Akira Yaegashi (Sonic Fist) is a 41-year-old Japanese professional boxer. He is a three-weightclass world champion with 4 world-title wins. 19 years, 8 months, and 19 days into his career, Yaegashi's record stands at 28-7, which includes 16 wins via KO, 3 of which were in world-title fights.
Akira Yaegashi was born in Kitakami, Iwate, Japan on February 25, 1983. He made his professional debut at the age of 22 years on March 26, 2005 against Omoyoshi Nakayama. Yaegashi defeated Nakayama via 1st round KO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
Yaegashi got his first shot at a world title at the age of 24 after 6 professional fights. On June 4, 2007 Yaegashi challenged Eagle Den Junlaphan's WBC strawweight title but lost via 12-round unanimous decision.
He became a world champion on October 24, 2011 at the age of 28 years, after by defeating Pornsawan Porpramook, the then-reining WBA strawweight champion, via 10th round TKO. This was his 17th fight as a professional.
Yaegashi then went on to successfully conquer the flyweight (WBC, The Ring) and light-flyweight (IBF) divisions as well to become a three-division world champion.
Yaegashi's latest fight was a 9th-round TKO loss to Moruti Mthalane at age 36, on December 23, 2019, in which he was fighting for the IBF flyweight title.
Some of Akira Yaegashi's best fights so far have been against Édgar Sosa and Wittawas Basapean. For a complete list of Yaegashi's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Akira Yaegashi".
Yaegashi has 7 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Akira Yaegashi Losses".
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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35 | Dec 23, 2019 | 36 | Moruti Mthalane 37 38-2 | loss | TKO 9 |
34 | Apr 08, 2019 | 36 | Sahaphap Bunop | win | TKO 2 |
33 | Aug 17, 2018 | 35 | Hirofumi Mukai | win | TKO 7 |
32 | Mar 26, 2018 | 35 | Frans Damur Palue | win | TKO 2 |
31 | May 21, 2017 | 34 | Milan Melindo 29 35-2 | loss | TKO 1 |
30 | Dec 30, 2016 | 33 | Wittawas Basapean 32 31-5 | win | TKO 12 |
29 | May 08, 2016 | 33 | Martin Tecuapetla | win | SD 12 |
28 | Dec 29, 2015 | 32 | Javier Mendoza | win | UD 12 |
27 | Aug 20, 2015 | 32 | Said Fahdafi | win | KO 3 |
26 | May 01, 2015 | 32 | Songseanglek Phosuwangym | win | TKO 2 |
25 | Dec 30, 2014 | 31 | Pedro Guevara 25 23-1-1 | loss | KO 7 |
24 | Sep 05, 2014 | 31 | Román González 27 39-0 | loss | TKO 9 |
23 | Apr 06, 2014 | 31 | Odilon Zaleta | win | KO 9 |
22 | Dec 06, 2013 | 30 | Edgar Sosa 34 49-7 | win | UD 12 |
21 | Aug 12, 2013 | 30 | Oscar Blanquet | win | UD 12 |
20 | Apr 08, 2013 | 30 | Toshiyuki Igarashi | win | UD 12 |
19 | Jan 05, 2013 | 29 | Saenmuangloei Kokietgym | win | KO 9 |
18 | Jun 20, 2012 | 29 | Kazuto Ioka 23 9-0 | loss | UD 12 |
17 | Oct 24, 2011 | 28 | Pornsawan Porpramook | win | TKO 10 |
16 | Apr 02, 2011 | 28 | Norihito Tanaka | win | UD 10 |
15 | May 01, 2010 | 27 | Kosuke Takeichi | win | UD 10 |
14 | Sep 05, 2009 | 26 | Junichiro Kaneda | win | UD 10 |
13 | Jun 21, 2009 | 26 | Kenichi Horikawa | win | UD 10 |
12 | Mar 17, 2009 | 26 | Srisaket Sor Rungvisai 22 0-0 | win | TKO 3 |
11 | Oct 18, 2008 | 25 | Takumi Suda | win | UD 8 |
10 | Sep 15, 2008 | 25 | Thongthailek Sor Tanapinyo | win | TKO 2 |
9 | Jul 01, 2008 | 25 | Masatate Tsuji | loss | MD 6 |
8 | Apr 30, 2008 | 25 | Yasuhiro Hisada | win | UD 10 |
7 | Jun 04, 2007 | 24 | Eagle Den Junlaphan | loss | UD 12 |
6 | Sep 18, 2006 | 23 | Liempetch Sor Veerapol | win | KO 1 |
5 | Apr 03, 2006 | 23 | Weerasak Chuwatana | win | KO 5 |
4 | Dec 05, 2005 | 22 | Elmer Gejon | win | UD 10 |
3 | Aug 22, 2005 | 22 | Danchai Sithsaithong | win | KO 2 |
2 | May 18, 2005 | 22 | Poonsawat Eausampan | win | KO 1 |
1 | Mar 26, 2005 | 22 | Omoyoshi Nakayama | win | KO 1 |