is a Japanese former professional boxer who competed from 2006 to 2016. He held the WBC light-flyweight title between 2015 and 2016.
Professional career
Kimura Turned professional in 2006 and went 9-1-1 in his first 11 fights before being stopped by future unified light-flyweight champion Ryoichi Taguchi. He bounced back and won his next 8 fights before he defeated Pedro Guevara by split decision to win the WBC light-flyweight title on November 28, 2015. He would go on to lose the title in his first defense to Mexican challenger Ganigan Lopez via majority decision. Kimura announced his retirement from boxing a few months after the Lopez fight.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes22Loss Ganigan LópezMD12 2016-03-04 21Win18–2–1 Pedro GuevaraSD12 2015-11-28 20Win17–2–1 Jesus FaroUD10 2015-08-01 19Win16–2–1 Hayato YamaguchiTKO8 (10)2015-04-04 18Win15–2–1 Atsushi AburadaTD7 (10)2014-11-01 17Win14–2–1 Yuki ChinenUD10 2014-06-07 16Win13–2–1 Kenichi HorikawaSD10 2014-02-01 15Win12–2–1 Tatsuya FukuharaUD8 2013-07-06 14Win11–2–1 Takuro HabuTKO5 (8)2013-01-12 13Win10–2–1 Kenta MotokiUD8 2012-06-02 12Loss9–2–1 Ryoichi TaguchiTKO6 (8)2011-10-15 11Win9–1–1 Masayoshi SegawaUD6 2011-07-05 10Win8–1–1 Masashi UranishiUD8 2011-03-05 9Win7–1–1 Yoshitomo MachidaUD8 2010-11-08 8Win6–1–1 Takumi SudaUD8 2010-08-07 7Win5–1–1 Kenta KoyamaUD8 2010-03-29 6Loss4–1–1 Shin OnoTD5 (8)2008-06-21 5Win4–0–1 Kazuya MatsumotoUD6 2008-03-15 4Win3–0–1 Kenta HiroseUD6 2007-11-03 3Draw2–0–1 Koji ItagakiPTS6 2007-06-16 2Win2–0 Takashi MorishimaUD62007-01-20 1Win1–0 Samkolek ChuwatanaKO2 (6)2006-10-07
See also List of light-flyweight boxing champions List of Japanese boxing world champions
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