Masanori Rikiishi (力石政法, Rikiishi Masanori, born June 10, 1994) is a Japanese professional boxer. He challenged once for the IBF junior-lightweight world title in May, 2025.
Amateur career Rikiishi turned pro in 2017 ending his amateur career with a record of 25–5.
Professional career Rikiishi vs Saka Rikiishi suffered an early setback in his pro career. He was stopped in just his third fight by veteran Kosuke Saka. Rikiishi couldn't keep Saka off him and was dropped by a right hand in the second round. Rikiishi rose but the referee soon intervened after another flurry by Saka.
Rikiishi vs Nunez
Rikiishi improved over his next couple of fights and became one of the best prospects in the super-featherweight division. Rikiishi took on the experienced Ricardo Nunez of Panama. Rikiishi stopped Nunez in the third round, dropping him with multiple body shots. After the fight Rikiishi called out world champion Emanuel Navarrete.
Rikiishi vs Magnesi Rikiishi took on Michael Magnesi for the WBC Silver super-featherweight belt. In what was one of the fights of the year, Rikiishi who was behind on all 3 judges scorecards stopped Magnesi in the final round.Rikiishi dropped Magnesi early in the round but the Italian managed to beat the count. Rikiishi knocked Magnesi down again straight but once again he beat the count. Near the end Magnesi was given a third count for falling into the ropes from exhaustion. An onslaught from Rikiishi saw the fight been waved off.
Professional boxing record
ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes17Loss16–2Eduardo NúñezUD1228 May 202517Win16–1Arnel BaconajeKO2 (10), 17 Oct 202416Win15–1Michael MagnesiTKO12 (12), 22 Mar 202415Win14–1Ricardo NunezKO3 (10), 10 Jun 202314Win13–1Yoshimitsu KimuraKO5 (12), 6 Jan 202313Win12–1Tomjune MangubatTKO4 (12), 14 Aug 202212Win11–1Takuya WatanabeUD1215 May 202211Win10–1Roli GascaRTD4 (8), 16 Dec 202110Win9–1Soreike TaichiTKO3 (8), 1 Nov 20219Win8–1Yuichiro KasuyaUD819 Aug 20208Win7–1Freddy FonsecaUD815 Sep 20197Win6–1Shogo Yamaguchi5 (6), 23 Jul 20196Win5–1Kei IwaharaUD817 Mar 20195Win4–1Genki MaedaTKO5 (8), 2 Dec 20184Win3–1Egy Rozten2 (6), 10 Aug 20183Loss2–1Kosuke SakaTKO2 (8), 30 Apr 20182Win2–0Pegasus Tanimoto3 (6), 26 Nov 20171Win1–0Sa Ya Lee616 Jul 2017
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