Yutaka Niida

Yutaka Niida (新井田豊, Niida Yutaka, born October 2, 1978 in Yokohama, Kanagawa) is a retired professional boxer in the minimumweight (105 lb) division and former WBA world minimumweight champion.

Yutaka Niida
Statistics
Real nameYutaka Niida
Weight(s)minimumweight
Height5 ft 1+1⁄2 in (156 cm)
NationalityJapanese
Born (1978-10-02) October 2, 1978
Yokohama, Kanagawa,
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights28
Wins23
Wins by KO9
Losses2
Draws3
No contests0

Professional boxing career

Niida belonged to the Yokohama Hikari Boxing Gym, his trainer was Mitsunori Seki and Hidefumi Oikawa.[1] He first won the WBA minimumweight title at the Pacifico Yokohama on August 25, 2001, when he defeated Chana Porpaoin by unanimous decision.[2] On October 22 only two months later, Niida vacated the title, with the intention of retiring due to back problems and lost interest in boxing.[3]

Niida returned two years later and challenged Noel Arambulet for the title at the same venue, but Niida suffered his first loss, by split decision.[2] Niida fought against Arambulet again at the Korakuen Hall on July 3, 2004; this time Niida won the title by unanimous decision in addition to Arambulet not making the weight.[2] Niida has successfully defended the title seven times since he regained it, winning his last defense occurring against Jose Luis Varela at the Korakuen Hall on March 1, 2008 by knockout in the 6th round.[4] However Mitsunori Seki died from a subarachnoid hemorrhage on June 6, 2008,[5] his death gave Niida an intense shock.

Yutaka Niida lost his title via a fourth-round TKO at the Pacifico Yokohama on September 15, 2008 to Nicaragua's Román González. Presumably, he hung his gloves after the fight. Niida won the achievement award for the 41st Japan Professional Sports Grand Prize that year.[6]

In 2010, Niida founded a public company "World Famous" named after the entrance song of his champion days created by the Japanese rapper BiARD for him, and established a sports gym "Body Design 新井田式 (which means Niida method)" in Yokohama on November 20. Hidefumi Oikawa also works as one of ten or so trainers in this gym.[7]

Professional boxing record
28 fights 23 wins 2 losses
By knockout 9 1
By decision 14 1
Draws 3
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
28 Loss 23–2–3 Román González TKO 4 (12), 1:59 15 Sep 2008 Pacifico Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan Lost WBA minimumweight title
27 Win 23–1–3 José Luis Varela KO 6 (12), 2:16 3 Mar 2008 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Retained WBA minimumweight title
26 Win 22–1–3 Eriberto Gejon UD 12 1 Sep 2007 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Retained WBA minimumweight title
25 Win 21–1–3 Katsunari Takayama SD 12 7 Apr 2007 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Retained WBA minimumweight title
24 Win 20–1–3 Ronald Barrera UD 12 4 Mar 2006 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Retained WBA minimumweight title
23 Win 19–1–3 Eriberto Gejon TD 10 (12), 2:01 25 Sep 2005 Yokohama Arena, Yokohama, Japan Retained WBA minimumweight title
22 Win 18–1–3 Jae Won Kim UD 12 16 Apr 2005 Nippon Budokan, Tokyo, Japan Retained WBA minimumweight title
21 Win 17–1–3 Juan Jose Landaeta SD 12 30 Oct 2004 Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, Japan Retained WBA minimumweight title
20 Win 16–1–3 Noel Arambulet UD 12 3 Jul 2004 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Won vacant WBA minimumweight title
19 Win 15–1–3 Ut Taprakhon TKO 5 (10), 2:55 8 Dec 2003 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
18 Loss 14–1–3 Noel Arambulet SD 12 12 Jul 2003 Pacifico Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan For vacant WBA minimumweight title
17 Win 14–0–3 Chana Porpaoin UD 12 25 Aug 2001 Pacifico Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan Won WBA minimumweight title
16 Draw 13–0–3 Daisuke Iida UD 10 14 May 2001 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Retained Japanese minimumweight title
15 Win 13–0–2 Makoto Suzuki TKO 9 (10), 2:53 8 Jan 2001 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Won Japanese minimumweight title
14 Win 12–0–2 Sonny Boy Panding KO 1 (8) 11 Oct 2000 Pacifico Yokohama, Yokohama, Japan
13 Win 11–0–2 Itsuo Oka TKO 8 (10) 30 May 2000 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
12 Win 10–0–2 Atsuomi Maeda UD 8 23 Mar 2000 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
11 Win 9–0–2 Rudolfo Fernandez KO 2 (10) 18 Oct 1999 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
10 Win 8–0–2 Masanori Suga KO 2 (10) 27 Jun 1999 Ariake Coliseum, Tokyo, Japan
9 Win 7–0–2 Rogelio Lapian UD 8 15 Feb 1999 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
8 Win 6–0–2 Hidetaka Kitano KO 1 (6) 3 Dec 1998 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
7 Draw 5–0–2 Kenichiro Hamaguchi MD 6 18 Sep 1998 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
6 Draw 5–0–1 Tsutomu Oshigane SD 6 29 Mar 1998 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
5 Win 5–0 Yuki Hashiguchi UD 6 3 Oct 1997 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
4 Win 4–0 Kazuhisa Takahashi UD 4 26 Jul 1997 Yokohama Arena, Yokohama, Japan
3 Win 3–0 Tatsuro Oya KO 1 (4) 17 Sep 1997 Korakuen Hall, Yokohama, Japan
2 Win 2–0 Akio Yamamoto UD 4 20 Dec 1996 Nanba Grand Kagetsu, Osaka, Japan
1 Win 1–0 Satoshi Shinkai KO 1 (4) 15 Nov 1996 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan

See also

References
  1. "All the past champions from the Yokohama Hikari Boxing Gym – Yutaka Niida" (in Japanese). Yokohama Hikari Boxing Gym official website. Retrieved November 20, 2010.
  2. BoxRec.com editors. "Yutaka Niida." BoxRec.com. URL accessed July 17, 2006.
  3. "Fitness sports gym "Body Design 新井田式" – 代表プロフィール" (in Japanese). Fitness sports gym "Body Design 新井田式". Retrieved January 4, 2011.
  4. "Niida Retains WBA Minimum World Title". SecondsOut.com. Retrieved November 20, 2010.
  5. BOXING WORLD editorial department, ed. (June 6, 2008). 訃報 往年の名選手、関光徳会長死去 (in Japanese). MACC Publications Inc. Retrieved November 20, 2010.
  6. 2008年度 第41回 内閣総理大臣杯 日本プロスポーツ大賞 – 功労賞 (in Japanese). Japan Professional Sports Association. Retrieved January 4, 2011.
  7. BOXING BEAT editorial department, ed. (November 20, 2010). 元王者新井田さんがスポーツジム開く 横浜 (in Japanese). MACC Publications Inc. Retrieved November 20, 2010.


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