Sumire Yamanaka

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Sumire Yamanaka
山中菫
Born (2001-11-20) 20 November 2001 (age 22)
Sakai, Osaka, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Statistics
Weight(s)Atomweight
Height146 cm (4 ft 9 in)
StanceSouthpaw
Boxing record
Total fights8
Wins8
Wins by KO3

Sumire Yamanaka (山中菫, Yamanaka Sumire, born 20 November 2001) is a Japanese professional boxer who holds the IBF female atomweight World title.

Professional career[edit]

Yamanaka made her professional boxing debut in December 2020 scoring a unanimous decision win over Arika Shimono at EDION Arena in Osaka. She won the vacant WBO Asia Pacific 102-pound belt by stopping Honoka Kano in the fifth round of their bout at Tokyo's Korakuen Hall in September 2022.[1] In January 2024 Yamanaka captured the IBF female atomweight World title with a unanimous decision success against defending champion Mika Iwakawa also at Korakuen Hall.[2] [3]

Personal life[edit]

Sumire is the younger sister of former WBO mini-flyweight world champion Ryuya Yamanaka.

Professional boxing record[edit]

8 fights 8 wins 0 losses
By knockout 3 0
By decision 5 0
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
8 Win 8–0 Mika Iwakawa UD 10 (10) 2024-01-12 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Won IBF female atomweight World title
7 Win 7–0 Pimchanok Thepjanda TKO 3 (8) 2023-04-15 EDION Arena, Osaka, Japan. Retained WBO Asia Pacific female atomweight title
6 Win 6–0 Honoka Kano TKO 5 (8) 2022-09-01 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Won vacant WBO Asia Pacific female atomweight title
5 Win 5–0 Pichada Bunmee TKO 3 (6) 2022-05-28 Singmanassak Muaythai School, Pathum Thani, Thailand
4 Win 4–0 Natsuki Tarui SD 4 (4) 2021-11-26 EDION Arena, Osaka, Japan
3 Win 3–0 Rin Murai UD 4 (4) 2021-08-11 EDION Arena, Osaka, Japan
2 Win 2–0 Natsuki Yamada MD 4 (4) 2021-04-04 Sangyo Shinko Center, Sakai, Japan
1 Win 1–0 Arika Shimono UD 4 (4) 2020-12-13 EDION Arena, Osaka, Japan

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Yamanaka, Hiruta, Matsuda win regional belts". fightnews.com. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  2. ^ "Yamanaka becomes first Japanese sister/brother world champ". fightnews.com. Retrieved 22 April 2024.
  3. ^ "Yamanaka wrests IBF world atomweight title by decisioning Iwakawa". Boxing News. Retrieved 22 April 2024.