Kazuto Takesako (竹迫和人, Takesako Kazuto) (born Tsujito Takesako (竹迫司登, Takesako Tsujito); 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.^[2]

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.^[3]

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.^[4]

Professional boxing record

No.	Result	Record	Opponent	Type	Round, time	Date	Location	Notes
18	Win	16–1–1	Woo Hyun Ma	TKO	10 (12), 0:53	7 Oct 2023	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan	Won vacant OPBF middleweight title
17	Loss	15–1–1	Meiirim Nursultanov	TKO	8 (12), 2:33	15 Apr 2023	Paradise City Plaza, Incheon, South Korea	For WBO International middleweight title
16	Win	15–0–1	Gyung Mo Yuh	TKO	3 (12), 2:51	5 Nov 2022	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan	Retained OPBF middleweight title
15	Win	14–0–1	Niwat Kongkan	KO	3 (10), 1:57	3 Sep 2022	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
14	Win	13–0–1	Riku Kunimoto	KO	1 (10), 2:46	19 May 2021	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan	Retained Japanese middleweight title
13	Win	12–0–1	Shinobu Charlie Hosokawa	UD	12	18 Jan 2020	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan	Won OPBF middleweight title
12	Win	11–0–1	Shuji Kato	RTD	8 (10), 3:00	3 Aug 2019	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan	Retained Japanese middleweight title
11	Draw	10–0–1	Shuji Kato	SD	10	2 Mar 2019	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan	Retained Japanese middleweight title
10	Win	10–0	Sanosuke Sasake	TKO	2 (10), 2:11	3 Nov 2018	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan	Retained Japanese middleweight title
9	Win	9–0	Chaiwat Mueanphong	TKO	7 (10), 2:44	2 Jun 2018	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
8	Win	8–0	Hikaru Nishida	TKO	1 (10), 1:32	3 Mar 2018	Culttz Kawasaki, Kawasaki, Japan	Won Japanese middleweight title
7	Win	7–0	Shoma Fukumoto	TKO	1 (8), 1:30	4 Nov 2017	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
6	Win	6–0	Suwicha Ratidet	KO	2 (8), 2:15	25 Apr 2017	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
5	Win	5–0	Kyung Joon Ahn	TKO	3 (8), 1:03	11 Nov 2016	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
4	Win	4–0	Hiroshi Ohashi	TKO	3 (8), 0:09	13 Aug 2016	City Culture Hall, Sōka, Japan
3	Win	3–0	Sirisak Pimpasitta	KO	1 (6), 1:27	22 Apr 2016	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
2	Win	2–0	Elfelos Vega	TKO	1 (5), 1:32	29 Sep 2015	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
1	Win	1–0	Tomoyuki Yokata	TKO	2 (5), 2:55	14 Jul 2015	Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan

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