Katsunari Takayama

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Real name	Katsunari Takayama
Rated at	Minimumweight
Nationality	Japanese
Birth date	May 12, 1983 (1983-05-12) (age 26)
Birth place	Osaka, Osaka Prefecture, Japan
Stance	Orthodox
Boxing record
Total fights	21
Wins	18
Wins by KO	7
Losses	3
Draws	0
No contests	0

Katsunari Takayama (高山勝成 born May 12, 1983 in Osaka-shi, Osaka-fu, Japan) is a Japanese professional boxer. He is the former World Boxing Association (WBA) minimumweight interim champion, and the former World Boxing Council (WBC) minimumweight champion. He has a record of 18-3 (with 7 wins by KO).

On April 4, 2005 Takayama defeated Isaac Bustos for the WBC world title, by a unanimous decision. This victory gave Takayama the distinction of being the 50th Japanese fighter to win a world title. However, he lost a next bout against Eagle Kyowa by a unanimous decision, on August 6, 2005.

On November 7, 2006 he defeated Carlos Melo for the WBA interim title when he was originally supposed to face Yutaka Niida for the WBA title in September. However, due to an eye injury he sustained from sparring, the fight would be delayed to April 7, 2007 ending in a controversial decision.

Takayama got another world title shot on July 14, 2009. This time, it was for the WBA minimumweight title which is held by Roman Gonzalez. Unsuccessfully, Takayama lost on all judges.

[edit] See also

• List of current world boxing champions

[edit] External links

• Professional boxing record for Katsunari Takayama from Boxrec

Preceded by Isaac Bustos	Minimumweight boxing champion (WBC) April 4, 2005 - August 6, 2005	Succeeded by Eagle Kyowa
New title Interim	Minimumweight boxing interim champion (WBA) November 7, 2006 - April 7, 2007	Succeeded by Yutaka Niida

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