Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2024-10-14, close boxing match but not so exciting: Kosei Tanaka vs Phumelele Cafu gets two stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Boxing Fights of 2024).
Cafu vs Tanaka is scheduled to take place Monday, October 14th, at the Ariake Arena in Tokyo (Japan), in a 12-round super flyweight (115 lbs, 52.2 kg) bout; it is valid for the WBO world super-flyweight title (Kosei’s first defense) and it is on the undercard of Junto Nakatani vs Petch CP Freshmart – Prime Video Boxing 10. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2024-02-24, pretty good boxing match: Kosei Tanaka vs Christian Bacasegua Rangel gets three stars.
Rangel vs Tanaka is scheduled to take place Saturday, February 24th, at the Kokugikan in Tokyo (Japan), in a 12-round super flyweight (115 lbs, 52.2 kg) bout; it is valid for the vacant WBO world super-flyweight title and it is on the undercard of Junto Nakatani vs Alejandro Santiago Barrios. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-12-31, good fight between Kosei Tanaka and Kazuto Ioka: it gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the best boxing fights of 2020).
The undefeated world champion in three different weight classes Kosei Tanaka entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 15-0-0 (9 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 flyweight in the world. In his last three bouts he has won over Ryoichi Taguchi (Kosei Tanaka vs Ryoichi Taguchi), Jonathan Gonzalez (Kosei Tanaka vs Jonathan Gonzalez) and Wulan Tuolehazi (Kosei Tanaka vs Wulan Tuolehazi).
His opponent, the world champion in four different weight divisions Kazuto Ioka, has an official record of 25-2-0 (14 knockouts) and he entered as the No.4 super flyweight. He lost to Donnie Nietes in 2018 (Donnie Nietes vs Kazuto Ioka) but then he has beat Aston Palicte (Kazuto Ioka vs Aston Palicte) and Jeyvier Cintron (Kazuto Ioka vs Jeyvier Cintron). Ioka vs Kosei is valid for the WBO World super-flyweight title (Ioka’s second defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-12-31, pretty good finish between Kosei Tanaka and Wulan Tuolehazi but it is not enough to ge three stars: it gets two.
The undefeated world champion in three different weight classes Kosei Tanaka entered this fight with a perfect record of 14-0-0 (8 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 flyweight in the world. In his last three bouts he has won over Sho Kimura (4-stars fight, Sho Kimura vs Kosei Tanaka), Ryoichi Taguchi (Kosei Tanaka vs Ryoichi Taguchi) and Jonathan Gonzalez (Kosei Tanaka vs Jonathan Gonzalez).
His opponent, Wulan Tuolehazi, has an official boxing record of 13-3-1 (6 knockouts) and he entered as the No.7 in the same weight class. He suffered his last loss when he faced Xian Qian Wei in 2016, since then he has collected eleven victories and one draw beating Satoshi Tanaka in his last one. Tanaka vs Tuolehazi is valid for the WBO World flyweight title (Kosei’s third defense); undercard of Kazuto Ioka vs Jeyvier Cintron. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-08-24, pretty good finish between Kosei Tanaka and Jonathan Gonzalez but it is not enough to get three stars: it gets two.
The undefeated world champion in three different weight classes Kosei Tanaka entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 13-0-0 (7 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 flyweight in the world. In his last three bouts he has won over Ronnie Baldonado (Kosei Tanaka vs Ronnie Baldonado), Sho Kimura (4-stars fight, Sho Kimura vs Kosei Tanaka) and Ryoichi Taguchi (Kosei Tanaka vs Ryoichi Taguchi).
His opponent, Jonathan Gonzalez, has a record of 22-2-1 (13 knockouts) and he entered as the No.21 in the same weight class. He lost to Jobert Alvarez in 2016 but then he has won four bouts defeating Juan Alejo in his last one. Kosei vs Gonzalez is valid for the WBO World flyweight title (Kosei’s second defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2019-03-16, great performance by both boxers: Kosei Tanaka vs Ryoichi Taguchi is close to get four stars!.
The undefeated world champion in three different weight classes Kosei Tanaka entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 12-0-0 (7 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 flyweight in the world. In his last three bouts he has won over Palangpol CP Freshmart (Kosei Tanaka vs Palangpol CP Freshmart), Ronnie Baldonado (Kosei Tanaka vs Ronnie Baldonado) and Sho Kimura (4-stars fight, Sho Kimura vs Kosei Tanaka).
