Naoko Kumagai | |
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Born | Kumagai Naoko August 8, 1971 Yamanashi, Japan |
Height | 1.57 m (5 ft 2 in) |
Weight | 115 lb (52 kg; 8.2 st) |
Style | Kickboxing |
Stance | Southpaw |
Fighting out of | Tokyo, Japan |
Team | Fudohkan Gym |
Trainer | Shinya Natori |
Years active | 1989–2002 |
Professional boxing record | |
Total | 3 |
Wins | 1 |
Losses | 2 |
Kickboxing record | |
Total | 37 |
Wins | 31 |
By knockout | 27 |
Losses | 4 |
Draws | 1 |
No contests | 1 |
Other information | |
Boxing record from BoxRec |
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]
Kumagai is known for her knockout punch and high KO percentage. Her kickboxing record is 31 wins (27 KO), 4 losses and 2 draws.
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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")
She appeared in Jackass: The Movie segment "Ass Kicked by Girl" beating up Ryan Dunn in a kickboxing session. [5]
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