Naoko Kumagai
Naoko Kumagai (born August 8, 1971 in Yamanashi) is a Japanese female kickboxer and 3-time World Champion in 3 different weight classes.[1] She also had two amateur boxing matches with Russian Elena Karpachova, and one pro boxing match.[2]
| Naoko Kumagai | |
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| Born | Kumagai Naoko August 8, 1971 Yamanashi, Japan |
| Nationality | Japanese |
| Height | 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) |
| Weight | 115 lb (52 kg; 8.2 st) |
| Style | Kickboxing |
| Stance | Southpaw |
| Fighting out of | Tokyo, Japan |
| Team | Fudohkan Gym |
| Trainer | Shinya Natori |
| Years active | 1989–2002 |
| Professional boxing record | |
| Total | 3 |
| Wins | 1 |
| Losses | 2 |
| Kickboxing record | |
| Total | 37 |
| Wins | 31 |
| By knockout | 27 |
| Losses | 4 |
| Draws | 1 |
| No contests | 1 |
| Other information | |
| Boxing record from BoxRec | |
Kumagai is known for her knockout punch and high KO percentage. Her kickboxing record is 36 fights, with 31 wins 27 via KO, 4 losses and 2 draw.
Notable fights
Pro debut loss to WKA world Champion Ella Yee of the United Kingdom; Kumagai defeated German Kickboxing Champion, Regina Halmich, by first-round KO; A five-round decision victory over ISKA World Kickboxing Champion, Kim "Fireball" Messer of the USA;
A First round KO victory over Japan's Natsumi Nakazawa; two fights with Australian star, Amanda Buchanan: The first fight with Buchanan was a five-round decision loss to Buchanan for the WKA World Title and the rematch with Buchanan was a 4th-round KO victory for Kumagai over Buchanan as Kumagai regained her WKA world title from Buchanan.
Kumagai VS WKA World Champion, Lisa Howarth, 2 fights: The First fight with Lisa Howarth in Manchester, England was ruled a no contest, by the WKA.
The 2nd fight with Lisa Howarth in Tokyo was a first-round KO Kumagai victory for the WKA World flyweight Title;
Kumagai vs Kyoko Miyazake, "aka Kamikaze" was a fourth rd TKO victory world title defense.
Kickboxing Decision win over MMA star, Yoko Takahashi.
Draw vs Australian Star, Holly Ferneley, in a five-round Muay Thai fight.
Draw vs shootboxing champion, Terumi Fujiyama, in a shoot boxing fight. One exhibition fight against World Champion, Sachiyo Shibata(no decision was rendered in this "exhibition fight")
Titles
- Double-K World Women's Lightweight Champion
- WKA World Flyweight and Bantamweight Title
- UKF World Super Bantamweight Title[3]
Media career
She appeared in Jackass: The Movie segment "Ass Kicked By Girl" beating up Ryan Dunn in a kickboxing session.[4]
References
- "This site is temporarily unavailable". www.womenkickboxing.com.
- "boxing-records.com". www.boxing-records.com.
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2011-08-30. Retrieved 2009-08-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Naoko Kumagai". IMDb.
External links
- This site is temporarily unavailable Fightprofile at womenkickboxing.com
- Naoko Kumagai at IMDb
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