yoshitaka kato

Born November 23rd 1984, orthodox fighter Yoshitaka Kato started his career in June 2004 at the age of 19 and has now been pro for 10 years, fighting a total of 35 times. Kato's longest KO streak is 2 fights long out of his 35 pro career fights.

Early Career

A successful pro debut for Yoshitaka, Kato showed his superior boxing talent against Yasushi Seki, becoming the first person to go the full distance with him. Continuing on from his debut, Kato had an impressive start to his career as he went on to fight 18 fights including 3 times in 2004, 5 times in 2005 and 10 times through 2006, 2007 and 2008 against fighters such as Nihito Arakawa, Atsushi Aita and Takamori Akita.

Yoshitaka Kato Vs Kota Koike

Kota Koike was the next fight for Kato on May 9th, 2005 and also his next career win. Kato was the 2nd person to go the distance with Koike. Kato fought Kota Koike in 2005, the result was via UD. Fights against Shimon Handa, Takamori Akita and Kei Endo followed where he won all 3 fights taking his winning streak to 6 wins.

Yoshitaka Kato Vs Nihito Arakawa

Nihito Arakawa was next in line for Kato where unfortunately, he was defeated on November 3rd, 2005 taking his record to 6-1-1. On November 3rd, 2005, Kato took on and was defeated over the distance by Nihito Arakawa in his first career defeat. Kato lost via SD in a valiant effort. Kato's win streak of 6 rose to 17 following 11 wins against boxers such as Atsushi Aita, Kazuyoshi Kumano, Nihito Arakawa and 8 others.

Yoshitaka Kato Vs Mitsuya Omura

Taking another knock in his career, Mitsuya Omura was next in line for Kato with Omura coming out victorious. Kato career was at 17-4-1 following the fight. Taking a huge blow to Kato's confidence, Omura proved to be too much and stopped Kato early, becoming the first person to defeat Kato via stoppage. Kato then went on to win a further 9 fights taking his record to 26 wins, 4 losses and 1 draws.

Yoshitaka Kato Vs Masayoshi Nakatani

Masayoshi Nakatani was next in line for Kato where unfortunately, he was defeated on January 11th, 2014 taking his record to 26-5-1. Masayoshi Nakatani was the next opponent of Kato's career in 2014. The fight was scheduled for 12 and Kato was the 2nd person to go the distance with Nakatani resulting in a loss for Kato. Taking his record to 27-5-1. Kato then went on to win his next fight against Yuhei Suzuki.

Yoshitaka Kato Vs Tsukasa Saito

Tsukasa Saito was the next fight for Kato on July 23rd, 2014 and also his next career win. Becoming the 2nd fighter to stop Saito, Kato beat Saito via TKO in the 8th round of a 10 round fight.

Latest Fight

In Kato's most recent fight, Nihito Arakawa was handed a beating by Kato on December 6th, 2014 to ensure his win record increased further again to 29 wins. Only the 5th man to defeat Arakawa, Kato made an impressive appearance in his latest outing, earning himself a UD win.