Takao Sakurai

Name: Takao Sakurai
Hometown: Tokyo, Japan
Birthplace: Sawara, Chiba, Japan
Died: 2012-01-10 (Age:70)
Stance: Southpaw
Height: 164cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record

Amateur Career

Won the Bantamweight Gold medal at the 1964 Tokyo Olympic Games. His results were:

• Defeated Brian Packer (Great Britain) 4-1
• Defeated Cassis Aryee (Ghana) 5-0
• Defeated Nicolae Puiu (Romania) 5-0
• Defeated Washington Rodriguez (Uruguay) 5-0
• Defeated Jeong Sin-Jo (South Korea) KO 2 (1:18)

External Link

• Ex-Gold Medalist Sakurai Passes