Katsushige Kawashima
- January 11, 2024
- Boxer
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Katsushige Kawashima Biography
| Birthday | Oct 6 |
| Birth Year | 1974 |
Katsushige Kawashima is one of the most popular and richest Boxer who was born on October 6, 1974 in Ichihara, Japan. Kawashima declared his resignation the second time following losing the first time to Mijares and came back to fight after an impressive knockout victory in the third round on June 4 2007. He fought WBA Super Flyweight Champion Alexander Munoz as the 7th most ranked contender to take on the crown on the 14th of January, 2008 however, he lost in a unanimous verdict in which he almost got lost during the eleventh round. His retirement announcement was made the third time following the fight. His record in professional stood at 32-7-0 (21KOs).
On June 23rd, 2003 Kawashima was given his very first chance to win a world title in a fight against WBC and super flyweight lineal champion Masamori Tokuyama, but fell with a unanimous decision after 12 rounds. He fought Tokuyama again one year later in June, 2004 and came up with a surprise first round knockout just 1 minutes 47 seconds in the match to claim the super flyweight title. Tokuyama was defending the title nine times prior to this loss.
Kawashima met Masamori Tokuyama for the third time on July 18, 2005, for his third defense of the world title. Kawashima managed to knockdown Tokuyama in the 12th round, but was unable to mount a consistent offense for the rest of the fight as Tokuyama regained his title by unanimous decision.
On September 18, 2006, Kawashima fought Cristian Mijares for the WBC super flyweight interim title. He managed to knock down his opponent in the 2nd round, but lost a close split decision where two judges scored the fight for Mijares by only one point (114-113), and the other judge scored the fight for Kawashima also by one point. He announced his retirement shortly afterwards, but retracted it on October 19, 2006, when a rematch was organized against Mijares, who had recently been promoted to the regular champion after the retirement of Masamori Tokuyama. The rematch was held on January 3, 2007, and Kawashima lost by technical knockout in the tenth round after suffering a knockdown which was regarded as a slip by the referee. This was the first time Kawashima had been knocked out in his entire career.
Kawashima first appeared in his first WBC ranking in the year 2001 after the victory in a 10-round contest against the former WBA Super Flyweight Champion Yokthai Sithoar. Kawashima fought for his Japanese super flyweight crown in the year following and was able to win his first title via split decision in 10 rounds. He was able to defend the title twice before reclaiming the title.
Katsushige Kawashima Net Worth
| Net Worth | $5 Million |
| Source Of Income | Boxer |
| House | Living in own house. |
Katsushige Kawashima is one of the richest Boxer from Japan. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Katsushige Kawashima 's net worth $5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)
Katsushige Kawashima (Chuan Dao Sheng Zhong , Kawashima Katsushige born on October 6 1974, located in Ichihara, Chiba) is a Japanese retired professional boxer who competed for the Super Flyweight Division. He was an ex- WBC and super flyweight lineal champion.
Kawashima was a boxer in the training of the former WBC as well as WBA minimalweight champion Hideyuki Ohashi, in 1995 and made his debut in the professional ring the 20th of February in 1997 after a knockout 2nd round victory. He was defeated in a six-round contest in his only professional fight, but slowly won victories to take on Jesse Maca for the OPBF super flyweight title on the 11th of December in 2000. The fight resulted in a 12-round, unanimous decision defeat for Kawashima.
Kawashima scored three knockdowns en route to a unanimous decision victory in his first world title defense on September 20, 2004. On January 3, 2005, he fought undefeated Jose Navarro for his second defense, and won a controversial split decision to retain his title. One judge had scored 11 of 12 rounds in favor of Navarro, while the other two scored it closely in favor of Kawashima, who was cut over both eyes for most of the fight.
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