Reiya Abe
阿部麗也
Born (1993-03-25) 25 March 1993
Yama District, Fukushima, Japan
NationalityJapanese
Statistics
Weight(s)Featherweight
Super-featherweight
Height5 ft 7.5 in (171 cm)
StanceSouthpaw
Boxing record[1]
Total fights29
Wins25
Wins by KO10
Losses3
Draws1

Reiya Abe (Japanese: 阿部麗也, Abe Reiya, born 25 March 1993) is a Japanese professional boxer, who has held the WBO Asia Pacific title since 2022.

Professional career

Early career

Rookie of the Year tournament

Abe made his professional debut against Tetsuya Hirokawa on 2 June 2013. He won the fight by unanimous decision. After suffering his first professional loss to Koki Kobayashi by unanimous decision on 29 July 2013, Abe won his next four fights to qualify for the featherweight event of the East Japan Rookie of the year tournament. Abe faced the undefeated Haruka Itakura in the tournament semifinals on 25 September 2014. He won the fight by a second-round technical knockout.[2] Advancing to the East Japan Rookie of the Year tournament finals, which were held on 2 November 2014, Abe faced Naoto Moriya (6–1–1). He won the fight by a first-round knockout. He was awarded the "Fighting Award" at the post-fight ceremony.[3]

Abe was booked to face the West Japan featherweight Rookie of the Year Kyohei Tonomoto (5–1) on 21 December 2014 in the featherweight All Japan Rookie of the Year deciding match. He won the fight by unanimous decision. Two of the judges scored the bout 49–45 in his favor, while the third judge awarded Abe a 49–46 scorecard.[4][5]

Rise up the ranks

After winning the All Japan Rookie title, Abe faced the twelve fight veteran Shingo Kusano. He lost the fight by majority decision, with scores of 58–57, 58–57 and 57–57.[6] Abe rebounded by winning his next three fights (against Ryo Hino, Rokuhei Suzuki and Hikaru Marugame), before rematching Shingo Kusano on 19 July 2016. He avenged his second professional loss by technical knockout, stopping Kusano in the fifth round.[7] Abe faced Tsuyoshi Tameda on 17 October 2016, in his final fight of the year. He won the bout by an eight-round technical knockout.[8]

Abe faced the WBC-ABC super featherweight champion Joe Noynay in a featherweight non-title bout on 28 February 2017. He won the fight by unanimous decision, with scores of 78–75, 77–75 and 77–76.[9] Eight months later, on 2 October 2017, Abe faced the more experienced Satoshi Hosono. He won the fight by technical decision, with scores of 89–83, 90–81 and 89–83. The bout was stopped early in the ninth round, due to a cut above Hosono's right eye, which was caused by an accidental clash of heads.[10]

Abe faced Daisuke Watanabe on 2 March 2018, in his first fight of the year.[11] He won the fight by unanimous decision, with scores of 78–75, 78–75 and 79–73.[12] After beating Masashi Noguchi in a stay-busy fight by a sixth-round stoppage on 1 September 2018, Abe was booked to face the unbeaten Daisuke Sugita in a Japanese title eliminator on 19 January 2019. He won the fight by unanimous decision, with one judge scoring the fight 79–71 for him, while the remaining two judges gave him all eight rounds of the bout.[13]

Abe challenged the reigning Japanese featherweight champion Taiki Minamoto on 1 May 2019, in the main event of "Dangan 223" which took place at the Korakuen Hall.[14] The fight was ruled a majority draw. Two judges scored the fight as an even 94–94 draw, while the third judge scored the fight 95–94 for Abe.[15] Following this fight, Minamoto vacated the featherweight title. As such, the #2 ranked Japanese featherweight contender Abe was scheduled to face the #1 ranked contender Ryo Sagawa for the vacant belt on 13 September 2019.[16] Sagawa won the fight by unanimous decision, with one judge scoring the fight 96–95 for him, while the remaining two judges scored the fight 96–94 for Sagawa.[17]

Abe faced the undefeated Ren Sasaki on 13 October 2020, following a thirteen-month absence from the sport.[18] He successfully rebounded from his two failed title bids with a unanimous decision victory. Two of the judges scored the fight 78–74 for Abe, while the third judge scored the fight 77–75 in his favor.[19] Abe next faced Koshin Takeshima on 21 April 2021.[20] He won the fight by technical decision, with scores of 67–64, 68–63 and 67–64. Abe next faced Daisuke Watanabe on 27 November 2021. He won the fight by a third-round stoppage, as Watanabe's corner opted to retire their fighter at the end of the round.[21][22]

