Comments Thread For: Kosei Tanaka, former four-division titlist, retires at age 29

[BoxingUpdates]

Kosei Tanaka, the quickest male boxer to win titles in four divisions, has decided to call it a day.
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[famicommander]

Titles won:
WBO 105 (1 successful defense)
WBO 108 (2 successful defenses)
WBO 112 (3 successful defenses)
WBO 115 (lost on 1st defense to Phumelele Cafu)

World titlists defeated:
Vic Saludar
Moises Fuentes
Angel Acosta
Sho Kimura
Ryoichi Taguchi
Jonathan Gonzalez

Only other loss was a title challenge against fellow four division world titlist Kazuto Ioka.

Kosei Tanaka belongs in the Hall of Fame.

Thanks for the memories, champ, and hopefully your vision fully recovers and you enjoy a long, happy, healthy retirement.

[drablj]

i really liked him from his minimumweight days. his prime is gone now and risking health even more is totally not worth it. i wish him a happy retirement. it's better to retire one fight early than one fight too late (like ginjiro).

[Corelone]

The commissions knew he was half blind. How could he hide it, the surgery? He was a home town hero and they will give him the benefit of the doubt until he needs a seeing eye dog.