Kasumi Saeki (佐伯 霞, Saeki Kasumi, born July 16, 1996) is a Japanese professional boxer. She has held the WBO female mini flyweight title since 24 April 2019.

Kasumi Saeki
佐伯 霞
Born (1996-07-16) July 16, 1996 (age 27)
NationalityJapanese
Statistics
Weight(s)Light flyweight
Height1.54 m (5 ft 1 in)[1]
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights4
Wins4
Wins by KO3

Career edit

Early career edit

Born in Osaka, Saeki started practicing combat sports at the age of six with kickboxing. A few years later, whilst at elementary school, she picked boxing and began competing at amateur championships in Japan and world-wide, having several important wins, most notably in 2011 at the AIBA World Women's Youth Championships in Antalya and the 2014 Japanese Women's National Championships held in Shizuoka. Saeki finished her amateur career with a 35–9 record.[2]

Professional career edit

After a successful amateur career, Saeki made her professional debut on May 27, 2018, against Floryvic Montero, winning the bout by unanimous decision after six rounds.

Saeki fought Wassana Kamdee on December 1, 2018, for the vacant WBO Asia Pacific female mini flyweight title, winning by technical knockout (TKO) in the third round.[3]

On April 27, 2019, Saeki fought against Elizabeth López for the vacant WBO female mini flyweight title at the EDION Arena Osaka. Saeki won the fight by TKO in the sixth round.[4]

Professional boxing record edit

4 fights 4 wins 0 losses
By knockout 3 0
By decision 1 0
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
4 Win 4–0   Elizabeth López TKO 6 (10) 2019-04-27   EDION Arena Osaka, Osaka, Japan Won vacant WBO female mini flyweight title
3 Win 3–0   Wassana Kamdee TKO 3 (8) 2018-12-01   EDION Arena Osaka, Osaka, Japan Won vacant WBO Asia Pacific female mini flyweight title
2 Win 2–0   Kanyarat Yoohanngoh TKO 6 (6) 2018-08-11   City Sogo Gym, Hirakata, Japan
1 Win 1–0   Floryvic Montero UD 6 2018-05-27   Big Wave, Wakayama, Japan

External links edit

References edit

  1. ^ "BoxRec: Kasumi Saeki". BoxRec. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  2. ^ "Kasumi Saeki". asianboxing.info. 26 November 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2019.
  3. ^ @WorldBoxingOrg (December 1, 2018). "For the vacant WBO Asia Pacific Female Mini-Flyweight Title, 🇯🇵 Kasumi Saeki (3-0, 2 KOs) scored a spectacular 3rd-round TKO victory over 🇹🇭Wassana Kamdee (3-4, 2 KOs) at the EDION Arena Osaka, Japan" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  4. ^ "Unbeaten Saeki Wins WBO World Title". wboboxing.com. World Boxing Organization. 28 April 2019. Retrieved 7 October 2019.