(born ; 15 July 1991) is a Japanese professional boxer who has held the WBC-OPBF middleweight title since January and the Japanese middleweight title since 2018.
Professional career Takesako made his professional debut on 14 July 2015, scoring a second-round technical knockout (TKO) victory over Tomoyuki Yokota at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.
After compiling a record of 7–0 (7 KOs) he defeated Hikaru Nishida by first-round TKO to capture the Japanese middleweight title on 3 March 2018 at the Culttz Kawasaki in Kawasaki, Japan.
After four more fights–three stoppage wins and a draw–he defeated Shinobu Charlie Hosokawa by twelve-round unanimous decision (UD) to capture the OPBF middleweight title. One judge scored the bout 120–108 while the other two scored it 119–109.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes24Loss Kazusa KawabuchiTKO7 (10), 16 Aug 202623Win19–3–1 Mikio SakaiUD1012 Mar 202622Win18–3–1 Shinobu Charlie HosokawaUD817 Sep 202521Loss17–3–1 Riku KunimotoTKO1 (12), 15 Dec 202420Win17–2–1 Mark DickinsonUD1015 Jul 202419Loss16–2–1 Tej Pratap SinghSD1211 May 202418Win16–1–1 Woo Hyun MaTKO10 (12), 7 Oct 202317Loss15–1–1 Meiirim NursultanovTKO8 (12), 15 Apr 202316Win15–0–1 Gyung Mo YuhTKO3 (12), 5 Nov 202215Win14–0–1 Niwat KongkanKO3 (10), 3 Sep 202214Win13–0–1 Riku KunimotoKO1 (10), 19 May 202113Win12–0–1 Shinobu Charlie Hosokawa 1218 Jan 202012Win11–0–1 Shuji Kato8 (10), 3 Aug 201911Draw10–0–1 Shuji Kato102 Mar 201910Win10–0 Sanosuke SasakeTKO2 (10), 3 Nov 20189Win9–0 Chaiwat MueanphongTKO7 (10), 2 Jun 20188Win8–0 Hikaru NishidaTKO1 (10), 3 Mar 20187Win7–0 Shoma FukumotoTKO1 (8), 4 Nov 20176Win6–0 Suwicha RatidetKO2 (8), 25 Apr 20175Win5–0 Kyung Joon AhnTKO3 (8), 11 Nov 20164Win4–0 Hiroshi OhashiTKO3 (8), 13 Aug 20163Win3–0 Sirisak Pimpasitta1 (6), 22 Apr 20162Win2–0 Elfelos VegaTKO1 (5), 29 Sep 20151Win1–0 Tomoyuki Yokata2 (5), 14 Jul 2015
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