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Sumire Yamanaka
Japanese boxer (born 2001) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Sumire Yamanaka (山中菫, Yamanaka Sumire; born 20 November 2001) is a Japanese professional boxer who has held the International Boxing Federation (IBF) female atomweight title from 2024 to 2025.
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Professional career
Yamanaka made her professional boxing debut on 13 December 2020, scoring a unanimous decision win over Arika Shimono at Edion Arena in Osaka.[3]
She won the vacant WBO Asia Pacific 102-pound belt by stopping Honoka Kano in the fifth round of their bout at Tokyo's Korakuen Hall on 1 September 2022.[4]
On 12 January 2024, Yamanaka captured the IBF female atomweight title with a unanimous decision success against defending champion Mika Iwakawa also at Korakuen Hall.[5][6][7]
Yamanaka was scheduled to make the first defense of her title against former WBC female atomweight World champion Fabiana Bytyqi at Olympiastuetzpunkt, Heidelberg in Germany on 23 November 2024.[8] The bout was cancelled after Bytyqi collapsed due to dehydration on the day of the weigh-in.[9]
She faced WBC, WBA and WBO female atomweight title holder Tina Rupprecht in a contest to crown an undisputed champion for the division at the MBS Arena in Potsdam, Germany, on 5 April 2025.[10] Yamanaka lost by majority decision with two of the ringside judges scoring the contest 99–91 and 96–95 respectively for her opponent, while the third had it a 95–95 draw.[11][12][13]
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Personal life
Sumire is the younger sister of former WBO mini-flyweight world champion Ryuya Yamanaka.[5]
Professional boxing record
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References
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