is a Japanese professional boxer. As an amateur, Sakai won a gold medal at the 2022 Youth World Championships.
Amateur career World Youth Championship result La Nuncia 2022 First round: Defeated Wasim Abusal (Palestine) RSC Second Round: Defeated Denys Rozdolskyi (Ukraine) RSC Quarter-finals: Defeated Andrey Bonilla (United States) 5–0 Semi-finals: Defeated Gor Ayvazyan (Georgia) 4–1 Final: Defeated Ashish (India) 3–2
Professional career Early career On 7 March 2024, it was announced that Sakai would become professional and would be promoted by Ohashi Promotions. His debut was planned for later in 2024. Sakai made his professional debut in a bout against Ji Yong Kim on 25 June 2024. In the opening round, Sakai knocked his opponent down with a right hook. Despite Kim recovering from the knockdown, his corner opted to call an end to the bout in the second round after Sakai landed a number of unanswered punches.
Sakai's second outing as a professional was against Sujaritchon Surampai on 17 October 2024. In the closing moments of the opening round, Sakai connected with a powerful right hand to the body which sent his opponent to the canvas. Surampai was able to recover from the knockdown, but was soon down again early in second round after Sakai landed a straight left hand. Despite Surampai beating the count for a second time, Sakai was declared the winner after the referee decided to call an end to the bout. Sakai's next bout was against Thanyapat Seehanan 25 March 2025. During the opening moments of the bout, Sakai landed a left hand to the body which knocked his opponent down. Sakai secured the win after Seehanan was unable to beat the count.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes8Win8–0Froilan SaludarTKO7 (8), 10 Jun 20267Win7–0Wesley CagaUD824 Mar 20266Win6–0Boonrueang PhayomTKO1 (8), 18 Dec 20255Win5–0Chunhua YangKO5 (8), 21 Aug 20254Win4–0Ryoji MiyashitaTKO2 (8), 15 Jun 20253Win3–0Thanyapat SeehananKO1 (8), 25 Mar 20252Win2–0Sujaritchon SurampaiTKO2 (8), 17 Oct 20241Win1–0Ji Yong KimTKO2 (6), 25 Jun 2024
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