Junki Sasaki (born 14 June 1991) is a retired Japanese kickboxer and boxer. As a professional kickboxer, he held the Krush Bantamweight title between 2019 and 2020.
Sasaki was ranked as a top ten flyweight (-56 kg) kickboxer by Combat Press from April 2021 until December 2022, and as a top ten super flyweight (-55 kg) kickboxer by Beyond Kick from October to December 2022.
Kickboxing career Bantamweight career Sasaki was scheduled to make his kickboxing against Yuta Hayashi at Krush 98. He won the fight by unanimous decision.
After a first-round TKO of Shuto Hagiwara at Krush 103, Sasaki was scheduled to fight Koki Tomimura for the Krush Bantamweight title at Krush 107. Sasaki beat Tomimura by unanimous decision.
Sasaki was scheduled to make his first title defense against Samvel Babayan at Krush 112. The fight was later cancelled, as Babayan was unable to fly to Japan due to restrictions imposed to combat the COVID-19 pandemic.
Super Bantamweight career For his next fight, Sasaki moved up in weight to super bantamweight, and was scheduled to fight Ryuto at Krush 116. He won the fight by majority decision.
Sasaki was scheduled to make his K-1 debut against another undefeated kickboxer in Riamu at K-1 World GP 2020 Winter's Crucial Bout. He won the fight by unanimous decision.
Sasaki was scheduled to fight Rat EiwaSportsGym at a 56 kg catchweight bout. Sasaki won the fight by majority decision. During the post-fight conference, Sasaki stated he was considering retirement. K-1 later changed the majority decision win to a unanimous decision win for Sasaki.
Sasaki was scheduled to take part in the 2022 K-1 Super Bantamweight World Grand Prix, which was held at K-1 World GP 2022 Japan on February 27, 2022. He faced Sho Uchida in the tournament quarterfinals. The fight was ruled a majority decision draw after the first three rounds, with one judge scoring the fight 30–29 for Uchida, while the remaining two judges scored it an even 30–30 draw. Sasaki was awarded the unanimous decision after an extension round was fought. He announced his retirement from professional competition on December 20, 2022.
Championships and accomplishments 2019 Krush Bantamweight (53 kg) Champion
Kickboxing record
|- style="background:#fbb" | 2022-02-27|| Loss||align=left| Masashi Kumura || K-1 World GP 2022 Japan, Super Bantamweight World GP Semi Finals || Tokyo, Japan || TKO (2 Knockdowns/Punches) ||1 ||1:37 |- style="background:#cfc" | 2022-02-27|| Win ||align=left| Sho Uchida || K-1 World GP 2022 Japan, Super Bantamweight World GP Quarter Finals || Tokyo, Japan || Ext.R Decision (Unanimous) || 4||3:00 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2021-05-23|| Win || align=left| Rat EiwaSportsGym || K-1 World GP 2021: Japan Bantamweight Tournament || Tokyo, Japan || Decision (Unanimous)|| 3 || 3:00 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2020-12-12 || Win || align=left| Riamu || K-1 World GP 2020 Winter's Crucial Bout || Tokyo, Japan || Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 3:00 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2020-08-29 || Win || align=left| Ryuto || Krush 116 || Tokyo, Japan || Decision (Majority) || 3 || 3:00 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2019-11-08 || Win || align=left| Koki || Krush 107 || Tokyo, Japan || Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 3:00 |- ! style=background:white colspan=9 | |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2019-07-21 || Win || align=left| Shuto Hagiwara || Krush 103 || Tokyo, Japan || TKO (Three knockdowns) || 1 || 2:51 |- style="background:#cfc;" | 2019-02-16 || Win || align=left| Yuta Hayashi || Krush 98 || Tokyo, Japan || Decision (Unanimous) || 3 || 3:00
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Boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes23Loss19–4 Ryo SagawaSD82 June 2018 22Win19–3 Ronnie CamposUD82 December 2017 21Win18–3 Sang Hoo GilTKO5 (8)25 June 2017 20Win17–3 Yudai TamagawaUD812 December 2016 19Win16–3 Reiko SugiyamaUD82 July 2016 18Win15–3 Panupong AnowanKO2 (8)2 July 2016 17Win14–3 Yuki KumazoeUD83 October 2015 16Loss13–3 Ryo TakenakaUD813 April 2015 15Win13–2 Shingo KusanoUD814 October 2014 14Win12–2 Kohei MaruokaUD87 June 2014 13Loss11–2 Ryosei AraiUD81 June 2013 12Win11–1 Shingo NagahamaTKO6 (8)2 February 2013 11Win10–1 Yoshinori KotoTKO8 (8)4 August 2012 10Win9–1 Shinya TakahashiUD84 February 2012 9Win8–1 Ryoji OkahataMD66 November 2011 8Win7–1 Atsuro ItoTKO2 (6)4 June 2011 7Win6–1 Isao SasakiTKO2 (6)5 March 2011 6Win5–1 Yusuke SekidoUD46 November 2010 5Loss4–1 Yuki IwasakiSD421 May 2010 4Win4–0 Muneaki HasumiUD431 March 2010 3Win3–0 Hiroyuki SagehashiUD45 December 2009 2Win2–0 Naoto KawashitaUD414 July 2009 1Win1–0 Hideshi NatsuiTKO4 (4)21 February 2009
See also List of male kickboxers
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