Hisashi Tokushima: Japanese and OPBF Boxing Champion
Hisashi Tokushima (徳島尚, March 27, 1968–September 3, 2024) was a Japanese professional boxer who held both the Japanese minimumweight and OPBF flyweight titles. He finished with a record of 26 wins (11 by knockout), six losses, and one draw.
Japanese champion
Tokushima was born on Amami Ōshima in Kagoshima Prefecture and moved to Tokyo with his family as a child. He later joined Osaka’s Green Tsuda gym. After winning the West Japan light-flyweight Rookie King tournament in 1986, he challenged for the Japanese flyweight title in 1988. Later that year, he moved down to minimumweight and defeated Missile Kudo for the Japanese title, which he defended once before vacating it.
World title challenge and OPBF title
On January 14, 1990, Tokushima challenged South Korea’s Myung-Woo Yuh for the WBA light-flyweight championship in Incheon. Yuh retained with a seventh-round technical knockout. The WBA’s title-fight record and Japanese bout ledger confirm the date and result.
Tokushima returned to win the OPBF flyweight title in April 1992, beating Indonesia’s Udin Baharudin by split decision over 12 rounds. He retired after two more bouts in 1995 and later opened Tokushima Sports Boxing Gym in Hirakata, where he coached amateur boxers. Boxing News reported that he died in 2024, aged 56.
The video above shows Tokushima’s 1990 championship challenge against Yuh. His career included domestic and regional titles as well as the world-title bout.
Sources
Sources: Boxing Meikan: Hisashi Tokushima; World Boxing Association fighter and title-fight record; Boxing News obituary and career summary.
Career records and reporting: boxrec.com.
Tags
Boxing, Boxing History
