Greetings to all boxing fans. In this column we are going to talk about Hideyuki Ohashi, who was born on March 8, 1965 in Yokohama, Japan. He is a former professional boxer who was a two-time world champion at minimum weight. He is currently a boxing promoter and manager of his promoter, Ohashi Promotions. He was a tall fighter for his division, possessing good technique and punch in both hands.
Ohashi made his professional debut on February 12, 1985, knocking out Masakatsu Aikata in the first round. He compiled a 5-1 record before getting his first shot at a world championship in what was his seventh fight. His first defeat was against the Korean Bon Jun Kim, by PTS in 10 rounds. Kim would later become world light flyweight champion after beating Ohashi.
On December 14, 1986, in his seventh professional fight, he challenged Korean Jung-Koo Chang for the WBC light flyweight world championship. He fell to the canvas more than once and lost via TKO in five rounds. After that, he won three fights and on June 27, 1988, he got another title shot, against Korean legend Jung-Koo Chang. He fell to the canvas seven times during the fight, again losing via TKO, this time in the eighth round. After that loss, he won three fights by KO.
On February 25, 1990, he got his third starting opportunity. This time he went against the Korean Jum-Hwan Choi, for the WBC minimum weight world championship. He knocked out Choi in the ninth round to become the world's minimum heavyweight champion. He defended it once and on October 25 of that same year, he lost it, being knocked out in five rounds by Mexican Ricardo “Finito” López, who knocked him down three times during the fight.
After winning four fights, he had another starting opportunity, on October 14, 1992, against the Korean Hi-Yong Choi, for the WBA minimum weight world championship. He defeated Choi for UD, to become world minimum weight champion for the second time. He lost it in his first starting defense against Thai Chana Porpain, by MD. After that fight, he retired from boxing. He had 24 professional fights, winning 19 and losing 5. They were few fights, but they were enough for him to be twice world champion.