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Akira Yaegashi

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Akira Yaegashi is a Japanese former professional boxer who competed from 2005 to 2019. He is a three-weight world champion: he held the World Boxing Association mini-flyweight title from 2011 to 2012, the World Boxing Council and Ring magazine flyweight titles from 2013 to 2014, and the International Boxing Federation light-flyweight title from 2015 to 2016. His name in Japanese is written 八重樫 東, and he is an alumnus of Takushoku University. His world titles were won in three different weight classes, across three sanctioning bodies.

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1983 1
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2-4 1
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Akira Yaegashi (八重樫 東, Yaegashi Akira; born February 25, 1983) is a Japanese former professional boxer who competed from 2005 to 2019.
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    born February 25, 1983
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    He is a three-weight world champion
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    Akira Yaegashi (八重樫 東, Yaegashi Akira; born February 25, 1983) is a Japanese former professional boxer who competed from 2005 to 2019.
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    Akira Yaegashi (八重樫 東, Yaegashi Akira; born February 25, 1983) is a Japanese former professional boxer who competed from 2005 to 2019.
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