katsushige kawashima

Before finishing his career in January 2008 orthodox boxer Kawashima built up a record of 32 wins, 0 draws, and 7 losses, starting at age 22 on February 1997 and ending 10 years later at . Kawashima's longest win streak is 12 fights between February 1997 and October 2000. His longest KO streak in his 39 fights is 4 fights long.

Early Career

Getting rid of his debut fight nerves early, Kawashima took on Shinobu Hiraga in February 1997 and claimed a stoppage victory (round 2, KO). Kawashima was the first person to have ever stopped Hiraga. Continuing on from his debut, Kawashima had an impressive start to his career as he went on to fight 20 fights including 6 times in 1997, 5 times in 1998 and 9 times through 1999, 2000 and 2001 against fighters such as Napa Kiatwanchai, Yoshikazu Matsushita and Arashi Yanagawa.

Katsushige Kawashima Vs Hiroshi Nakano

The first defeat of Kawashima's career came against Hiroshi Nakano on December 20th, 1997. This took his career record to 5-1-0. Coming into the fight with high confidence Kawashima fought his next fight against Hiroshi Nakano on December 20th, 1997. Unfortunately, Kawashima was outclassed and lost the decision on the judges scorecards taking his record to 5-1-0. Kawashima continued his success in the next 17 fights taking his record to 21 wins, 2 losses and 0 draws.

Katsushige Kawashima Vs Yasutomo Yuki

On July 30th, 2002, Kawashima went into action again and beat Yasutomo Yuki taking the winning record to 22 wins. Kawashima was the first person to stop Yasutomo Yuki and he did it in the 5th round via TKO. Kawashima's win streak of 22 rose to 25 following 3 wins against boxers such as Den Sithnaruepol, Sakmongkol Singmanasak and Ho-sub Noh.

Katsushige Kawashima Vs Masamori Tokuyama

Masamori Tokuyama was Kawashima's next fight on June 28th, 2004 and also the next win in his career via TKO. This took his record to 26-3-0 showing a mainly successful career to date. Becoming the first person to stop Masamori Tokuyama, Kawashima beat Tokuyama via TKO in the 1st round of a 12 round fight. 6 wins followed where Kawashima went on to fight Jae-choon Moon, Jose Navarro and Raul Juarez amongst others, prolonging his win streak.

Katsushige Kawashima Vs Cristian Mijares

Cristian Mijares was next in line for Kawashima where unfortunately, he was defeated on January 3rd, 2007 taking his record to 30-6-0. Kawashima faced the first stoppage of his career against Cristian Mijares in the 10th round of a 12 round fight via TKO. Another win followed for Kawashima taking his win tally to 31 wins.

Katsushige Kawashima Vs Adi Wiguna

Kawashima went into his next career fight with a record of 31-6-0 and took this to 32 wins with a win against Adi Wiguna on September 5th, 2007. Continuing his career, Kawashima fought Adi Wiguna in 2007 over 10 rounds. Kawashima was the 5th person to go the distance with Adi Wiguna.

Latest Fight

Taking another knock in his career, Kawashima fought Alexander Munoz on January 14th, 2008 and was defeated by Munoz. This was a disappointing end to Kawashima's career, losing to the better man in Munoz over a 12 round fight. This was the last time Kawashima fought.