Kimio Furesawa: Boxing Career and Major Results
Kimio Furesawa was a Japanese flyweight boxer active in the 1970s. His record includes wins over notable Japanese opposition and challenges for both major flyweight titles, as reflected in his bout history.
World title challenges
On June 15, 1977, Furesawa challenged Miguel Canto for the WBC flyweight championship in Tokyo. Canto retained the title with a unanimous decision over 15 rounds, according to the BoxRec title-fight record.
On January 2, 1978, Furesawa met WBA flyweight champion Guty Espadas. Espadas retained his title by stopping Furesawa in the seventh round; the result appears in the BoxRec WBA title-fight list. The video above is labeled as this bout.
Furesawa also knocked out Shoji Oguma in the eighth round on December 14, 1976, as recorded in the Japanese boxing record archive.
The Run Toward World Championship Bouts
Furesawa’s professional record began in January 1969 and eventually comprised 37 contests: 24 wins, eight losses and five draws. His early career included four-round assignments before he progressed through six-round bouts and into ten-round opposition. This gradual development preceded the much longer championship contest against Canto.
His 1975 results included a decision victory over Beaver Kajimoto, reversing a defeat from the previous year, and another points win against Freddy Moran. After losses in Thailand and South Korea in early 1976, Furesawa rebuilt momentum by beating Hurricane Miyakawa and Hiroyuki Kanda before the notable knockout of Oguma at Korakuen Hall.
A further win over Jose Luis Cruz in March 1977 came immediately before his challenge against Canto. The sequence puts Furesawa’s world title opportunities in context: he reached them after rebuilding his form against domestic and international opponents. Although neither championship challenge produced a title, the Oguma victory remains a significant result in a career that brought him into competition with leading flyweights of his era.
Sources
Career records and reporting: boxrec.com.
Tags
Boxing, Boxing History
