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Although Kohei Oba has been beaten in his career, with a fight count of 40 fights and a 12 year long career he approaches the end of his career with a record of 36-3-1. He made his debut in June 2002 at the age of 17. Between June 2002 and March 2010, Oba had his longest winning streak of 14 fights. In his 40 fights, his longest KO streak is 6 fights long.
A calm Oba made the statement he was hoping for in a 4 round fight against Hidesato Miyamoto. Claiming the only stoppage defeat of Miyamoto's career in round 1 of the fight via KO. Oba's rise in boxing continued with 20 fights against fighters such as Shinnosuke Yasuda, Jose angel Beranza and Waenpetch Chuwatana. He had a mixed start to his career but mostly successful so far.
Waenpetch Chuwatana was Oba's next fight on July 23rd, 2006 and also the next win in his career via TKO. This took his record to 15-0-1 showing a mainly successful career to date. Becoming the 2nd fighter to stop Chuwatana in his career, Oba beat Chuwatana via TKO in the 4th round of a 10 round fight. Oba then went on to win a further 10 fights taking his record to 25 wins, 0 losses and 1 draws.
Oba kept his losses at 0 by beating Nobuto Ikehara on November 22nd, 2009. Oba's fight against Nobuto Ikehara came in the 9th round of a 10 round fight via TKO. Oba became the first person to stop Ikehara. Another win followed for Oba taking his win tally to 27 wins.
Malcolm Tunacao was next in line for Oba where unfortunately, he was defeated on July 11th, 2010 taking his record to 27-1-1. On July 11th, 2010, Oba took on and was defeated over the distance by Malcolm Tunacao in his first career defeat. Oba lost via UD in a valiant effort. Racking up wins against Yoshihiro Sasaki and Futa Nakagishi, Oba went on to fight and win these next 2 fights.
Oba went into his next fight against Rolly Lunas on December 11th, 2011 with a career record of 29-2-1. Oba faced the first stoppage of his career against Rolly Lunas in the 11th round of a 12 round fight via TKO. Oba then went on to win a further 6 fights taking his record to 35 wins, 2 losses and 1 draws.
On April 4th, 2014, Oba took on and was defeated by Randy Caballero meaning his career tally went to 35-3-1. Oba was stopped by Randy Caballero in the 8th round of a 12 round fight via TKO. It was Oba's 2nd stoppage defeat in his career.
Ensuring he added another win to his tally, Kohei Oba defeated Keigo Soma on September 14th, 2014 in his latest fight. Keeping his record on track, Oba showed his boxing ability in his most recent fight, taking Keigo Soma the distance and securing a UD decision victory in a 8 round fight.