UD 10 Dec 16, 2006   Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Won vacant Japanese mini-flyweight title
22 Draw 16–2–4   Satoshi Kogumazaka PTS 10 Aug 12, 2006   Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan For vacant Japanese mini-flyweight title
21 Win 16–2–3   Makoto Suzuki SD 10 Nov 8, 2005   Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
20 Win 15–2–3   Koki Takahashi UD 8 Sep 3, 2005   Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
19 Loss 14–2–3   Satoshi Kogumazaka UD 10 Mar 19, 2005   Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan For Japanese mini-flyweight title
18 Win 14–1–3   Yuki Hashiguchi UD 8 Apr 17, 2004   Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
17 Win 13–1–3   Hideaki Shoto TD 6 (10) Jan 17, 2004   Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Unanimous TD
16 Win 12–1–3   Kenichi Kishida UD 8 Aug 16, 2003   Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
15 Win 11–1–3   Toshiki Ogawa TKO 7 (8), 1:40 Apr 5, 2003   Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
14 Win 10–1–3   Hidekazu Miyagi MD 8 Apr 5, 2002   Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
13 Draw 9–1–3   Hiroshi Kasamatsu PTS 8 Dec 1, 2001   Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
12 Win 9–1–2   Atsuomi Maeda PTS 8 Aug 18, 2001   Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
11 Draw 8–1–2   Daisuke Takahashi TD 3 (10) Apr 21, 2001   Tokyo, Japan
10 Win 8–1–1   Koji Sano PTS 8 Feb 14, 2001   Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
9 Draw 7–1–1   Ichiro Yamanishi PTS 8 Oct 21, 2000   Tokyo, Japan
8 Win 7–1   Armando Torres MD 6 Jun 17, 2000   Tokyo, Japan
7 Win 6–1   Shinji Miyashita TKO 2 (6) Mar 12, 2000   Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, Japan
6 Loss 5–1   Jun Kitano PTS 4 Sep 27, 1999   Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
5 Win 5–0   Yoshiatsu Arii KO 2 (4), 1:50 Jul 23, 1999   Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
4 Win 4–0   Kenta Kitagawa PTS 4 Jun 8, 1999   Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
3 Win 3–0   Takefumi Matsukawa KO 1 (4) May 7, 1999   Tokyo, Japan
2 Win 2–0 Yoshitaka Tsushima TKO 1 (4) Feb 6, 1999   Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
1 Win 1–0 Yuji Kogure KO 2 (4) Oct 3, 1998   Tokyo, Japan Professional debut

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Sporting positions
Regional boxing titles
Preceded by
Satoshi Kogumazaka
Japanese mini-flyweight champion
December 16, 2006 – May 5, 2007
Succeeded by
Yasutaka Kuroki