Ryoichi Taguchi
Career, Record, Stats
Ryoichi Taguchi is a 37-year-old Japanese professional boxer. He is a former light-flyweight world champion with 3 world-title wins. In a career spanning 12 years, 7 months, and 25 days, Taguchi amassed a record of 27-4-2, which includes 12 wins via KO, 4 of which were in world-title fights.
Ryoichi Taguchi's Boxing Career
Ryoichi Taguchi was born in Tokyo, Japan on December 1, 1986. He made his professional debut at the age of 19 years on July 19, 2006 against Tomohiro Seo. Taguchi defeated Seo via 1st round TKO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
Taguchi became a world champion at the age of 28 after 23 professional fights. He challenged Alberto Rossel for the WBA light-flyweight title and defeated the champion via 12-round unanimous decision, winning his first world title.
He then went on to successfully win the IBF and The Ring light-flyweight world titles as well.
Taguchi's last fight was a unanimous decision loss to Kosei Tanaka at age 32, on March 16, 2019, in which he was fighting for the WBO flyweight title.
Some of Ryoichi Taguchi's best fights have been against Milan Melindo, Carlos Cañizales, and Kwanthai Sithmorseng. For a complete list of Taguchi's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Ryoichi Taguchi".
Taguchi has 4 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Ryoichi Taguchi Losses".
Ryoichi Taguchi's Boxing Record
| # | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
33 | Mar 16, 2019 | 32 | 
Kosei Tanaka 23 12-0  | loss | UD 12 |
32 | May 20, 2018 | 31 | 
Hekkie Budler 30 31-3 | loss | UD 12 |
31 | Dec 31, 2017 | 31 | 
Milan Melindo 29 37-2 | win | UD 12 |
30 | Jul 23, 2017 | 30 |  Robert Barrera | win | TKO 9 |
29 | Dec 31, 2016 | 30 | 
Carlos Cañizales 23 16-0 | draw | SD 12 |
28 | Aug 31, 2016 | 29 | Ryo Miyazaki | win | UD 12 |
27 | Apr 27, 2016 | 29 | Juan Jose Landaeta | win | RTD 11 |
26 | Dec 31, 2015 | 29 | Luis de la Rosa | win | RTD 9 |
25 | May 06, 2015 | 28 | 
Kwanthai Sithmorseng 30 47-3-1 | win | TKO 8 |
24 | Dec 31, 2014 | 28 | Alberto Rossel | win | UD 12 |
23 | Jul 05, 2014 | 27 | Florante Condes | win | UD 8 |
22 | Dec 31, 2013 | 27 | Ryan Bito | win | UD 8 |
21 | Aug 25, 2013 | 26 | 
Naoya Inoue 20 3-0 | loss | UD 10 |
20 | Apr 03, 2013 | 26 | Yuki Chinen | win | UD 10 |
19 | Jul 16, 2012 | 25 | Eakkasit Jaikongkaew | win | KO 1 |
18 | Mar 12, 2012 | 25 | Masayuki Kuroda | draw | SD 10 |
17 | Oct 15, 2011 | 24 | Yu Kimura | win | TKO 6 |
16 | Jul 05, 2011 | 24 | Tetsuya Hisada | win | UD 6 |
15 | Jan 28, 2011 | 24 | Keiichi Numata | win | TKO 8 |
14 | Oct 01, 2010 | 23 | Toshimasa Ouchi | win | TKO 7 |
13 | Jul 28, 2010 | 23 | Seiya Hirakawa | win | TKO 6 |
12 | Apr 11, 2010 | 23 | Sho Nakazawa | win | UD 8 |
11 | Dec 28, 2009 | 23 | Norihito Tanaka | win | DQ 2 |
10 | Aug 01, 2009 | 22 | Masayoshi Segawa | loss | UD 8 |
9 | Feb 07, 2009 | 22 | Pattana Tadniyom | win | KO 2 |
8 | Mar 27, 2008 | 21 | Shintaro Sue | win | UD 6 |
7 | Dec 22, 2007 | 21 | Sho Nakazawa | win | UD 5 |
6 | Nov 04, 2007 | 20 | Masayoshi Takashima | win | UD 4 |
5 | Sep 27, 2007 | 20 | Kazuki Oshiro | win | UD 4 |
4 | Jun 06, 2007 | 20 | Taisei Hirano | win | UD 4 |
3 | Dec 11, 2006 | 20 | Ryu Onigashima | win | UD 4 |
2 | Sep 27, 2006 | 19 | Akihiro Konya | win | TKO 3 |
1 | Jul 19, 2006 | 19 | Tomohiro Seo | win | TKO 1 |