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Boxing: 4-division world champion Tanaka retires

Four-division world boxing champion Kosei Tanaka announces his retirement during a press conference in Nagoya on June 4, 2025. The 29-year-old said he had been fighting with a retinal detachment in recent years.

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Boxing: 4-division world champion Tanaka retires

Four-division world boxing champion Kosei Tanaka announces his retirement during a press conference in Nagoya on June 4, 2025. The 29-year-old said he had been fighting with a retinal detachment in recent years.

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Boxing: 4-division world champion Tanaka retires

Four-division world boxing champion Kosei Tanaka announces his retirement during a press conference in Nagoya on June 4, 2025. The 29-year-old said he had been fighting with a retinal detachment in recent years.

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Boxing: Tanaka to make 1st light flyweight title defense in May

NAGOYA, Japan, March 28 Kyodo - WBO light flyweight champion Kosei Tanaka (L) of Japan poses with Kiyoshi Hatanaka, head of his Hatanaka Boxing Gym, in Nagoya on March 28, 2017. Tanaka will take on top-ranked Puerto Rican challenger Angel Acosta (in the photo) in his first title defense on May 20.

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Japan keep quarterfinal dream alive with clinical win over Samoa

(From L) Japan's Hitoshi Ono, Amanaki Mafi, Fumiaki Tanaka, Kosei Ono and Hendrik Tui celebrate after beating Samoa 26-5 in a Rugby World Cup Pool B match at Stadium MK in Milton Keynes, England, on Oct. 3, 2015. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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English paper says Japan's rugby team cleanest at World Cup

The Rugby Paper of England says on Oct. 18, 2015, the Japanese squad at the Rugby World Cup in England was the cleanest and most disciplined with the fewest fouls. The photo taken in Brighton on Sept. 19 shows Japan's Kosei Ono (bottom) tackling a South African player with Michael Leitch (back) and Fumiaki Tanaka (9). Japan earned an upset win in the game. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Boxing: Ioka defends WBO crown with TKO

Japan's Kazuto Ioka celebrates after successfully defending his WBO super flyweight title in Tokyo on Dec. 31, 2020, by beating compatriot Kosei Tanaka.

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Boxing: Ioka defends WBO crown with TKO

Japan's Kazuto Ioka (facing) throws a punch at compatriot Kosei Tanaka on the way to successfully defending his WBO super flyweight title in Tokyo on Dec. 31, 2020.

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Boxing: Ioka defends WBO crown with TKO

Japan's Kazuto Ioka (L) throws a punch at compatriot Kosei Tanaka on the way to successfully defending his WBO super flyweight title in Tokyo on Dec. 31, 2020.

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Boxing: Kosei Tanaka

Japanese boxer Kosei Tanaka, who has won WBO titles in three weight divisions, attends a press conference in Nagoya on Feb. 4, 2020. Tanaka will move up to super flyweight to take a shot at his fourth world title. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Boxing: Kosei Tanaka

Japanese boxer Kosei Tanaka, who has won WBO titles in three weight divisions, attends a press conference in Nagoya on Feb. 4, 2020. Tanaka will move up to super flyweight to take a shot at his fourth world title. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Boxing: Kosei Tanaka

Japanese boxer Kosei Tanaka, who has won WBO titles in three weight divisions, attends a press conference in Nagoya on Feb. 4, 2020. Tanaka will move up to super flyweight to take a shot at his fourth world title. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Boxing: Kosei Tanaka

Japanese boxer Kosei Tanaka, who has won WBO titles in three weight divisions, attends a press conference in Nagoya on Feb. 4, 2020. Tanaka will move up to super flyweight to take a shot at his fourth world title. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Boxing: Weigh-in for Tanaka-Tuolehazi WBO match

Japanese reigning champion Kosei Tanaka (R) and China's Wulan Tuolehazi pose after a weigh-in on Dec. 30, 2019, in Tokyo for their WBO flyweight title match the following day. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Boxing: Weigh-in for Tanaka's WBO match

