Koichi Wajima (Hono no Otoko) is a 81-year-old retired Japanese professional boxer. He is a two-weightclass world champion with 6 world-title wins and 2 world-championship elevations. In a career spanning 8 years, 11 months, and 23 days, Wajima amassed a record of 31-6-1, which includes 25 wins via KO, 4 of which were in world-title fights.
Koichi Wajima was born in Shibetsu, Hokkaidō, Japan on April 21, 1943. He made his professional debut at the age of 25 years on June 15, 1968 against Akira Takekawa. Wajima defeated Takekawa via 1st round KO, making a successful beginning of his pro career.
Wajima became a world champion at the age of 28 after 24 professional fights. He challenged Carmelo Bossi for the WBA welterweight title and defeated the champion via 15-round split decision, winning his first world title.
He then went on to successfully win the super-welterweight (WBA, WBC, The Ring) titles also to become a two-division world champion — and undisputed at super-welterweight.
Wajima's last fight was an 11th-round TKO loss to Eddie Gazo at age 34, on June 7, 1977, in which he was fighting for the WBA and The Ring super-welterweight titles.
Some of Koichi Wajima's best fights have been against Oscar Albarado. For a complete list of Wajima's best fights and their details, refer to "Best fights of Koichi Wajima".
Wajima has 6 losses on his record. For details about these losses refer to "Koichi Wajima Losses".
# | Date | Age | Opponent | Res | Via |
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38 | Jun 07, 1977 | 34 | ![]() | loss | TKO 11 |
37 | May 18, 1976 | 33 | ![]() | loss | KO 14 |
36 | Feb 17, 1976 | 32 | ![]() | win | KO 15 |
35 | Jun 07, 1975 | 32 | ![]() | loss | KO 7 |
34 | Jan 21, 1975 | 31 | ![]() | win | UD 15 |
33 | Jun 04, 1974 | 31 | ![]() | loss | KO 15 |
32 | Feb 05, 1974 | 30 | ![]() | win | MD 15 |
31 | Aug 14, 1973 | 30 | ![]() | win | RTD 12 |
30 | Apr 19, 1973 | 29 | ![]() | win | MD 15 |
29 | Jan 09, 1973 | 29 | ![]() | draw | MD 15 |
28 | Oct 03, 1972 | 29 | ![]() | win | KO 3 |
27 | May 07, 1972 | 29 | ![]() | win | KO 1 |
26 | Feb 02, 1972 | 28 | ![]() | win | KO 7 |
25 | Oct 31, 1971 | 28 | ![]() | win | SD 15 |
24 | May 28, 1971 | 28 | ![]() | win | KO 2 |
23 | Mar 26, 1971 | 27 | ![]() | win | KO 1 |
22 | Feb 18, 1971 | 27 | ![]() | win | KO 2 |
21 | Jan 08, 1971 | 27 | ![]() | win | KO 7 |
20 | Oct 30, 1970 | 27 | ![]() | win | KO 3 |
19 | Sep 10, 1970 | 27 | ![]() | win | KO 5 |
18 | Aug 09, 1970 | 27 | ![]() | win | KO 8 |
17 | May 23, 1970 | 27 | ![]() | win | KO 3 |
16 | Apr 09, 1970 | 26 | ![]() | win | SD 10 |
15 | Feb 05, 1970 | 26 | ![]() | loss | UD 10 |
14 | Dec 18, 1969 | 26 | ![]() | win | KO 7 |
13 | Oct 30, 1969 | 26 | ![]() | loss | KO 1 |
12 | Sep 04, 1969 | 26 | ![]() | win | KO 4 |
11 | Jul 30, 1969 | 26 | ![]() | win | KO 8 |
10 | Jun 16, 1969 | 26 | ![]() | win | KO 9 |
9 | Mar 27, 1969 | 25 | ![]() | win | KO 6 |
8 | Feb 03, 1969 | 25 | ![]() | win | PTS 6 |
7 | Dec 30, 1968 | 25 | ![]() | win | RTD 4 |
6 | Oct 27, 1968 | 25 | ![]() | win | KO 1 |
5 | Oct 06, 1968 | 25 | ![]() | win | KO 3 |
4 | Aug 31, 1968 | 25 | ![]() | win | KO 2 |
3 | Aug 08, 1968 | 25 | ![]() | win | KO 3 |
2 | Jun 30, 1968 | 25 | ![]() | win | KO 2 |
1 | Jun 15, 1968 | 25 | ![]() | win | KO 1 |