kenji oba

Starting off his pro career on November 2002 age 18, Kenji Oba has had a total of 26 fights - 22 wins, 2 losses, and 2 draws. 16 of the wins coming via stoppage. The longest KO streak that Oba has ever had is 4 throughout his 26 fights and his longest winning streak is 9 wins. This started on November 2002 and came to an end on June 2011.

Early Career

Getting rid of his debut fight nerves early, Oba took on Yasunori Fujiyoshi in November 2002 and claimed a stoppage victory (round 1, KO). Oba was the first person to have ever stopped Fujiyoshi. Following on from his debut, Oba continued his mostly successful career by fighting in a further 13 fights. In this time he fought Mitsuhiro Murayama, Shinnosuke Kato and Nobuki Tateyama to name just a few, fighting once in 2002, once in 2003 and 11 times between 2004 and 2008 in this period.

Kenji Oba Vs Tokumi Katayama

Next was Tokumi Katayama on July 6th, 2003 where Oba took the win continuing his unbeaten streak. Oba was the 2nd person to go the distance with Katayama. Oba fought Tokumi Katayama in 2003, the result was via UD. Fights against boxers including Nobuki Tateyama, Shinnosuke Kato and Mitsuhiro Murayama followed where he won 11 fights taking his winning streak to 12 wins.

Kenji Oba Vs Petchromklao Or ekarin

Furthering his career, Oba fought Petchromklao Or ekarin with the fight ending in a draw. This took Oba's career record to 12-0-2. Oba career took a slight downturn in the fight against Petchromklao Or ekarin in 2008 which took place over 10 rounds. Oba was the 2nd person to go the distance with Petchromklao Or ekarin where Oba added a draw to his career record. Oba's win streak of 12 rose to 16 following 4 great wins, becoming the 3rd person to stop Ngaotawan Sithsaithong (Round 6 KO), 10th person to stop Petchklongphai Sor thantip and first to stop Fahsrithong Sithor.

Kenji Oba Vs Wisaksil Wangek

Oba kept his losses at 0 by beating Wisaksil Wangek on February 7th, 2010. Continuing his career, Oba fought Wisaksil Wangek in 2010 over 10 rounds. Oba was the 2nd person to go the distance with Wisaksil Wangek. Oba then went on to win a further 4 fights taking his record to 21 wins, 0 losses and 2 draws.

Kenji Oba Vs Yota Sato

Oba's next defeat of his career came against Yota Sato on November 1st, 2011 taking his career record to 21-1-2. Sato proved to be too much for Oba, destroying him in round 4 via TKO and bringing the first stoppage defeat of Oba's career.

Kenji Oba Vs Daisuke Ochi

Oba went into his next career fight with a record of 21-1-2 and took this to 22 wins with a win against Daisuke Ochi on July 1st, 2012. In 2012 Oba fought his next opponent in Daisuke Ochi. A challenging 8 round fight that ended in Oba's favour as the judges awarded Oba the UD victory. Oba was the 9th person to defeat Ochi.

Latest Fight

Taking another knock in his career, Oba fought Teiru Kinoshita on November 23rd, 2012 and was defeated by Kinoshita. A blow for Oba confidence, Oba was taken the full distance by Kinoshita and was handed a UD loss on the judges decision. A tough technical fight that leaves Oba unsure on where his career will head next.