His opponent, the former Wba and Ibf light-Flw champ Ryoichi Taguchi, has a record of 27-3-2 (12 knockouts) and he entered as the No.3 light flyweight but he comes off the loss against Hekkie Budler (Ryoichi Taguchi vs Hekkie Budler); before this bout, in 2017, he had defeated Milan Melindo (Milan Melindo vs Ryoichi Taguchi) and Robert Barrera (Taguchi vs Barrera). Tanaka vs Taguchi is valid for the WBO World flyweight title (Kosei’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-09-24, epic japanese war thanks to an impressive performance by both boxers: Sho Kimura vs Kosei Tanaka is the best boxing fight of 2018 so far and it gets four stars!
The Wbo Flw champion Sho Kimura entered this fight with a professional boxing record of 17-1-2 (10 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.5 flyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Cristofer Rosales). He suffered his only defeat at his pro boxing debut in 2013, against Shosuke Oji, since then he has collected 17 victories and two draws beating Zou Shiming (Shiming vs Kimura), Toshiyuki Igarashi (Sho Kimura vs Toshiyuki Igarashi) and Froilan Saludar in his last three (Sho Kimura vs Froilan Saludar).
His opponent, the undefeated world champion in two different weight classes Kosei Tanaka, has a perfect record of 11-0-0 (7 knockouts) and he entered as the No.2 in the same weight class. In his last three bouts he has won over Angel Acosta (Tanaka vs Acosta), Palangpol CP Freshmart (Kosei Tanaka vs Palangpol CP Freshmart) and Ronnie Baldonado (Kosei Tanaka vs Ronnie Baldonado). Kosei vs Kimura is valid for the WBO World flyweight title (Kimura’s third defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2018-03-31, nice and tough fight between Kosei Tanaka and Ronnie Baldonado: it gets three stars.
Both undefeated, the world champion in two different weight classes Kosei Tanaka entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 10-0-0 (6 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.3 light flyweight in the world (currently the #1 in this division is Ken Shiro) while his opponent, Ronnie Baldonado, has a record of 10-0-1 (7 knockouts) and he entered as the No.36 flyweight. Both boxers fought twice last year: Kosei won over Angel Acosta (Tanaka vs Acosta) and Palangpol CP Freshmart (Kosei Tanaka vs Palangpol CP Freshmart) while Baldonado beat Yiming Ma and Iwan Zoda. Kosei vs Baldonado is the main event of the evening. Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-09-13, great performance by both boxers: Kosei Tanaka vs Rangsan Chayanram gets three stars.
The undefeated world champion in two different weight classes Kosei Tanaka entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 9-0-0 (5 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.1 light flyweight in the world. Between 2016 and 2017 he has won over Rene Patilano (=Tanaka vs Patilano), Moises Fuentes (=Fuentes vs Tanaka) and Angel Acosta (=Tanaka vs Acosta).
His opponent, Palangpol CP Freshmart (also known as Rangsan Chayanram), has an official record of 14-1-0 (8 knockouts) and he entered as the No.23 in the same weight class. He suffered his only loss at his first professional bout in 2011, against Koji Itagaki, since then he has collected 14 consecutive victories beating Noppadol Chornkratok and Samuel Tehuayo in 2017. Kosei Tanaka vs Palangpol CP Freshmart is valid for the WBO World Light Flyweight title (Tanaka’s second defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2017-05-20, good fight between Kosei Tanaka and Angel Acosta: it gets three stars.
Both undefeated, the 21-year-old world champion in two different weight classes Kosei Tanaka entered this fight with a perfect boxing record of 8-0-0 (5 knockouts) and he is ranked as the No.3 light flyweight in the world while his opponent, the 26-year-old Angel Acosta, has a record of 16-0-0 (16 KOs=100%) and he entered as the No.10 in the same weight class (currently the #1 in this division is Ganigan Lopez). Tanaka fought twice last year winning over Rene Patilano (=Tanaka vs Patilano) and Moises Fuentes (=Fuentes vs Tanaka) while ‘Tito’ Acosta fought three times defeating Erickson Martell, Juan Guzman and Luis Ceja; Acosta has also fought once in 2017 beating Japhet Uutoni. Kosei Tanaka vs Angel Acosta is valid for the WBO World light flyweight title (Tanaka’s first defense). Watch the video and rate this fight!
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Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2024-10-14, close boxing match but not so exciting: Kosei Tanaka vs Phumelele Cafu gets two stars (take a look at our ranking of the Best Boxing Fights of 2024).
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2024-02-24, pretty good boxing match: Kosei Tanaka vs Christian Bacasegua Rangel gets three stars.
Review by AllTheBestFights.com: 2020-12-31, good fight between Kosei Tanaka and Kazuto Ioka: it gets three stars (take a look at our ranking of the 
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