Kiyoshi Tanabe
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Name: Kiyoshi Tanabe
Hometown: Tokyo, Japan
Birthplace: Aomori City, Aomori, Japan
Stance: Orthodox
Height: 159cm
Pro Boxer: Record
Amateur Boxer: Record
Tanabe won a bronze medal in the 1960 Olympic games at flyweight. His total amateur record was 115-5 (30 KO). Tanabe appeared headed for a title shot, when was forced to retire in July 1967, due to a detached retina in his right eye. Tanabe, subsequently lost vision in the eye two years later.
Olympic games results
1960 (as a flyweight)
- Defeated Isaac Aryee (Ghana) 5-0
- Defeated Karimu Young (Nigeria) 4-1
- Defeated Mircea Dobrescu (Romania) 4-1
- Lost to Sergey Sivko (Soviet Union) 1-4