is a Japanese former professional boxer and two-time mini-flyweight world champion having held the World Boxing Council (WBC) mini-flyweight title in 1990 and the World Boxing Association (WBA) mini-flyweight title from 1992 to 1993.
Professional career Ohashi dropped out of college to begin a professional boxing career, and made his debut in February, 1985, with the Yonekura Boxing Gym. He won the vacant Japanese Light flyweight title in his 6th professional fight, and in December 1986, he challenged Jung-Koo Chang for the WBC Light flyweight title, but lost by TKO in the 5th round. Ohashi reclaimed the Japanese Light flyweight title in January 1988, and challenged Chang for the second time in June of the same year, only to lose again by 8th-round TKO. This was Chang's 15th consecutive defense of the WBC title, and Ohashi was knocked down a total of 7 times in 8 rounds before the referee stopped the contest.
Ohashi challenged Jum-Hwan Choi in January 1990 for the Lineal and WBC Minimumweight title, and won by KO to claim his first world title. This win stopped the streak of 21 losses in a row suffered in world title bouts by Japanese boxers. There had been no Japanese world champions for over a year before Ohashi won the WBC title.
Ohashi defended his title once, before losing to the legendary Ricardo López by TKO in the 5th round. López would go on to defend the WBC title won from Ohashi 22 times, and retire undefeated.
After two years away from the world stage, Ohashi returned to fight WBA Minimumweight champion Hi-Yong Choi in October 1992. Ohashi won a unanimous 12-round decision to claim his second world title. He lost to Chana Porpaoin in his first defense, and was forced into retirement at the age of 27, after it was discovered that he had a detached retina. He ended his career with a record of 19-5-0 (12KOs).
Post-retirement After retiring, he created the Ohashi Boxing Gym (Ohashi Promotions) and currently works as a promoter and manager there. Boxers promoted by Ohashi includes Katsushige Kawashima (former WBC Super flyweight champion), Akira Yaegashi (a three-weight world champion), Naoya Inoue (Undisputed champion of Super bantamweight), and Takuma Inoue (WBC Bantamweight champion).
In January 2007, Ohashi served as the head trainer of the Japanese team in the BOXING GRAND PRIX 2007 event (held under the partnership of the Teiken Boxing Gym, and Golden Boy Promotions).
He also serves as the president of Japan Pro Boxing Association (JPBA) and its subsidiary body East Japan Boxing Association (JPBA-east).
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes24Loss19–5Chana PorpaoinMD1210 Feb 199323Win19–4Choi Hi-yongUD1214 Oct 199222Win18–4Joe ConstantinoKO6 (10), 2 Jun 199221Win17–4Hwang In-kyuPTS1017 Dec 199120Win16–4Rico MacaubosKO5 (10), 20 Aug 199119Win15–4Julius PlanasKO7 (10), 23 Apr 199118Loss14–4Ricardo LópezTKO5 (12), 25 Oct 199017Win14–3Napa KiatwanchaiUD128 Jun 199016Win13–3Choi Jum-hwanKO9 (12), 7 Feb 199015Win12–3Boy Kid EmiliaKO2 (10), 3 Oct 198914Win11–3Lee Jae-manTKO7 (10), 25 Apr 198913Win10–3Joel RevillaKO2 (10), 7 Mar 198912Win9–3Romy CenizaKO3 (10), 18 Oct 198811Loss8–3Chang Jung-kooTKO8 (12), 27 Jun 198810Win8–2Tomohiro KiyunaPTS1011 Jan 19889Win7–2Yasutaka SakuraiUD108 Sep 19878Win6–2Shin SayamaKO3 (10), 7 Apr 19877Loss5–2Chang Jung-kooTKO5 (12), 14 Dec 19866Win5–1Yoshiaki NojimaPTS1023 Jun 19865Loss4–1Kim Bong-junPTS1020 Mar 19864Win4–0Shin SayamaKO3 (10), 3 Dec 19853Win3–0Tadashi KuramochiKO1 (10), 27 Aug 19852Win2–0Hideto OsanaiUD87 May 19851Win1–0Masakatsu AikataKO1 (6), 12 Feb 1985
See also List of Mini-flyweight boxing champions List of WBA world champions List of WBC world champions List of Japanese boxing world champions Boxing in Japan
References
External links
Hideyuki Ohashi - CBZ Profile