# Hideyuki Ohashi

Hideyuki Ohashi (大橋 秀行, Ōhashi Hideyuki, born March 8, 1965) is a Japanese former professional boxer and two-time minimumweight world champion.

## Professional career

Ohashi dropped out of college to begin a professional boxing career, and made his debut in February, 1985, with the Yonekura Boxing Gym. He won the vacant Japanese Light flyweight title in his 6th professional fight, and in December 1986, he challenged Jung-Koo Chang for the WBC Light flyweight title, but lost by TKO in the 5th round. Ohashi reclaimed the Japanese Light flyweight title in January 1988, and challenged Chang for the second time in June of the same year, only to lose again by 8th-round TKO. This was Chang's 15th consecutive defense of the WBC title, and Ohashi was knocked down a total of 7 times in 8 rounds before the referee stopped the contest.
Ohashi challenged Jum-Hwan Choi in January 1990 for the Lineal and WBC Minimumweight title, and won by KO to claim his first world title. This win stopped the streak of 21 losses in a row suffered in world title bouts by Japanese boxers. There had been no Japanese world champions for over a year before Ohashi won the WBC title.
Ohashi defended his title once, before losing to the legendary Ricardo López by TKO in the 5th round. López would go on to defend the WBC title won from Ohashi 22 times, and retire undefeated.
After two years away from the world stage, Ohashi returned to fight WBA Minimumweight champion Hi-Yong Choi in October 1992. Ohashi won a unanimous 12-round decision to claim his second world title. He lost to Chana Porpaoin in his first defense, and was forced into retirement at the age of 27, after it was discovered that he had a detached retina. He ended his career with a record of 19-5-0 (12KOs).

## Post-retirement

After retiring, he created the Ohashi Boxing Gym (Ohashi Promotions) in his hometown, Yokohama, and currently works as a trainer there. Former WBC Super flyweight champion, Katsushige Kawashima, is trained by Ohashi.
In January 2007, Ohashi served as the head trainer of the Japanese team in the BOXING GRAND PRIX 2007 event (held under the partnership of the Teiken Boxing Gym, and Golden Boy Promotions).
He also serves as the president of Japan Pro Boxing Association (JPBA) and its subsidiary body East Japan Boxing Association (JPBA-east).

## Professional boxing record

| 24 fights | 19 wins | 5 losses |
| By knockout | 12 | 3 |
| By decision | 7 | 2 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
| 24 | Loss | 19–5 | Chana Porpaoin | MD | 12 | 10 Feb 1993 | Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan | Lost WBA minimumweight title |
| 23 | Win | 19–4 | Choi Hi-yong | UD | 12 | 14 Oct 1992 | Ryōgoku Kokugikan, Tokyo, Japan | Won WBA minimumweight title |
| 22 | Win | 18–4 | Joe Constantino | KO | 6 (10), 2:01 | 2 Jun 1992 | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan | |
| 21 | Win | 17–4 | Hwang In-kyu | PTS | 10 | 17 Dec 1991 | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan | |
| 20 | Win | 16–4 | Rico Macaubos | KO | 5 (10), 1:19 | 20 Aug 1991 | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan | |
| 19 | Win | 15–4 | Julius Planas | KO | 7 (10), 1:10 | 23 Apr 1991 | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan | |
| 18 | Loss | 14–4 | Ricardo López | TKO | 5 (12), 2:00 | 25 Oct 1990 | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan | Lost WBC minimumweight title |
| 17 | Win | 14–3 | Napa Kiatwanchai | UD | 12 | 8 Jun 1990 | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan | Retained WBC minimumweight title |
| 16 | Win | 13–3 | Choi Jum-hwan | KO | 9 (12), 2:11 | 7 Feb 1990 | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan | Won WBC minimumweight title |
| 15 | Win | 12–3 | Boy Kid Emilia | KO | 2 (10), 2:49 | 3 Oct 1989 | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan | |
| 14 | Win | 11–3 | Lee Jae-man | TKO | 7 (10), 1:40 | 25 Apr 1989 | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan | |
| 13 | Win | 10–3 | Joel Revilla | KO | 2 (10), 2:10 | 7 Mar 1989 | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan | |
| 12 | Win | 9–3 | Romy Ceniza | KO | 3 (10), 2:29 | 18 Oct 1988 | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan | |
| 11 | Loss | 8–3 | Chang Jung-koo | TKO | 8 (12), 1:47 | 27 Jun 1988 | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan | For WBC light flyweight title |
| 10 | Win | 8–2 | Tomohiro Kiyuna | PTS | 10 | 11 Jan 1988 | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan | Won JBC Japanese light flyweight title |
| 9 | Win | 7–2 | Yasutaka Sakurai | UD | 10 | 8 Sep 1987 | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan | |
| 8 | Win | 6–2 | Shin Sayama | KO | 3 (10), 1:54 | 7 Apr 1987 | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan | |
| 7 | Loss | 5–2 | Chang Jung-koo | TKO | 5 (12), 1:55 | 14 Dec 1986 | Sunin Gymnasium, Incheon, South Korea | For WBC light flyweight title |
| 6 | Win | 5–1 | Yoshiaki Nojima | PTS | 10 | 23 Jun 1986 | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan | Won vacant JBC Japanese light flyweight title |
| 5 | Loss | 4–1 | Kim Bong-jun | PTS | 10 | 20 Mar 1986 | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Shin Sayama | KO | 3 (10), 1:03 | 3 Dec 1985 | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Tadashi Kuramochi | KO | 1 (10), 2:47 | 27 Aug 1985 | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Hideto Osanai | UD | 8 | 7 May 1985 | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Masakatsu Aikata | KO | 1 (6), 2:25 | 12 Feb 1985 | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan | |