Akio Shibata
is a Japanese professional boxer who held OPBF and Japanese national titles at light middleweight and middleweight, with his middleweight reign stretching between 2013 and 2016. Shibata started his career with a lackluster 9-5-1 but in November 2009, he beat Yuki Nonaka to become OPBF and Japanese champion at light middleweight. He lost the crown on his next fight to Charlie Ota. Ota would also beat him in a rematch, both times by stoppage. Shibata went on to become OPBF and Japanese champion at middleweight. He lost to Olympic medalist Ryōta Murata in a non-title fight, but he made four successful defenses of his titles between 2013 and 2016. Shibata retired following a stoppage loss to Hikaru Nishida. Provided by Wikipedia-
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3by Masashi Kimura, Atsushi Enomoto, Akio Shibata, Shusuke Nishiwaki, Masahiro UmemuraGet full text
Published 2016-11-01
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5by Seishi Yamaguchi, Junichiro Machida, Munefumi Kamamoto, Masashi Kimura, Akio Shibata, Tadashi Tatematsu, Hitoshi Miyachi, Yujiro Higashi, Peter Jezewski, Atsuo Nakayama, Kazuo Shimozato, Yoshihito TokitaGet full text
Published 2014-01-01
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6by Tadashi Tatematsu, Masashi Kimura, Mitsuko Nakashima, Junichiro Machida, Seishi Yamaguchi, Akio Shibata, Hiroki Goto, Atsuo Nakayama, Yujiro Higashi, Hitoshi Miyachi, Kazuo Shimozato, Naomichi Matsumoto, Yoshihito TokitaGet full text
Published 2015-01-01
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