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Former Estonian ozeki Baruto's retirement ceremony

TOKYO, Japan - WBA bantamweight champion Koki Kameda (L) cuts the topknot of Estonian former ozeki Baruto during his retirement ceremony at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on Feb. 8, 2014. In the summer of 2010, the 1.98-meter Baruto became only the second European to climb to sumo's second-highest rank.

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Kameda boxing brothers

TAKAMATSU, Japan - (From L) Koki Kameda, Daiki Kameda and Tomoki Kameda -- better known in Japan as the Kameda boxing brothers -- pose for photos after Daiki defeated Mexican Rodrigo Guerrero by unanimous decision to take the vacant IBF super flyweight title in Takamatsu, western Japan, on Sept. 3, 2013. His victory means all three of the brothers currently hold world titles. Koki, the eldest brother, is the WBA bantamweight champion and Tomoki, the youngest, holds the WBO bantamweight title.

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Kameda brothers

NARITA, Japan - The three Kameda brothers, (from L) second-oldest Daiki, the former WBA flyweight champion, the oldest Koki, the WBA bantamweight champion, and the youngest Tomoki, newly crowned WBO bantamweight champion, pose with their father Shiro at Narita airport near Tokyo on Aug. 4, 2013. Tomoki won the crown in the Philippines on Aug. 1.

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Kameda defends WBA bantamweight crown

TOKYO, Japan - Photo shows Japan's Koki Kameda (R) and John Mark Apolinario of the Philippines during the 12th round of their bout at Tokyo Big Sight on July 23, 2013. Kameda successfully defended his WBA bantamweight title for a seventh time, winning by unanimous decision against third-ranked challenger Apolinario.

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Kameda defends WBA bantamweight title

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows WBA bantamweight champion Koki Kameda (L) of Japan and challenger Panomroonglek Kaiyanghadaogym of Thailand during the 12th round of a bout in Osaka on April 7, 2013. Kameda successfully defended the crown for the sixth time, winning a split decision over Panomroonglek.

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Kameda defends WBA bantamweight title

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows WBA bantamweight champion Koki Kameda (front, 2nd from L) of Japan after successfully defending the crown for the sixth time in Osaka on April 7, 2013. Kameda won a split decision over Panomroonglek Kaiyanghadaogym (R back) of Thailand.

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Kameda defends WBA bantam crown for 5th time

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Koki Kameda, the WBA bantamweight champion, raises his fist after winning a 2-1 decision over Mexico's Hugo Ruiz for his fifth title defense at Osaka's Bodymaker Coliseum on Dec. 4, 2012.

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Kameda defends WBA bantam crown for 5th time

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows Japan's Koki Kameda (R), the WBA bantamweight champion, and Mexico's Hugo Ruiz in the seventh round of their bout at Osaka's Bodymaker Coliseum on Dec. 4, 2012. Kameda won a 2-1 decision for his fifth title defense.

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Kameda defends WBA bantam crown for 5th time

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Koki Kameda, the WBA bantamweight champion, raises his fist after winning a 2-1 decision over Mexico's Hugo Ruiz for his fifth title defense at Osaka's Bodymaker Coliseum on Dec. 4, 2012.

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Kameda defends WBA bantam crown for 5th time

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows Japan's Koki Kameda (R), the WBA bantamweight champion, and Mexico's Hugo Ruiz in the third round of their bout at Osaka's Bodymaker Coliseum on Dec. 4, 2012. Kameda won a 2-1 decision for his fifth title defense.

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Kameda defends WBA bantam crown for 5th time

OSAKA, Japan - Japan's Koki Kameda (L back), the WBA bantamweight champion, raises his fists after winning a 2-1 decision over Mexico's Hugo Ruiz for his fifth title defense at Osaka's Bodymaker Coliseum on Dec. 4, 2012.

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Kameda defends WBA bantam crown for 5th time

OSAKA, Japan - Photo shows Japan's Koki Kameda (R), the WBA bantamweight champion, and Mexico's Hugo Ruiz in the fourth round of their bout at Osaka's Bodymaker Coliseum on Dec. 4, 2012. Kameda won a 2-1 decision for his fifth title defense.

