Takao Sakurai

Born in Sawara, Chiba, Sakurai began boxing in high school, keeping his training secret to his parents.In the final versus Chung Shin-Cho of South Korea, he knocked down his opponent three times in less than two rounds.Sakurai founded his own boxing gym One Two Sports Club, in Tsukiji, Chūō, Tokyo, and worked as a trainer there.[4] His eldest son has also had a successful amateur boxing career, winning a national tournament in the featherweight division.Sakurai died of esophageal cancer in Tokyo at dawn on January 10, 2012,[2] the birthday of Hitoshi Misako.
Sawara, ChibaOlympic Games1964 TokyoBantamweightChuo University1964 Tokyo OlympicsRyōta Murata2012 London OlympicsBrian PackerCassis AryeeNicolae PuiuWashington RodríguezChung Shin-ChoLionel RoseRubén OlivaresTsukijiChūō, TokyoKoichi Wajimafeatherweightesophageal cancerSankei SportsBoxRecOlympic boxing champions – men's bantamweightOliver KirkHenry ThomasClarence WalkerWilliam SmithVittorio TamagniniHorace GwynneUlderico SergoTibor CsíkPentti HämäläinenWolfgang BehrendtOleg GrigoryevValerian SokolovOrlando MartínezGu Yong-juJuan HernándezMaurizio SteccaKennedy McKinneyJoel CasamayorIstván KovácsGuillermo RigondeauxEnkhbatyn Badar-UuganLuke CampbellRobeisy Ramírez