Ryuichi Funai

Ryuichi Funai (船井龍一, Funai Ryuichi, born 13 August 1985) is a Japanese professional boxer. He is the current WBO Asia Pacific Super Flyweight Champion and held the Japanese Super Flyweight title. Funai is highly ranked in the Super Flyweight Division at #11 and in 2018-2019 ranked by the IBF at #1 spot. He was born and raised in Tokyo.

Ryuichi Funai
Statistics
Real name船井龍一
Weight(s)
Height5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Reach68 in (173 cm)
Nationality Japanese
Born (1985-08-13) August 13, 1985
Tokyo, Japan
StanceOrthodox
Boxing record
Total fights39
Wins31
Wins by KO22
Losses8

Professional career

On June 14, 2018, Funai fought former world title contender Warlito Parrenas of the Philippines for the WBO super flyweight Asia Pacific title, and won it by 8-round KO. As a #1 Contender for the IBF, Funai was set to fight Filipino World Champion Jerwin Ancajas on May 5, 2019, however, lost by a 7th Round stoppage due to ring doctor's advice.[1][2][3]

Professional boxing record
Professional record summary
39 fights 31 wins 8 losses
By knockout 22 4
By decision 9 4
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
1 Win 1–0 Takahiro Kunishima UD 4 Feb 14, 2005 Korakuen Hall Professional debut.
2 Win 2–0 Takuya Otsuki KO 1 (4) Apr 24, 2006 Korakuen Hall
3 loss 2–1 Yuki Fukumoto UD 4 Oct 11, 2006 Korakuen Hall
4 loss 2–2 Kenichi Yoshioka TKO 4 (40) Dec 5, 2006 Korakuen Hall
5 Win 3–2 Hiroshi Ito UD 4 Feb 7, 2007 Korakuen Hall
6 Win 4–2 Satoshi Watanabe UD 4 Jul 3, 2007 Korakuen Hall
7 Win 5–2 Kenichi Yamanobe TKO 3 (4) Aug 17, 2007 Korakuen Hall
8 Win 6-2 Yuki Fukumoto TKO 4 (4) Sep 27, 2007 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
9 loss 6–3 Takahiro Furukawa UD 5 Nov 4, 2007 Korakuen Hall
10 Win 7–3 Nenta Wako KO 1 (6) March 10, 2008 Korakuen Hall
11 Win 8–3 Yosuke Enda KO 3 (6) Nov 1, 2008 Korakuen Hall
12 loss 8–4 Shinsuke Yamanaka TKO 7 (8) Jan 17, 2009 Korakuen Hall
13 Win 9–4 Toshihiro Tanaka KO 7 (8) Jun 24, 2009 {Korakuen Hall
14 Win 10–4 Kohei Natori TKO 3 (8) Sep 5, 2009 Korakuen Hall
15 Win 11–4 Yohei Kudo TKO 2 (8) Apr 12, 2009 Korakuen Hall
16 Win 12–4 Zaragoza Uema UD 5 May 17, 2010 Super Arena, Saitama
17 Win 13–4 Hiroki Shiino MD 8 Aug 9, 2010 Korakuen Hall
18 loss 13–5 Masahiro Ishida SD 8 Feb 24, 2011 Korakuen Hall
19 Win 14–5 Gakuya Furuhashi SD 8 Jun 17, 2011 Korakuen Hall
20 Win 15–5 Yuki Tsuge TKO 7 (8) Sep 30, 2011 Korakuen Hall
21 Win 16–5 Teppei Kikui TKO 5 (8) Feb 10, 2012 Korakuen Hall
22 Win 17–5 Eiji Tsutsumi TKO 7 (8) May 5, 2011 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
23 loss 17–6 Rolly Lunas TKO 9 (12) Sep 23, 2012 Sangyo Hall, Kanazawa
24 Win 18–6 Gitti Sintipla KO 3 (6) Mar 21, 2013 Korakuen Hall
25 Win 19–6 Sarawit Sodseechan TKO 1 (8) Aug 30, 2013 Korakuen Hall
26 Win 20–6 Masafumi Otake TKO 3 (8) Dec 9, 2013 Korakuen Hall
27 Win 21–6 Akinori Hoshino MD 8 Sep 11, 2014 Korakuen Hall
28 Win 22–6 Toshikuni Wake TKO 4 (8) Oct 24, 2014 Korakuen Hall
29 Win 23–6 Ryuta Otsuka KO 3 (8) Mar 26, 2015 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
30 Win 24–6 Ryan Bito UD 8 Jun 26, 2015 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo
31 loss 24–7 Sho Ishida MD 10 Apr 17, 2016 EDION Arena Osaka, Osaka for Japanese Super flyweight title
32 Win 25–7 Tnananut Johphromma TKO 3 (5) Jul 27, 2016 Korakuen Hall
33 Win 26–7 Surasit Khiankhwao KO 1 (8) Oct 22, 2016 Korakuen Hall
34 Win 27–7 Kenta Nakagawa KO 7 (10) Mar 22, 2017 Korakuen Hall Japanese Super Flyweight Title
35 Win 28–7 Takayuki Okumoto TD 7 (10) Jul 23, 2017 Korakuen Hall Japanese Super Flyweight Title
36 Win 29–7 Shota Kawaguchi TKO 2 (10) Dec 11, 2017 Korakuen Hall Japanese Super Flyweight Title
37 Win 30-7 Warlito Parrenas KO 8 (12) Apr 23, 2017 Korakuen Hall Won vacant WBO Asia Pacific super-flyweight title
38 Win 31–7 Victor Emanuel Olivo TKO 2 November 10, 2018 Korakuen Hall
39 Loss 31–8 Jerwin Ancajas KO 7 May 5, 2019 Stockton Arena, Stockton For IBF super flyweight World Title
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See also

References
  1. "Boxing: Japan's Ryuichi Funai outclassed by IBF super flyweight champ Ancajas". Kyodo News. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  2. "Jerwin Ancajas Gives Brutal Beating To Ryuichi Funai For TKO". Boxingscene. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
  3. "Ancajas scores TKO win over Funai, successfully defends IBF belt". TV5 ESPN. Retrieved 5 May 2019.
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