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K. Kameda defends WBA title

OSAKA, Japan - WBA bantamweight champion Koki Kameda of Japan shows off his champion's belt after a knockout victory over Mexican challenger Mario Macias in a world championship doubleheader in Osaka on Dec. 7, 2011.

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K. Kameda defends WBA title

OSAKA, Japan - WBA bantamweight champion Koki Kameda of Japan (L) attacks Mexican challenger Mario Macias in the fourth round of a world title match in Osaka on Dec. 7, 2011. Kameda defended his title for the third time.

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Japan's Kameda defends crown

TOKYO, Japan - WBA bantamweight champion Koki Kameda of Japan poses with his title belt at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo on Aug. 31, 2011, after defending his crown for the second time in a unanimous decision over Mexican challenger David De La Mora.

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Japan's Kameda defends crown

TOKYO, Japan - WBA bantamweight champion Koki Kameda (R) knocks down Mexican challenger David De La Mora in the third round at Nippon Budokan in Tokyo on Aug. 31, 2011. Kameda defended his title for the second time in a unanimous decision.

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Koki Kameda makes successful title defense

OSAKA, Japan - Koki Kameda (L) celebrates after retaining the WBA bantamweight title in his first defense of the crown with an 11th-round, technical knockout of Daniel Diaz (R back) of Nicaragua in Osaka on May 7, 2011.

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Kameda 1st Japanese boxer to win 3 world titles

SAITAMA, Japan - Koki Kameda of Japan knocks down Alexander Munoz of Venezuela during 12th-round action in the WBA bantamweight title match on Dec. 26, 2010, at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama. Kameda became the first Japanese boxer to win world titles in three weight divisions after winning the match by a unanimous decision.

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Kameda 1st Japanese boxer to win 3 world titles

SAITAMA, Japan - Koki Kameda (R) of Japan fights Alexander Munoz of Venezuela during the WBA bantamweight title match on Dec. 26, 2010, at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama. Kameda became the first Japanese boxer to win world titles in three weight divisions after winning the match by a unanimous decision.

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Kameda 1st Japanese boxer to win 3 world titles

SAITAMA, Japan - Koki Kameda (L) of Japan hits Alexander Munoz of Venezuela during the first round of the WBA bantamweight title match on Dec. 26, 2010, at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama. Kameda became the first Japanese boxer to win world titles in three weight divisions.

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Kameda 1st Japanese boxer to win 3 world titles

SAITAMA, Japan - Koki Kameda (L) of Japan fights Alexander Munoz of Venezuela during the WBA bantamweight title match on Dec. 26, 2010, at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama. Kameda became the first Japanese boxer to win world titles in three weight divisions after winning the match by a unanimous decision.

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JBC voids Kameda's license, banned for life from boxing

TOKYO, Japan - Undated photo shows Shiro Kameda, the father of former WBC flyweight champion Koki Kameda. The Japan Boxing Commission on April 13, 2010, annulled his corner license effectively banning him for life from activities related to professional boxing. The elder Kameda offered to return his license, which had been suspended since 2007, to take responsibility for an epithet-laden tirade against WBC fight officials last month.

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Koki Kameda surrenders WBC flyweight crown

OSAKA, Japan - Koki Kameda gets slammed with a right to the face by interim champion Pongsaklek Wonjogkam of Thailand in the second round of a WBC flyweight title match at Ariake Colosseum on March 27, 2010. Kameda failed in his first attempt to defend his crown when he lost on a decision.

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K. Kameda to face interim champ Pongsaklek

TOKYO, Japan - WBC flyweight champion Koki Kameda of Japan (2nd from L) and WBC flyweight interim champion Pongsaklek Wonjogkam of Thailand (R) pose for photographs after the signing ceremony for their title match at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo on March, 26, 2010, a day before the match at Ariake Colosseum in Tokyo.

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Kameda defeats Denkaosen to claim WBA flyweight title

KOBE, Japan - Japan's Daiki Kameda (L) speaks after clinching the WBA flyweight title from Denkaosen Kaowichit of Thailand at Kobe World Memorial Hall on Feb. 7, 2010. Kameda joined his older brother Koki (R), who holds the WBC flyweight crown, as the first Japanese sibling pair to become world champions.

