Masatsugu Kawachi Explained

Masatsugu Kawachi
Fullname:	Masatsugu Kawachi^[1] ^[2]
Nationality:	Japan
Weight Class:	Light Welterweight
Club:	Japan Self-Defense Forces^[3]
Birth Date:	25 November 1985^[4]
Birth Place:	Kashima, Saga Prefecture, Japan
Weight:	140lb

is a Japanese boxer best known for winning bronze at the 2007 world championships at light welterweight.

Career

At the 2007 World Amateur Boxing Championships he sensationally upset Olympic champion Manus Boonjumnong in the first round before being manhandled by eventual winner Serik Sapiyev.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics, he lost the rematch with Manus 1–8.

At the World Championships 2009 he lost his first bout against unsung Egidijus Kavaliauskas. Kawachi then took the bronze medal in the 2009 Asian Amateur Boxing Championships in Zhuhai, China.

Web site: Biographies for Masatsugu Kawachi . 2012 . . May 25, 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131004213853/http://88.85.4.2/biographies.fwx?id_athlete=722 . October 4, 2013 .
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Web site: Masatsugu Kawachi Biography and Olympic Results. https://web.archive.org/web/20200417212021/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ka/masatsugu-kawachi-1.html. dead. April 17, 2020. 2008. Sports-Reference.com. May 25, 2013.
Web site: Biographies for Masatsugu Kawachi. 2010. Asian Boxing Confederation. May 25, 2013. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20150408005039/http://www.asiaboxing.org/biographies.php?country=8&boxer=322. April 8, 2015.