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Sumire Yamanaka (山中菫, Yamanaka Sumire, born 20 November 2001) is a Japanese professional boxer who holds the IBF female atomweight World title.
Yamanaka made her professional boxing debut on 13 December 2020, scoring a unanimous decision win over Arika Shimono at Edion Arena in Osaka.[3]
She won the vacant WBO Asia Pacific 102-pound belt by stopping Honoka Kano in the fifth round of their bout at Tokyo's Korakuen Hall on 1 September 2022.[4]
On 12 January 2024, Yamanaka captured the IBF female atomweight World title with a unanimous decision success against defending champion Mika Iwakawa also at Korakuen Hall.[5][6][7]
Yamanaka was scheduled to make the first defense of her title against former WBC female atomweight World champion Fabiana Bytyqi at Olympiastuetzpunkt, Heidelberg in Germany on 23 November 2024.[8] The bout was cancelled after Bytyqi collapsed due to dehydration on the day of the weigh-in.[9]
Sumire is the younger sister of former WBO mini-flyweight world champion Ryuya Yamanaka.[5]
| 8 fights | 8 wins | 0 losses |
|---|---|---|
| By knockout | 3 | 0 |
| By decision | 5 | 0 |
| No. | Result | Record | Opponent | Type | Round, time | Date | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8 | Win | 8–0 | Mika Iwakawa | UD | 10 | 12 Jan 2024 | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan | Won IBF female atomweight title |
| 7 | Win | 7–0 | Pimchanok Thepjanda | TKO | 3 (8), 0:59 | 15 Apr 2023 | EDION Arena, Osaka, Japan | Retained WBO Asia Pacific female atomweight title |
| 6 | Win | 6–0 | Honoka Kano | TKO | 5 (8), 1:56 | 1 Sep 2022 | Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan | Won vacant WBO Asia Pacific female atomweight title |
| 5 | Win | 5–0 | Pichada Bunmee | TKO | 3 (6), 1:36 | 28 May 2022 | Singmanassak Muaythai School, Pathum Thani, Thailand | |
| 4 | Win | 4–0 | Natsuki Tarui | SD | 4 | 26 Nov 2021 | EDION Arena, Osaka, Japan | |
| 3 | Win | 3–0 | Rin Murai | UD | 4 | 11 Aug 2021 | EDION Arena, Osaka, Japan | |
| 2 | Win | 2–0 | Natsuki Yamada | MD | 4 | 4 Apr 2021 | Sangyo Shinko Center, Sakai, Japan | |
| 1 | Win | 1–0 | Arika Shimono | UD | 4 | 13 Dec 2020 | EDION Arena, Osaka, Japan | |
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