Shoji Oguma (大熊 正二 born July 22, 1951 in Koriyama, *an) is a *anese former professional boxer who held the WBC and Lineal *les in the Flyweight division.

Contents

• 1 Professional career
• 2 Winning the lineal championship
• 3 See also
• 4 References
• 5 External links

Professional career

Oguma turned pro in 1970 and in 1974 won the WBC Flyweight *le by winning a split decision over Betulio González. He lost the *le three months later in his first defense against Miguel Canto. In 1976, Oguma challenged WBA Flyweight *le holder Alfonso Lopez but lost a majority decision. In 1978 he landed a rematch with WBC Flyweight *le holder Canto but came up short with a split decision loss. Later that year he fought his third bout with Canto, and this time lost a more clear unanimous decision to complete their trilogy.In 1979 he rematched WBA Flyweight *le holder Gonzalez and the result was a draw. Later that year they fought a rematch and Gonzalez came up with the victory via a 12th-round KO in their third match.

Winning the lineal championship

In 1980 Oguma landed a shot at WBC and Lineal Flyweight Champion Chan-Hee Park and KO'd Park in the 9th round to capture the *les. He defended the *les twice the same year, including a split decision over Park, and his annual performance was named Ring magazine Comeback of the Year for 1980. In 1981 Oguma defended the *les successfully again against Park, but lost the belts in his following bout by KO to Antonio Avelar. He then moved up in weight and in 1982 took on WBA Super Flyweight *le holder Jiro Watanabe, but was TKO'd in the 12th. Oguma retired after the bout.

See also

• List of flyweight boxing champions
• List of WBC world champions
• List of *anese boxing world champions
• Boxing in *an

References

External links

• Boxing record for Shoji Oguma from BoxRec (registration required)
• Shoji Oguma - CBZ Profile