Daiki Kameda’s Two-Division Rise Survives an Early Scandal
Daiki Kameda is a Japanese former professional boxer who became a world champion in two divisions: the WBA flyweight titleholder in 2010 and the IBF super-flyweight champion in 2013. His career included an early world-title loss to Daisuke Naito, a bout that led to a one-year suspension by the Japan Boxing Commission.
A disputed first world-title challenge
Kameda challenged WBC flyweight champion Daisuke Naito in October 2007 and lost by unanimous decision. The Associated Press reported that officials deducted three points for rule violations, including lifting Naito and throwing him down in the final round. Japan’s commission then suspended Kameda for one year. The episode became one of the most controversial early chapters of his career.
World titles at flyweight and super-flyweight
In February 2010, Kameda defeated defending champion Denkaosan Kaovichit by unanimous decision in Kobe to win the WBA flyweight championship. He made successful defenses before vacating the belt in 2011 to move up in weight. In September 2013, he outpointed Rodrigo Guerrero to win the vacant IBF super-flyweight title, making him a two-division world champion.
Kameda’s first IBF defense came against Liborio Solís in December 2013. Solís had missed the super-flyweight limit, so the WBA stripped him of its title before the bout; the IBF belt remained at stake for Kameda. Solís won a split decision, but could not claim the IBF title because he had failed to make weight. Kameda later vacated the belt in March 2014.
The record and the Kameda family
Daiki was one of three professional-boxing brothers. His older brother Kōki won world titles at light-flyweight, flyweight, and bantamweight; younger brother Tomoki became a bantamweight world champion. Daiki’s own titles came at flyweight and super-flyweight, not bantamweight. His final recorded professional bout was an eight-round split-decision loss to Victor Ruiz in Texas in September 2015.
Sources
- World Boxing Association: Kameda dethrones Kaovichit (2010 WBA flyweight title win)
- Boxing News (Japan): Kameda defeats Rodrigo Guerrero for IBF super-flyweight title
- Associated Press via Taipei Times: Japan Boxing Commission suspends Kameda after Naito bout
- ESPN: Solís misses weight ahead of Kameda bout
- Boxing News (Japan): report on the December 2013 Solís bout and retention of Kameda’s IBF title
- BoxRec: Daiki Kameda professional record
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Boxing, Boxing History
