Naoko Kumagai
Naoko Kumagai | |
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Born |
Kumagai Naoko August 8, 1971 Yamanashi, Japan |
Nationality | Japanese |
Height | 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) |
Weight | 115 lb (52 kg; 8.2 st) |
Style | Kickboxing |
Stance | Southpaw |
Fighting out of | Tokyo, Japan |
Team | Fudohkan Gym |
Trainer | Shinya Natori |
Years active | 1989–2002 |
Professional boxing record | |
Total | 3 |
Wins | 1 |
Losses | 2 |
Kickboxing record | |
Total | 37 |
Wins | 31 |
By knockout | 27 |
Losses | 4 |
Draws | 1 |
No contests | 1 |
Other information | |
Boxing record from BoxRec |
Naoko Kumagai (born August 8, 1971 in Yamanashi) is a Japanese female kickboxer and 3-time World Champion in 3 different weight classes.[1] She also had two amateur boxing matches with Russian Elena Karpachova, and one pro boxing match.[2]
Kumagai is known for her knockout punch and high KO percentage. Her kickboxing record is 36 fights, with 31 wins 27 via KO, 4 losses and 2 draw.
Notable fights
Pro debut loss to WKA world Champion Ella Yee of the United Kingdom; Kumagai defeated German Kickboxing Champion, Regina Halmich, by first-round KO; A five-round decision victory over ISKA World Kickboxing Champion, Kim "Fireball" Messer of the USA;
A First round KO victory over Japan's Natsumi Nakazawa; two fights with Australian star, Amanda Buchanan: The first fight with Buchanan was a five-round decision loss to Buchanan for the WKA World Title and the rematch with Buchanan was a 4th-round KO victory for Kumagai over Buchanan as Kumagai regained her WKA world title from Buchanan.
Kumagai VS WKA World Champion, Lisa Howarth, 2 fights: The First fight with Lisa Howarth in Manchester, England was ruled a no contest, by the WKA.
The 2nd fight with Lisa Howarth in Tokyo was a first-round KO Kumagai victory for the WKA World flyweight Title;
Kumagai vs Kyoko Miyazake, "aka Kamikaze" was a fourth rd TKO victory world title defense.
Kickboxing Decision win over MMA star, Yoko Takahashi.
Draw vs Australian Star, Holly Ferneley, in a five-round Muay Thai fight.
Draw vs shootboxing champion, Terumi Fujiyama, in a shoot boxing fight. One exhibition fight against World Champion, Sachiyo Shibata(no decision was rendered in this "exhibition fight")
For more information on her fight career, see her interview at [3]
Titles
- Double-K World Women's Lightweight Champion
- WKA World Flyweight and Bantamweight Title
- UKF World Super Bantamweight Title[4]
Media career
She appeared in Jackass The Movie segment "ass kicked by a girl" beating up Ryan Dunn in a kickboxing session.[5] Where her name was mistakenly spelled "Kumagai Naoka"
References
- ↑ http://www.womenkickboxing.com/kumabio.htm
- ↑ http://www.boxing-records.com/femm/voirpalma.php?boxeur=kumagan9.html
- ↑ http://www.womenkickboxing.com/interviews.htm
- ↑ http://tbdata.ootpdevelopments.com/fighterrecord.php?fid=34401
- ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1350905/
External links
- http://www.womenkickboxing.com/kumabio.htm Fightprofile at womenkickboxing.com
- Naoko Kumagai at the Internet Movie Database