Shoji Oguma
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Shoji Oguma is a Japanese former professional boxer who held the WBC and Lineal titles in the Flyweight division.
Oguma in a match in 1975
Boxing in Japan
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The history of boxing in Japan began in 1854 when Matthew Perry landed at Shimoda, Shizuoka soon after the Convention of Kanagawa. At that time, American sailors often engaged in sparring matches on b
Shoji Oguma
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The lithograph published by D. Appleton & Company for Narrative of the Expedition of an American Squadron to the China Seas and Japan: Performed in the Years 1852, 1853, and 1854 by Francis L. Hawks
Yūjirō Watanabe, known as the Father of Japanese Boxing (born 1889 or 1890)
Sadayuki Ogino, the Father of Japanese Boxing (1901–1970)
Fuji Okamoto (1905–1984)