Hirofumi Mukai Explained

Hirofumi Mukai
Weight:Flyweight
Super Flyweight
Bantamweight
Nationality:Japanese
Height:5feet
Birth Date:December 4, 1985
Birth Place:Hirakata, Osaka, Japan
Total:21
Wins:13
Losses:5
Draws:3
Ko:3

is a Japanese professional boxer. He was a 2 times world title challenger.[1]

Professional career

Mukai challenged Pongsaklek Wonjongkam with the WBC Flyweight title on the line on December 23, 2011, but the fight ended in a first round technical draw, so Wonjongkam retained the title.[2]

Mukai holds wins over former world champion Sonny Boy Jaro who was the WBC, The Ring and Lineal Flyweight World Champion, as well as world title contender.

Mukai faced champion Srisaket Sor Rungvisai on November 15, 2013 with the WBC Super Flyweight title on the line, but lost when his corner threw in the towel in the ninth of twelve rounds.[3]

In November 2016, Hirofumi Mukai defeated world title contender Tanawat Phonnaku to claim Tso’s vacated WBO Asia-Pacific Junior Bantamweight title.[4]

On March 11, 2017, he lost the WBO Asia-Pacific title to Rex Tso.

Professional boxing record

| style="text-align:center;" colspan="8"|13 Wins (3 knockout, 10 decisions), 5 Losses, 3 Draws[5] |- style="text-align:center; background:#e3e3e3;"| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Res.| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Record| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Opponent| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Type| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Rd., Time| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Date| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Location| style="border-style:none none solid solid; "|Notes|- align=center|Loss|13-5-3|align=left| Rex Tso||||align=left| |align=left||- align=center|- align=center|Win|13-4-3|align=left| Tanawat Phonnaku||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|- align=center|Draw|12-4-3|align=left| Ryotaro Kawabata ||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|- align=center|Win|12-4-2|align=left| Toshikuni Wake||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|- align=center|Loss|11-4-2|align=left| Shohei Omori||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|11-3-2|align=left| Konosuke Tomiyama||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|10-3-2|align=left| Marjohn Yap||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Draw|9-3-2|align=left| Myung Ho Lee||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Loss|9-3-1|align=left| Srisaket Sor Rungvisai||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|9-2-1|align=left| Bum-Young Lee||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Loss|8-2-1|align=left| Mark Anthony Geraldo||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|8-1-1|align=left| Saenmuangloei Kokietgym||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|7-1-1|align=left| Witcharapol Kiatprapat||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|6-1-1|align=left| Khunkhiri Wor Wisaruth||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Draw|5-1-1|align=left| Pongsaklek Wonjongkam||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Loss|5-1|align=left| Rocky Fuentes||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|5-0|align=left| Sonny Boy Jaro||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|4-0|align=left| Anis Ceunfin||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|3-0|align=left| Jin-Man Jeon||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|2-0|align=left| Kenta Omae||||align=left||align=left||- align=center|Win|1-0|align=left| Toru Uemura||||align=left||align=left|

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Asian Faces - Hirofumi Mukai. 23 January 2017 . RingNews24 . Scott . Graveson.
  2. Web site: Headbutt Ends Wonjongkam-Mukai Title Fight in One Round. 23 December 2011 . Jake . Donovan . BoxingScene.
  3. Web site: Srisaket Sor Rungvisai Retains WBC Belt, Stops Mukai. 15 November 2013 . BoxingScene.
  4. Web site: REX TSO HOPEFUL OF WORLD TITLE SHOT IN 2017 . 22 January 2017 . Matt . Eaton . Rough . https://web.archive.org/web/20170314063200/http://rough.asia/news/rex-tso-hopeful-of-world-title-shot-in-2017/ . 14 March 2017 . 13 March 2017 . live .
  5. Web site: Hirofumi Mukai - Boxer . 2013-09-25 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150421022122/http://boxrec.com/list_bouts.php?human_id=506772&cat=boxer . 2015-04-21 . dead . BoxRec.