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Naoko Kumagai

Naoko Kumagai

Japanese kickboxer


Naoko Kumagai (born 8 August 1971) is a Japanese female kickboxer and 3-time World Champion in three different weight classes.[1] She also had two amateur boxing matches with Russian Elena Karpachova, and one pro boxing match.[2]

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Kumagai is known for her knockout punch and high KO percentage. Her kickboxing record is 31 wins (27 KO), 4 losses and 2 draws.

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 round TKO victory for her 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")

Titles

  • Double-K World Women's Lightweight Champion[3]
  • WKA World Flyweight and Bantamweight Title[3]
  • UKF World Super Bantamweight Title[3][4]

Media career

She appeared in Jackass: The Movie segment "Ass Kicked by Girl" beating up Ryan Dunn in a kickboxing session.[5]


References

  1. "Naoko Kumagai". Women Kickboxing.
  2. "boxing-records.com". www.boxing-records.com.
  3. "J-GIRLS 熊谷直子が5.25ディファのゲストコメンテーターに". BoutReview. Archived from the original on 3 July 2008. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
  4. "Fighter Record". Archived from the original on 2011-08-30. Retrieved 2009-08-07.
  5. Jackass. Simon and Schuster. 29 October 2002. ISBN 9780743431118.

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