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Kameda defeats Denkaosen to claim WBA flyweight title

KOBE, Japan - Japan's Daiki Kameda (L) speaks after clinching the WBA flyweight title from Denkaosen Kaowichit of Thailand at Kobe World Memorial Hall on Feb. 7, 2010. Kameda joined his older brother Koki (R), who holds the WBC flyweight crown, as the first Japanese sibling pair to become world champions.

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Kameda speaks to reporters, day after winning flyweight title

TOKYO, Japan - New WBC flyweight champion Koki Kameda poses for photos with his championship belt in Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2009, a day after he won the flyweight title by beating compatriot Daisuke Naito in a unanimous decision.

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Kameda speaks to reporters, day after winning flyweight title

TOKYO, Japan - New WBC flyweight champion Koki Kameda speaks at a news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2009, a day after he won the flyweight title by beating compatriot Daisuke Naito in a unanimous decision.

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Kameda speaks to reporters, day after winning flyweight title

TOKYO, Japan - New WBC flyweight champion Koki Kameda smiles during a news conference in Tokyo on Nov. 29, 2009, a day after he won the flyweight title by beating compatriot Daisuke Naito in a unanimous decision.

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Kameda beats champion Naito to win WBC flyweight title

SAITAMA, Japan - Challenger Koki Kameda celebrates after beating WBC flyweight champion Daisuke Naito by a unanimous decision in their bout at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama on Nov. 29, 2009.

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Kameda beats champion Naito to win WBC flyweight title

SAITAMA, Japan - Challenger Koki Kameda holds up the WBC flyweight championship belt after beating champion and compatriot Daisuke Naito by a unanimous decision in their bout at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama on Nov. 29, 2009.

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Kameda beats champion Naito to win WBC flyweight title

SAITAMA, Japan - Challenger Koki Kameda (L) delivers a punch to WBC flyweight champion Daisuke Naito during the 12th round of their match at Saitama Super Arena in Saitama on Nov. 29, 2009. Kameda won a unanimous decision over compatriot Naito to capture the WBC flyweight crown.

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Date set for Naito's WBC title fight vs K. Kameda

TOKYO, Japan - Daisuke Naito (L), the WBC flyweight title holder, poses for photos in Tokyo on Sept. 24, 2009, with challenger Koki Kameda (R) in Naito's sixth defense of his title. The match is scheduled for Saitama Super Arena on Nov. 29.

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Daiki Kameda gets 2nd crack at world title

TOKYO, Japan - Daiki Kameda (R) poses with his brother Koki for photos during a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 10 after announcing he will take on Thai champion Denkaosan Kaovichit for the WBA flyweight title on Oct. 6 in Osaka.

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K. Kameda to return to ring in nontitle fight in March

TOKYO, Japan - Former WBA light flyweight champion Koki Kameda (L) will return to action in a nontitle flyweight 10-rounder in March against Spanish boxer Jose Lopez Bueno in his first match since last July, his Kyoei gym announced Jan. 29. Kameda has been serving a ''voluntary'' three-month suspension since his family's misbehavior during his younger brother Daiki's WBC flyweight title fight on Oct. 11.

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Boxing: Controversial Kameda father leaves Kyoei gym

TOKYO, Japan - Kyoei gym head Keiichiro Kanehira (L) and Koki Kameda, the elder brother of the suspended boxer Daiki, bow in apology at a news conference in Tokyo on Oct. 26 in which Kanehira said Shiro Kameda, the father and trainer of the boxer family, has offered to leave the gym. Koki said he and his father, working on the corner, instructed Daiki to resort to underhanded tactics in a WBC flyweight title fight against Daisuke Naito on Oct. 11.

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Kameda to return WBA light flyweight belt

TOKYO, Japan - WBA light flyweight champion Koki Kameda tells a press conference in Tokyo on Jan. 18 that he will relinquish his title to move up to flyweight. The 20-year-old Japanese said he is going back to his original weight class as he is scheduled to have a non-title 10-rounder at Tokyo's Ryogoku Kokugikan on March 24 against a yet-to-be-named opponent.

