| Kazuto Takesako | |
| Weight: | Middleweight |
| Height: | 5 ft 9+1/2 in |
| Nationality: | Japanese |
| Birth Date: | 1991 7, df=y |
| Birth Place: | Neyagawa, Osaka, Japan |
| Style: | Orthodox |
| Boxrec: | 657441 |
| Total: | 18 |
| Wins: | 16 |
| Ko: | 15 |
| Losses: | 1 |
| Draws: | 1 |
(born ; 15 July 1991) is a Japanese professional boxer who has held the WBC-OPBF middleweight title since January and the Japanese middleweight title since 2018.
Takesako made his professional debut on 14 July 2015, scoring a second-round technical knockout (TKO) victory over Tomoyuki Yokota at the Korakuen Hall in Tokyo, Japan.[1]
After compiling a record of 7–0 (7 KOs) he defeated Hikaru Nishida by first-round TKO to capture the Japanese middleweight title on 3 March 2018 at the Culttz Kawasaki in Kawasaki, Japan.[2]
After four more fights–three stoppage wins and a draw–he defeated Shinobu Charlie Hosokawa by twelve-round unanimous decision (UD) to capture the OPBF middleweight title. One judge scored the bout 120–108 while the other two scored it 119–109.[3]
| Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 19 | Loss | 16–2–1 |  Tej Pratap Singh | SD | 12 | 11 May 2024 | ||
| 18 | Win | 16–1–1 |  Woo Hyun Ma | TKO | 10 (12), | 7 Oct 2023 | ||
| 17 | Loss | 15–1–1 |  Meiirim Nursultanov | TKO | 8 (12), | 15 Apr 2023 | ||
| 16 | Win | 15–0–1 | Gyung Mo Yuh | TKO | 3 (12), | 5 Nov 2022 | ||
| 15 | Win | 14–0–1 |  Niwat Kongkan | KO | 3 (10), | 3 Sep 2022 | ||
| 14 | Win | 13–0–1 |  Riku Kunimoto | KO | 1 (10), | 19 May 2021 | ||
| 13 | Win | 12–0–1 | Shinobu Charlie Hosokawa | 12 | 18 Jan 2020 | |||
| 12 | Win | 11–0–1 | Shuji Kato | 8 (10), | 3 Aug 2019 | |||
| 11 | Draw | 10–0–1 | Shuji Kato | 10 | 2 Mar 2019 | |||
| 10 | Win | 10–0 | Sanosuke Sasake | TKO | 2 (10), | 3 Nov 2018 | ||
| 9 | Win | 9–0 | Chaiwat Mueanphong | TKO | 7 (10), | 2 Jun 2018 | ||
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Hikaru Nishida | TKO | 1 (10), | 3 Mar 2018 | ||
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Shoma Fukumoto | TKO | 1 (8), | 4 Nov 2017 | ||
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Suwicha Ratidet | KO | 2 (8), | 25 Apr 2017 | ||
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Kyung Joon Ahn | TKO | 3 (8), | 11 Nov 2016 | ||
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Hiroshi Ohashi | TKO | 3 (8), | 13 Aug 2016 | ||
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Sirisak Pimpasitta | 1 (6), | 22 Apr 2016 | |||
| 2 | Win | 2–0 |  Elfelos Vega | TKO | 1 (5), | 29 Sep 2015 | ||
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Tomoyuki Yokata | 2 (5), | 14 Jul 2015 | |||