Kosei Tanaka
Career, Record, Stats
Kosei Tanaka (Chukyo no Kaibutsu) is a 29-year-old Japanese professional boxer. He is a four-weightclass world champion with 4 world-title wins. 11 years, 1 month, and 12 days into his career, Tanaka's record stands at 20-2, which includes 11 wins via KO, 5 of which were in world-title fights.
Kosei Tanaka's Boxing Career
Kosei Tanaka was born in Tajimi, Gifu, Japan on June 15, 1995. He made his professional debut at the age of 18 years on November 10, 2013 against Oscar Raknafa. Tanaka defeated Raknafa via 6-round unanimous decision, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
Tanaka became a world champion at the age of 19 after 4 professional fights. He challenged Julian Yedras for the vacant WBO strawweight title and defeated Yedras via 12-round unanimous decision, winning his first world title.
He then went on to successfully conquer the light-flyweight (WBO), flyweight (WBO), and super-flyweight (WBO) divisions as well to become a four-division world champion.
Tanaka's latest fight was a split decision loss to Phumelele Cafu at age 29, on October 14, 2024, in which he lost his WBO super-flyweight title.
Some of Kosei Tanaka's best fights so far have been against Ángel Acosta, Vic Saludar, Ryoichi Taguchi, Jonathan González, Ronnie Baldonado, Crison Omayao, and Sho Ishida. For a complete list of Tanaka's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Kosei Tanaka".
Tanaka has just 2 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Kosei Tanaka Losses".
Kosei Tanaka's Boxing Record
| # | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
22 | Oct 14, 2024 | 29 | 
Phumelele Cafu 20 10-0-3 | loss | SD 12 |
21 | Feb 24, 2024 | 28 |  Christian Bacasegua Rangel | win | UD 12 |
20 | May 21, 2023 | 27 | Pablo Carrillo | win | TKO 10 |
19 | Dec 11, 2022 | 27 | Yanga Sigqibo | win | UD 10 |
18 | Jun 29, 2022 | 27 | Masayoshi Hashizume | win | TKO 5 |
17 | Dec 11, 2021 | 26 | 
Sho Ishida 30 29-2 | win | SD 10 |
16 | Dec 31, 2020 | 25 | 
Kazuto Ioka 31 25-2 | loss | TKO 8 |
15 | Dec 31, 2019 | 24 | Wulan Tuolehazi | win | KO 3 |
14 | Aug 24, 2019 | 24 | 
Jonathan González 28 22-2-1 | win | TKO 7 |
13 | Mar 16, 2019 | 23 | 
Ryoichi Taguchi 32 27-3-2 | win | UD 12 |
12 | Sep 24, 2018 | 23 | Sho Kimura | win | MD 12 |
11 | Mar 31, 2018 | 22 | 
Ronnie Baldonado 22 10-0-1 | win | TKO 9 |
10 | Sep 13, 2017 | 22 | Palangpol CP Freshmart | win | TKO 9 |
9 | May 20, 2017 | 21 | 
Ángel Acosta 26 16-0 | win | UD 12 |
8 | Dec 31, 2016 | 21 | Moisés Fuentes | win | TKO 5 |
7 | May 28, 2016 | 20 | Rene Patilano | win | KO 6 |
6 | Dec 31, 2015 | 20 | 
Vic Saludar 25 11-1 | win | KO 6 |
5 | May 30, 2015 | 19 | Julian Yedras | win | UD 12 |
4 | Oct 30, 2014 | 19 | Ryuji Hara | win | TKO 10 |
3 | Jul 20, 2014 | 19 | 
Crison Omayao 21 17-7-2 | win | KO 1 |
2 | Mar 16, 2014 | 18 | Ronelle Ferreras | win | UD 8 |
1 | Nov 10, 2013 | 18 | Oscar Raknafa | win | UD 6 |