Masataka Taniguchi

Career, Record, Stats
Masataka Taniguchi

Masataka Taniguchi is a 30-year-old Japanese professional boxer. He is a former strawweight world champion. 8 years, 8 months, and 19 days into his career, Taniguchi's record stands at 19-4, which includes 13 wins via KO, 2 of which were in world-title fights.

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LEGEND

Masataka Taniguchi's Boxing Career

Masataka Taniguchi was born in Kobe, Japan on January 19, 1994. He made his professional debut at the age of 22 years on April 3, 2016 against Thawi Chaisat. Taniguchi defeated Chaisat via 1st round KO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.

Taniguchi got his first shot at a world title at the age of 25 after 13 professional fights. On February 26, 2019 Taniguchi challenged Vic Saludar's WBO strawweight title but lost via 12-round unanimous decision.

He became a world champion on December 14, 2021 at the age of 27 years, after by defeating Wilfredo Méndez, the then-reining WBO strawweight champion, via 11th round TKO. This was his 18th fight as a professional.

Taniguchi's latest fight was a 6th-round KO victory over Phai Pharob at age 30, on October 13, 2024.

Some of Masataka Taniguchi's best fights so far have been against Wilfredo Méndez and Kai Ishizawa. For a complete list of Taniguchi's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Masataka Taniguchi".

Taniguchi has 4 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Masataka Taniguchi Losses".

Masataka Taniguchi's Boxing Record

# Date Age Opponent Res Via
23
Oct 13, 2024 30 generic fighter pic Phai Pharob
win
KO
6
22
May 11, 2024 30 generic fighter pic Jaysever Abcede
win
TKO
5
21
Aug 05, 2023 29 generic fighter pic Kenichi Horikawa
win
MD
10
20
Jan 06, 2023 28 Melvin Jerusalem Melvin Jerusalem 28 19-2
loss
TKO
2
19
Apr 22, 2022 28 Kai Ishizawa Kai Ishizawa 25 10-1
win
TKO
11
18
Dec 14, 2021 27 Wilfredo Méndez Wilfredo Méndez 25 16-1
win
TKO
11
17
Jun 07, 2021 27 generic fighter pic Tatsuro Nakashima
win
TKO
5
16
Dec 03, 2020 26 generic fighter pic Hizuki Saso
win
TKO
10
15
Sep 21, 2019 25 Kai Ishizawa Kai Ishizawa 22 6-0
win
UD
8
14
Feb 26, 2019 25 Vic Saludar Vic Saludar 28 18-3
loss
UD
12
13
Nov 13, 2018 24 generic fighter pic Joel Lino
win
UD
12
12
Feb 09, 2018 24 generic fighter pic Reymark Taday
win
TD
6
11
Dec 31, 2017 23 generic fighter pic Patiphan Prajuabsook
win
TKO
3
10
Nov 11, 2017 23 generic fighter pic Tsubasa Koura
loss
MD
12
9
Jul 30, 2017 23 generic fighter pic Narathip Sungsut
win
TKO
1
8
Jun 27, 2017 23 generic fighter pic Benjie Bartolome
win
RTD
1
7
Apr 09, 2017 23 generic fighter pic Reiya Konishi
loss
MD
10
6
Dec 31, 2016 22 generic fighter pic Vincent Bautista
win
UD
6
5
Oct 13, 2016 22 generic fighter pic Dexter Alimento
win
SD
8
4
Aug 07, 2016 22 generic fighter pic Chaowalit Choedram
win
TKO
4
3
Jun 19, 2016 22 generic fighter pic Joey Bactul
win
KO
2
2
May 16, 2016 22 generic fighter pic Nonthawat Phengkrajang
win
TKO
1
1
Apr 03, 2016 22 generic fighter pic Thawi Chaisat
win
KO
1
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