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Kameda defends WBA light flyweight title against Landaeta

TOKYO, Japan - Champion Koki Kameda of Japan is shouldered by his father Shiro after he beat challenger Juan Landaeta of Venezuela in the WBA light flyweight title match in Tokyo on Dec. 20. Kameda defended his title with a 3-0 decision.

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Kameda defends WBA light flyweight title against Landaeta

TOKYO, Japan - Champion Koki Kameda of Japan (L) lands a punch on challenger Juan Landaeta of Venezuela in the first round of their WBA light flyweight title match in Tokyo on Dec. 20. Kameda defended his title in a 3-0 decision.

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Kameda defends WBA light flyweight title against Landaeta

TOKYO, Japan - Champion Koki Kameda of Japan (R) and challenger Juan Landaeta of Venezuela exchange punches in the third round of their WBAlight flyweight title match in Tokyo on Dec. 20. Kameda defended his title in a 3-0 decision.

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Kameda defends WBA light flyweight title against Landaeta

TOKYO, Japan - Champion Koki Kameda of Japan (L) lands a punch on challenger Juan Landaeta of Venezuela in the 10th round of their World Boxing Association light flyweight title match in Tokyo on Dec. 20. Kameda defended his title in a 3-0 decision.

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Kameda defends WBA light flyweight title against Landaeta

TOKYO, Japan - Champion Koki Kameda of Japan celebrates after beating challenger Juan Landaeta of Venezuela in their WBA light flyweight title match in Tokyo on Dec. 20. Kameda defended his title with a 3-0 decision.

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Kameda shows up after injury to face

TOKYO, Japan - Japanese WBA light flyweight champion Koki Kameda shows the location on his face where he sustained an injury during a sparring session last month, which led to the rematch of his controversial title fight against Juan Landaeta being rescheduled to Dec. 20.

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Kameda's rematch with Landaeta set for Dec. 20

TOKYO, Japan - The rematch of the controversial WBA light flyweight title fight between Japan's Koki Kameda (in file photo) and Venezuela's Juan Landaeta has been rescheduled for Dec. 20 at Tokyo's Ariake Colosseum , Kameda's Kyoei Gym said Oct. 5. The fight had originally been penciled in for Oct. 18 but had to be postponed after the Japanese champion sustained an injury during a recent sparring session.

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Kameda-Landaeta rematch set for Oct. 18

TOKYO, Japan - WBA light flyweight champion Koki Kameda poses during a press conference in Tokyo after his title match against Venezuelan Juan Landaeta was set for Oct. 18.

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WBA champ Kameda to fight Landaeta again

TOKYO, Japan - Japan's newly-crowned WBA light flyweight champion Koki Kameda (L) will meet Venezuelan Juan Landaeta in the first defense of his crown in mid or late October at a yet-to-be-decided venue, Kameda's Kyoei Gym announced on Aug. 22.

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WBA light flyweight champion Kameda holds news conference

TOKYO, Japan - Koki Kameda smiles during a press conference in Tokyo on Aug. 3, one day after he beat Venezuelan Juan Landaeta in a controversial split decision to grab the vacant WBA light flyweight title.

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Kameda wins WBA light flyweight crown in split decision

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Japan's Koki Kameda celebrates after winning the vacant WBA light flyweight title by beating Venezuelan Juan Landaeta in a match at Yokohama Arena on Aug. 2.

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Kameda wins WBA light flyweight crown in split decision

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Venezuelan Juan Landaeta (L) appears to think he has won after the end of his 12-round match against Japan's Koki Kameda for the vacant WBA light flyweight title at Yokohama Arena on Aug. 2. However, Kameda won the match in a controversial split decision.

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Kameda wins WBA light flyweight crown in split decision

YOKOHAMA, Japan - Sumo yokozuna (grand champion) Asashoryu of Mongolia shoulders Japan's Koki Kameda after Kameda beat Venezuelan Juan Landaeta in a controversial split decision to grab the vacant WBA light flyweight title at Yokohama Arena on Aug. 2.