Ryota Yamauchi

Ryota Yamauchi (Japanese: 山内涼太, Yamauchi Ryota, born 15 January 1995) is a Japanese professional boxer who has held the WBO Asia Pacific flyweight title since 2020. As of December 2021, he is ranked as the world's tenth best flyweight by The Ring.[2]

Ryota Yamauchi
山内涼太
Statistics
Weight(s)Flyweight
Height5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
NationalityJapanese
Born (1995-01-15) 15 January 1995
Toyonaka, Japan
StanceSouthpaw
Boxing record[1]
Total fights12
Wins9
Wins by KO8
Losses3

Professional boxing career

Yamauchi made his professional debut against Supaluek Noiwaengphim on 30 June 2017, whom he beat by a second-round knockout.[3] Yamauchi next fought the journeyman Lester Abutan on 19 December 2017.[4] He won the fight by a fourth-round technical knockout.[5]

Yamauchi was scheduled to fight Yota Hori on May 7, 2018, in his third professional appearance. He won the fight by a fifth-round technical knockout. Yamauchi next fought Rio Nainggolan on 1 October 2018, and won by a third-round stoppage, as Nainggolan retired from the fight at the end of the round.[6]

Yamauchi was scheduled to fight Wulan Tuolehazi for the vacant WBA International flyweight title on 30 March 2019. It was his first professional title fight, his first twelve-round fight, as well as his first fight outside of Japan. Yamauchi suffered his first professional defeat, as Tuolehazi won the fight by unanimous decision.[7] Yamauchi was next scheduled to face the WBA Asian flyweight champion, and #13 ranked WBA flyweight conteder, Alphoe Dagayloan on 23 August 2019. He won the fight by majority decision.[8] Yamauchi faced another Philippine opponent, MJ Bo, on 14 February 2020. He won the fight by a second-round knockout.[9]

Yamauchi was booked to fight his fellow countryman Satoru Todaka for the vacant WBO Asia Pacific flyweight title on 19 August 2020. Todaka retired from the bout at the end of the third round.[10] Yamauchi made his first title defense against Yuta Nakayama on 24 June 2021.[11] He won the fight by a seventh-round technical knockout.[12]

Yamauchi challenged the reigning WBO flyweight champion Junto Nakatani, in what was Nakatani's second title defense. The title fight was scheduled for the undercard of the Ryota Murata and Gennadiy Golovkin middleweight unification bout, which took place on 9 April 2022 at the Saitama Super Arena in Saitama, Japan.[13] He lost the fight by an eight-round technical knockout, due to referee stoppage, after having lost all the preceding rounds on the judges' scorecards.[14]

Yamauchi faced Josuke Nagata for the vacant Japanese flyweight title on 1 April 2023.[15] He lost the fight by unanimous decision, with all three judges scoring the bout 96–94 in favor of Nagata.[16]

Professional boxing record
12 fights 9 wins 3 losses
By knockout 8 1
By decision 1 2
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
12 Loss 9–3 Josuke Nagata UD 10 1 Apr 2023 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan For vacant Japanese flyweight title
11 Win 9–2 Parinya Khaikanha TKO 1 (8), 2:59 11 Aug 2022 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
10 Loss 8–2 Junto Nakatani TKO 8 (12) 9 Apr 2022 Saitama Super Arena, Saitama, Japan For WBO flyweight title
9 Win 8–1 Yuta Nakayama TKO 7 (12), 1:29 24 Jun 2021 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Retained WBO Asia Pacific flyweight title
8 Win 7–1 Satoru Todaka RTD 3 (12), 3:00 19 Aug 2020 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Won vacant WBO Asia Pacific flyweight title
7 Win 6–1 MJ Bo KO 2 (8), 2:24 14 Feb 2020 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
6 Win 5–1 Alphoe Dagayloan MD 8 23 Aug 2019 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
5 Loss 4–1 Wulan Tuolehazi UD 12 30 Mar 2019 PuTuo Stadium, Shanghai, China For vacant WBA International flyweight title
4 Win 4–0 Rio Nainggolan RTD 3 (8), 3:00 1 Oct 2018 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
3 Win 3–0 Yota Hori TKO 5 (8), 1:32 7 May 2018 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
2 Win 2–0 Lester Abutan TKO 4 (6), 2:26 19 Dec 2017 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
1 Win 1–0 Supaluek Noiwaengphim KO 2 (6), 2:47 30 Jun 2017 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan

References
  1. "Boxing record for Ryota Yamauchi
    山内涼太"    . BoxRec.
  2. "Ratings - Flyweight". ringtv.com. Retrieved 16 December 2021.
  3. "前日本王者の土屋修平が引退表明、岡田博喜3-0勝ち". boxingnews.jp. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  4. "【ワンシーン】 願いをこめて～山内涼太の入場曲～". bbm-japan.com. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  5. "LIFETIME BOXING FIGHTS.3[トリプル世界戦]". boxmob.jp. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  6. "前日本王者の大橋健典　再起戦に判定勝ち". boxingnews.jp. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  7. "今野裕介が中国で劇的TKO勝ち　山内涼太は敗れる". boxingnews.jp. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  8. "粉川拓也8回TKO負け　OPBF王座獲得ならず　 ホープ山内涼太　WBA13位に2-0判定勝ち". boxingnews.jp. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  9. "ＷＢＡ世界フライ級３位・山内がＫＯ　勝利も反省「動きが遅い」". daily.co.jp. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  10. "ホープ山内涼太　WBOアジア･フライ級王座獲得　 ラストファイト宣言の戸髙達　無念の3回棄権". boxingnews.jp. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  11. "初防衛戦に臨む山内涼太(角海老宝石)". boxmob.jp. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  12. "【ボクシング】山内涼太、パワーの差を見せアジア王座V１". news.yahoo.co.jp. Retrieved 17 December 2021.
  13. Wainwright, Anson (3 March 2022). "Golovkin-Murata Undercard: Junto Nakatani To Defend WBO Flyweight Title Against Ryota Yamauchi". ringtv.com. Retrieved 3 March 2022.
  14. "【中谷潤人vs山内涼太】中谷潤人８回TKOで２度目の防衛　デビュー23連勝／ライブ詳細". nikkansports.com. Retrieved 9 April 2022.
  15. "日本フライ級戦の山内涼太－永田丈晶ともに計量パス　あす新生ダイナミック". boxingnews.jp. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
  16. "【ボクシング】永田丈晶が山内涼太に判定勝ち　天国の父に勝利をささげる「おやじのおかげで日本チャンピオンになれました」". sanspo.com. Retrieved 3 April 2023.
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