ko draws weight birth_place height nationality article_title total birth_date nickname realname wins image losses name style
17 2 flyweight aki district , hiroshima , japan 5 -rrb- ft. 4 in . -lrb- 162 cm . jpn japanese takefumi sakata
 44 29 january 1980 burining fist takefumi sakata 36 takefumi sakata.jpg 6 takefumi sakata orthodox
takefumi sakata

sakata was the premier boxer in the kyoei boxing gym before the arrival of kōki kameda in 2005 .
he stayed out of the limelight for most of his career , even being used as kameda 's sparring partner , but finally won a world title in 2007 , defeating lorenzo parra for the vacant wba flyweight title .
