Taiga Imanaga (born 9 August 1999) is a Japanese professional boxer who currently competes in the lightweight division.
Amateur career Imanaga had a record eight major amateur titles at a high school in Nara Prefecture. His overall amateur record is 113 wins which includes 23 RSCs and 13 losses
Professional career Imanaga made his debut against Takahiro Hamazaki at the Korakuen Hall. Imanaga dropped Hamazaki twice in the second round forcing his corner to throw in the towel. After winning five of his first six fights by stoppage Imanaga was forced to go the distance against Yoji Saito in the final of an Asian lightweight tournament. Imanaga dropped Saito in the third round and won by unanimous decision. In his eighth professional fight Imanaga also went the distance against Romer Pinili of the Philippines. The fight however was very one sided and Imanaga scored a knockdown in the fifth round.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes12Win11–1 Min Ho JungUD108 Sep 202611Win10–1 Shuma Nakazato107 Jun 202610Loss9–1 Eridson GarciaSD1027 Dec 2025 9Win9–0 Yudai MurakamiUD1014 Sep 20258Win8–0 Romer PiniliUD825 Mar 20257Win7–0 Yoji Saito821 Nov 20246Win6–0 Marvin EsquierdoKO2 (8), 18 Jul 20245Win5–0 Qiang Ma1 (8), 25 Apr 20244Win4–0 Hebi Marapu825 Jul 20233Win3–0 Roy SumugatKO6 (8), 26 Dec 20222Win2–0 John Lawrence OrdonioKO4 (6), 26 Aug 20221Win1–0 Takahiro Hamazaki2 (6) 29 Jun 2022
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