Koichi Wajima vs. Miguel de Oliveira (1st meeting)

Koichi Wajima 152 lbs drew with Miguel de Oliveira 153 lbs by MD in round 15 of 15

• Date: 1973-01-09
• Location: Metropolitan Gym, Tokyo, Japan
• Referee: Hiroyuki Tezaki 71-71
• Judge: Ken Morita 71-71
• Judge: Takeo Ugo 73-71

• World Boxing Association Super Welterweight Title
  
• World Boxing Council Super Welterweight Title
  
• Weights: Wajima 152 lbs, Oliveira 153.5 lbs

"World junior middleweight champion Koichi Wajima of Japan barely succeeded in retaining his title for the third time Tuesday by scoring a 15 round draw with top-ranking challenger Miguel de Oliveira of Brazil before 11,000 spectators at the Tokyo Municipal Gymnasium. De Oliveira astonished the partisan crowd with his sharp-shooting punches. He also succeeded in coping with Wajima's unorthodox style of low crouch, weaving and bobbing. There were no knockdowns although the two fighters traded hard punches all the way." -United Press International

• Unofficial UPI scorecard - 71-69 de Oliveira
• Wajima's manager, Hitoshi Misako, was also the promoter.

Post fight comments

• "I thought I was the winner. Wajima did not land a single hard punch." -Miguel de Oliveira

• "De Oliveira's punches were heavy, but I did not think I was losing." -Koichi Wajima

• "I scored the fight 71-70 for de Oliveira but I have no complaint against the draw." -Robert Lee, president of the WBA

• "I had de Oliveira the winner by three points. He was much the superior in technique, Wajima's punches were indirect without clean hits and his attack was unskillful." -Tamotsu Shimoda, writer for the Yomiuri Shimbun newspaper.

• "I had de Oliveira the winner by six points. His punches were most effective and he blocked most of Wajima's punches." -Hiroyuki Ebihara, former world flyweight champion.