Shin Ono: Boxing Career and Notable Fights
Shin Ono is a Japanese boxer who challenged Thammanoon Niyomtrong, known as Knockout CP Freshmart, for the WBA minimumweight title in December 2016. Ono was a former Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation champion.
Niyomtrong won their 12-round fight by unanimous decision. The WBA reported scorecards of 118–109, 118–109 and 117–111, and listed the bout as a successful title defense.
How the 2016 title challenge unfolded
The contest took place in Nakhon Ratchasima, Thailand. Freshmart was making the first defense of the full WBA championship he had won by defeating Byron Rojas. Ono therefore faced a newly established champion rather than an opponent contesting a vacant belt.
The WBA report described Freshmart controlling the early action with movement before increasing his attacks as the rounds progressed. In round ten, a straight right and hook sent Ono to the canvas. The Japanese challenger beat the count and completed the remaining distance, but could not reverse the points deficit.
Regional and domestic experience
Ono boxed from a southpaw stance and was based in Tokyo. His experience included an OPBF championship before the Freshmart challenge, followed by a later Japanese minimumweight title period. The Japanese Boxing Commission’s September 2018 rankings list him as national champion with a defense recorded that August.
Those accomplishments belong to different levels of competition. A regional or Japanese championship did not make him the WBA world titleholder, and the December 2016 defeat remained an unsuccessful world challenge.
The video above shows that WBA contest. Read with the contemporary report, it places Ono’s full-distance effort and tenth-round knockdown within the specific circumstances of Freshmart’s first defense.
Further career results
Ono’s later national-title run began with victory over Ryoki Hirai in 2018. He then defended against Riku Kano, stopping him in the eighth round on August 24, 2018. Norihito Tanaka became his next challenger in January 2019 and stopped Ono to take the championship. These domestic results followed the world-title defeat in Thailand and gave Ono a further title win and a successful defense in Japan.
Sources
Additional sources: https://www.asianboxing.info/oriental-opinions/category/shin-ono
- Japan Boxing Commission: September 2018 champions and rankings
- WBA: Knockout CP Freshmart retains minimumweight title
- WBA: Shin Ono profile
- BoxRec: Shin Ono record
