Akira Yaegashi Record
Akira Yaegashi (Sonic Fist) is a 41-year-old Japanese professional boxer. He is a three-weightclass world champion with 4 world-title wins. In a career spanning 14 years, 8 months, and 27 days, Yaegashi amassed a record of 28-7, which includes 16 wins via KO, 3 of which were in world-title fights.
Boxing Career
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 last 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 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".
Fight Record
| # | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 |
Championships
Akira Yaegashi won 4 world championships in 3 world-title fights across 3 weight classes: strawweight, flyweight, and light-flyweight.
| # | Date | Opponent | Weight Class | Won | Method | Round |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Dec 29, 2015 | Javier Mendoza | Light-flyweight | IBF | UD | 12 |
2 |
Apr 08, 2013 | Toshiyuki Igarashi | Flyweight | WBC, The Ring | UD | 12 |
3 |
Oct 24, 2011 | Pornsawan Porpramook | Strawweight | WBA | TKO | 10 |
Yaegashi successfully defended his world titles 5 times across 2 weight classes: flyweight and light-flyweight.
| # | Date | Opponent | Weight Class | Defended | Method | Round |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Dec 30, 2016 | Wittawas Basapean | Light-flyweight | IBF | TKO | 12 |
2 |
May 08, 2016 | Martin Tecuapetla | Light-flyweight | IBF | SD | 12 |
3 |
Apr 06, 2014 | Odilon Zaleta | Flyweight | WBC, The Ring | KO | 9 |
4 |
Dec 06, 2013 | Edgar Sosa | Flyweight | WBC, The Ring | UD | 12 |
5 |
Aug 12, 2013 | Oscar Blanquet | Flyweight | WBC, The Ring | UD | 12 |
Yaegashi has lost 4 world championships in 3 title-defense fights across 3 weight classes: strawweight, flyweight, and light-flyweight.
| # | Date | Opponent | Weight Class | Lost | Method | Round |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
May 21, 2017 | Milan Melindo | Light-flyweight | IBF | TKO | 1 |
2 |
Sep 05, 2014 | Román González | Flyweight | WBC, The Ring | TKO | 9 |
3 |
Jun 20, 2012 | Kazuto Ioka | Strawweight | WBA | UD | 12 |
Yaegashi unsuccessfully fought for 4 world championships in 4 world-title fights across 3 weight classes: strawweight, light-flyweight, and flyweight.
| # | Date | Opponent | Weight Class | For | Method | Round |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 |
Dec 23, 2019 | Moruti Mthalane | Flyweight | IBF | TKO | 9 |
2 |
Dec 30, 2014 | Pedro Guevara | Light-flyweight | WBC | KO | 7 |
3 |
Jun 20, 2012 | Kazuto Ioka | Strawweight | WBC | UD | 12 |
4 |
Jun 04, 2007 | Eagle Den Junlaphan | Strawweight | WBC | UD | 12 |