is a retired professional boxer in the minimumweight (105 lb) division and former WBA world minimumweight champion.
Professional boxing career Niida belonged to the Yokohama Hikari Boxing Gym, his trainer was Mitsunori Seki and Hidefumi Oikawa. He first won the WBA minimumweight title at the Pacifico Yokohama on August 25, 2001, when he defeated Chana Porpaoin by unanimous decision.BoxRec.com editors. "Yutaka Niida." BoxRec.com. URL accessed July 17, 2006. On October 22 only two months later, Niida vacated the title, with the intention of retiring due to back problems and lost interest in boxing.
Niida returned two years later and challenged Noel Arambulet for the title at the same venue, but Niida suffered his first loss, by split decision. Niida fought against Arambulet again at the Korakuen Hall on July 3, 2004; this time Niida won the title by unanimous decision in addition to Arambulet not making the weight. Niida has successfully defended the title seven times since he regained it, winning his last defense occurring against Jose Luis Varela at the Korakuen Hall on March 1, 2008 by knockout in the 6th round. However Mitsunori Seki died from a subarachnoid hemorrhage on June 6, 2008, his death gave Niida an intense shock.
Yutaka Niida lost his title via a fourth-round TKO at the Pacifico Yokohama on September 15, 2008 to Nicaragua's Román González. Presumably, he hung his gloves after the fight. Niida won the achievement award for the 41st Japan Professional Sports Grand Prize that year.
In 2010, Niida founded a public company "World Famous" named after the entrance song of his champion days created by the Japanese rapper BiARD for him, and established a sports gym "Body Design 新井田式 (which means Niida method)" in Yokohama on November 20. Hidefumi Oikawa also works as one of ten or so trainers in this gym.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes28LossRomán GonzálezTKO4 (12), 15 Sep 200827Win23–1–3José Luis VarelaKO6 (12), 3 Mar 200826Win22–1–3Eriberto GejonUD121 Sep 200725Win21–1–3Katsunari TakayamaSD127 Apr 200724Win20–1–3Ronald BarreraUD124 Mar 200623Win19–1–3Eriberto Gejon10 (12), 25 Sep 200522Win18–1–3Jae Won KimUD1216 Apr 200521Win17–1–3Juan Jose LandaetaSD1230 Oct 200420Win16–1–3Noel ArambuletUD123 Jul 200419Win15–1–3Ut TaprakhonTKO5 (10), 8 Dec 200318Loss14–1–3Noel Arambulet1212 Jul 200317Win14–0–3Chana PorpaoinUD1225 Aug 200116Draw13–0–3Daisuke Iida1014 May 200115Win13–0–2Makoto SuzukiTKO9 (10), 8 Jan 200114Win12–0–2Sonny Boy PandingKO1 (8), 11 Oct 200013Win11–0–2Itsuo Oka8 (10), 30 May 200012Win10–0–2Atsuomi MaedaUD8 23 Mar 200011Win9–0–2Rudolfo FernandezKO2 (10), 18 Oct 199910Win8–0–2Masanori Suga627 Jun 19999Win7–0–2Rogelio LapianUD815 Feb 19998Win6–0–2Hidetaka KitanoKO1 (6), 3 Dec 19987Draw5–0–2Kenichiro Hamaguchi618 Sep 19986Draw5–0–1Tsutomu Oshigane629 Mar 19985Win5–0Yuki HashiguchiUD63 Oct 19974Win4–0Kazuhisa TakahashiUD426 Jul 19973Win3–0Tatsuro OyaKO1 (4), 17 Sep 19972Win2–0Akio Yamamoto420 Dec 19961Win1–0Satoshi Shinkai1 (4), 15 Nov 1996
See also List of WBA world champions List of strawweight boxing champions List of Japanese boxing world champions Boxing in Japan
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