Japanese reigning champion Kosei Tanaka poses after clearing a weigh-in on Dec. 30, 2019, in Tokyo for his WBO flyweight title match against Wulan Tuolehazi of China the following day.(Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Boxing: WBO title match press conference

WBO flyweight champion Kosei Tanaka of Japan attends a press conference in Nagoya, central Japan, on Nov. 19, 2019, for his third title defense on Dec. 31 in Tokyo against China's Wulan Tuolehazi. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Boxing: WBO title match press conference

WBO flyweight champion Kosei Tanaka of Japan attends a press conference in Nagoya, central Japan, on Nov. 19, 2019, for his third title defense on Dec. 31 in Tokyo against China's Wulan Tuolehazi. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Boxing: WBO title match press conference

WBO flyweight champion Kosei Tanaka of Japan attends a press conference in Nagoya, central Japan, on Nov. 19, 2019, for his third title defense on Dec. 31 in Tokyo against China's Wulan Tuolehazi. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Boxing: Tanaka returns WBO light flyweight belt to move up to flyweight

Japanese boxer Kosei Tanaka announces his decision in Nagoya on Dec. 6, 2017 to return his WBO light flyweight belt and move up to the flyweight division. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Boxing: Tanaka relinquishes WBO light flyweight title

Japanese boxer Kosei Tanaka, seen in this file photo, has relinquished the WBO light flyweight title, a source close to the matter said on Dec. 1, 2017. Tanaka will likely make a bid for a third WBO title by moving up to the flyweight class. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Boxing: WBO champ Tanaka out for 2 months with eye injuries

World Boxing Organization light flyweight champion Kosei Tanaka speaks at a press conference in Nagoya on Sept. 20, 2017. Tanaka has been diagnosed with fractures in both of his eye sockets and will need two months to make a full recovery. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Boxing: WBO champ Tanaka out for 2 months with eye injuries

World Boxing Organization light flyweight champion Kosei Tanaka speaks at a press conference in Nagoya on Sept. 20, 2017. Tanaka has been diagnosed with fractures in both of his eye sockets and will need two months to make a full recovery. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Tanaka wins 2nd title defense in 9th-round TKO

Kosei Tanaka acknowledges the crowd on Sept. 13, 2017, after defending his World Boxing Organization light flyweight title in a fight against Rangsan Chayanram of Thailand, who fights under the name of Palangpol CP Freshmart, in Osaka, western Japan. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Boxing: Tanaka sets 2nd title defense, but has eyes on Taguchi

Japanese boxer Kosei Tanaka poses for a photo in Nagoya, central Japan, on July 20, 2017. Hatanaka Gym announced the same day that Tanaka will defend his World Boxing Organization light flyweight title on Sept. 13 at Osaka's Edion Arena against 14th ranked Thai challenger Thammanoon Niyomtrong (shown in picture back), who fights under the name of Knockout CP Freshmart. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Scenes of sumo

Japanese WBO light flyweight champion Kosei Tanaka (R) shapes up to sumo wrestler Ishiura as the boxer joined a morning training session of the Miyagino stable in Nagoya, central Japan, on July 11, 2017, during the Nagoya Grand Sumo Tournament. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Boxing: Tanaka TKOs Fuentes to lift 2nd world title

Kosei Tanaka (L) of Japan punches Mexico's Moises Fuentes in the second round of a WBO light flyweight title match in Gifu in central Japan on Dec. 31, 2016. Tanaka seized the title with a fifth-round technical knockout. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo

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Boxing: Tanaka TKOs Fuentes to lift 2nd world title

Kosei Tanaka (R) of Japan punches Mexico's Moises Fuentes in the first round of a WBO light flyweight title match in Gifu in central Japan on Dec. 31, 2016. Tanaka seized the title with a fifth-round technical knockout. (Kyodo) ==Kyodo