WBO Asia Pacific featherweight champion

Abe challenged the incumbent Japanese featherweight champion Hinata Maruta, in what was Maruta's second title defense, on 15 May 2022. The bout was scheduled as the event headliner for "Dangan 250", which took place at the Sumida City Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan. Aside from the Japanese title, the vacant WBO Asia Pacific featherweight belt was on the line as well.[23] He utilized outfighting tactics to outbox Maruta for the majority of the fight, en route to winning it by unanimous decision, with scores of 118–109, 116–111 and 115–112.[24] On August 19, 2022, the Japanese Boxing Association named him their "Fighter of the Year".[25]

Abe made the first defense of his Japanese and WBO Asia Pacific titles against the undefeated Jinki Maeda on 3 December 2022.[26] He won the fight by majority decision, with two judges scoring the bout 117–111 and 116–112 for him, while the third judge had in an even 114–114 draw.[27] Abe was named the December 2022 "Fighter of the Month" by the East Japan Boxing Association following this victory.[28]

On 13 January 2023, the IBF ordered a final featherweight title eliminator between Abe and the former two-weight world champion Kiko Martínez.[29] Abe vacated the Japanese featherweight title on the same day.[30] The title eliminator bout was booked to take place on 8 April 2023, at the Ariake Arena in Ariake, Tokyo.[31] He won the fight by unanimous decision, with two scorecards of 119–109 and one scorecard of 117–111.[32]

Professional boxing record

29 fights 25 wins 3 losses
By knockout 10 0
By decision 15 3
Draws 1
No. Result Record Opponent Type Round, time Date Location Notes
29 Win 25–3–1 Kiko Martínez UD 12 8 Apr 2023 Ariake Arena, Tokyo, Japan
28 Win 24–3–1 Jinki Maeda MD 12 3 Dec 2022 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Retained Japanese and WBO Asia Pacific featherweight titles
27 Win 23–3–1 Hinata Maruta UD 12 15 May 2022 Sumida Ward General Gymnasium, Sumida, Tokyo, Japan Won Japanese featherweight and vacant WBO Asia Pacific featherweight titles
26 Win 22–3–1 Daisuke Watanabe RTD 3 (8), 3:00 27 Nov 2021 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
25 Win 21–3–1 Koshin Takeshima TD 7 (8), 2:42 21 Apr 2021 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
24 Win 20–3–1 Ren Sasaki UD 8 13 Oct 2020 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
23 Loss 19–3–1 Ryo Sagawa UD 10 13 Sep 2019 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan For Japanese featherweight title
22 Draw 19–2–1 Taiki Minamoto MD 10 1 May 2019 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan For Japanese featherweight title
21 Win 19–2 Daisuke Sugita UD 8 19 Jan 2019 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
20 Win 18–2 Masashi Noguchi TKO 6 (8), 2:25 1 Sep 2018 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
19 Win 17–2 Daisuke Watanabe UD 8 2 Mar 2018 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
18 Win 16–2 Methawin Kemthong TKO 1 (8), 1:10 17 Dec 2017 Shinjuku FACE, Tokyo, Japan
17 Win 15–2 Satoshi Hosono TD 9 (10), 0:57 2 Oct 2017 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
16 Win 14–2 Joe Noynay UD 8 28 Feb 2017 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
15 Win 13–2 Tsuyoshi Tameda TKO 8 (8), 0:52 17 Oct 2016 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
14 Win 12–2 Shingo Kusano TKO 5 (8), 1:47 19 Jul 2016 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
13 Win 11–2 Hikaru Marugame UD 8 17 Mar 2016 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
12 Win 10–2 Rokuhei Suzuki TKO 6 (6), 1:21 22 Nov 2015 Shinjuku FACE, Tokyo, Japan
11 Win 9–2 Ryo Hino UD 6 8 Aug 2015 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
10 Loss 8–2 Shingo Kusano MD 6 17 Mar 2015 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
9 Win 8–1 Kyohei Tonomoto UD 5 21 Dec 2014 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Won All Japan Rookie of the Year title
8 Win 7–1 Naoto Moriya KO 1 (5), 1:53 2 Nov 2014 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan Won East Japan Rookie of the Year title
7 Win 6–1 Haruka Itakura TKO 2 (4), 1:34 25 Sep 2014 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
6 Win 5–1 Yuichi Katayama UD 4 24 Jul 2014 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
5 Win 4–1 Soreike Taichi KO 1 (4), 1:59 8 May 2014 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
4 Win 3–1 Takeshi Yamagata TKO 2 (4), 1:56 1 Apr 2014 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
3 Win 2–1 Tasuku Nakagawa UD 4 8 Dec 2013 Shinjuku FACE, Tokyo, Japan
2 Loss 1–1 Koki Kobayashi UD 4 29 Jul 2013 Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan
1 Win 1–0 Tetsuya Hirokawa UD 4 2 Jun 2013 City Sogo Gym, Chigasaki, Japan

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