Tadashi Tomori


Tadashi Tomori is a retired Japanese boxer who is a former WBC junior flyweight champion.

Amateur career

Tomori won the Japan's inter-high school championship in the 45 kg class in 1977, and compiled an amateur record of 16–4 before turning professional. Hitoshi Misako who is the president of Misako Boxing Gym in Tokyo went to Okinawa, and encouraged Tomori to turn professional. After joining that gym in 1978, he made his professional debut at the Korakuen Hall in May of that year.

Professional career

In March 1979, Tomori won the annual Japanese boxing series, All-Japan Rookie King Tournament in the junior flyweight division. Although he lost on points to Kazunori Tenryū in the Japanese junior flyweight title bout in November 1979, he knocked out the sixteen-time defending champion Tenryū in the first round of the return match in February 1980 to capture the title. However he lost on points to Shūichi Hozumi in his second defense in August of that year. He competed with Masaharu Inami for the vacated title, but it also ended in a failure.
Originally Tomori was an out-fighter who excelled in the speed and skill. During his professional career, he had almost mastered the in-fighting to be spotlighted. However his transformation into an in-fighter was still incomplete. So, his manager Misako made him go to the temple for the sitting meditation practice in order to discipline his mind. Tomori regained the vacant Japanese title via a close decision in October 1981, and defended it once via a unanimous decision in his first professional fight in his hometown of Naha. At that time, Misako sensed that Tomori got a boost of energy, and set a world title shot for him.
On April 13, 1982, Tomori was scheduled to fight against Amado Ursúa for the WBC junior flyweight title at the Korakuen Hall. He trained under the guidance of Eddie Townsend who signed a deal with Misako Boxing Gym in March of that year. After the champion's pre-fight open workout, Koichi Wajima, Tomori's senior in the same gym, commented that he wondered if Tomori could sustain himself for three rounds. Nevertheless, he built a lead over Ursúa until the middle of the fight throwing his sharp right crosses and left jabs. In the later rounds Ursúa fought back fiercely, but was dethroned via a split decision. Ursúa expressed dissatisfaction to the decision.
His first defense against Hilario Zapata was initially scheduled in Panama City on June 5, 1982. However it was postponed to July 20 and moved to the Ishikawa Sangyō Hall in Kanazawa, Ishikawa due to Tomori's rib injury. In that first defense, Tomori lost to Zapata via a split decision. Misako protested the decision of the judges to the WBC, and Tomori had a rematch with Zapata as a challenger at the Kuramae Kokugikan on November 30 of the same year. However Tomori who had believed his own victory in the previous fight, told that he would not be able to fight more than he did on July 20. He suffered a cut above his left eye from the sixth round, and was stopped in the eighth round after being floored in the seventh and eighth rounds. Some time after that fight, Tomori retired.

Professional boxing record

No.ResultRecordOpponentTypeRound, timeDateLocationNotes
26Loss19–7Hilario ZapataTKO8 1982-11-30Kokugikan, Tokyo, JapanFor WBC light flyweight title
25Loss19–6Hilario ZapataSD15 1982-07-20Sangyo Hall, Kanazawa, JapanLost WBC light flyweight title
24Win19–5Amado UrsuaMD15 1982-04-13Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, JapanWon WBC light flyweight title
23Win18–5Yoshiaki KandaUD10 1982-02-26Onoyama Gym, Naha, JapanRetained Japanese light flyweight title
22Win17–5Hiroyuki TadaPTS10 1981-10-12Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, JapanWon vacant Japanese light flyweight title
21Loss16–5Yong Hyun KimUD10 1981-08-23Kudok Gymnasium, Busan, South Korea
20Win16–4Ryuji IchinomiyaKO4 1981-04-30Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
19Loss15–4Masaharu InamiUD10 1980-11-27Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, JapanFor vacant Japanese light flyweight title
18Loss15–3Shuichi HozumiMD10 1980-08-29Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, JapanLost Japanese light flyweight title
17Win15–2Kazuyoshi FunakiUD10 1980-05-30Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, JapanRetained Japanese light flyweight title
16Win14–2Puma KoyaPTS10 1980-04-20Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
15Win13–2Kazunori TenryuKO1 1980-02-28Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, JapanWon Japanese light flyweight title
14Win12–2Keisuke YuguchiKO2 1979-12-24Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
13Loss11–2Kazunori TenryuUD10 1979-11-19Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, JapanFor Japanese light flyweight title
12Win11–1Phoenix TaniguchiKO7 1979-09-27Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
11Win10–1Hammer YoshidaPTS8 1979-07-15Korakuen Pingpong Center, Tokyo, Japan
10Loss9–1Puma KoyaMD8 1979-05-24Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
9Win9–0Jung Il HanPTS6 1979-04-20Munhwa Gymnasium, Seoul, South Korea
8Win8–0Tsuguhiro MiyaokaPTS6 1979-03-03Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
7Win7–0Toshikazu HigaPTS6 1978-12-18Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
6Win6–0Kiyomi SatoPTS4 1978-11-13Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
5Win5–0Yasufumi OgawaPTS4 1978-09-28Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
4Win4–0Kiyomi SatoPTS4 1978-08-25Miyagi Sports Center, Sendai, Japan
3Win3–0Koichi TogashiKO1 1978-07-27Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
2Win2–0Kiyomi SatoPTS4 1978-06-22Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
1Win1–0Kanemi TakahashiPTS4 1978-05-25Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan