Naoko Kumagai    
  熊谷直子           

      女子世界 の kickboxer

   Complete fight  Record: 

31 WINS
4 LOSSES
1  DRAW  (Holly Ferneley)
1 no contest  (1st fight with Lisa Howarth)
27 kos
             (losses includes 2 shootboxing matches)                  

Ht: 5' 2"
Wt 115 pounds 
    Dob: 8-8-71       

The best flyweight ever?

Naoko Kumagai, often compared to Lucia Rijker,
because of her legendary KO punch
is a three time world champion in three
different weight classes.

Naoko  has never been defeated in a Muay Thai fight.
but despite her extraordinary record, she has  received very little 
publicity outside of  Asia-until her cameo appearance in the movie "Jackass"

In  her twelve year career, she  has an impressive list 
of notches on her belt.

In addition to knocking out over 50%
of her opponents, Kumagai  also
defeated the American kickboxing Champion, Kim Messer,
in a five round Muay Thai fight in the Tokyo Dome.
She  holds equally impressive KO victories over the
following world champions:

Amanda Buchanan:  4rd KO

Regina Halmich 1 rd KO

Kyoko Kamikaze 4 rd KO

Lisa Smith 1 rd KO

Lisa Howarth 1 rd KO

  SEE THE VIDEO:Kumagai vs Howarth

http://mickey.tv/r/Video.aspx?v=KyzggprvKac&key=kick-boxing

Natsumi Nakazawa 1 rd KO

see video: Kumagai vs Lisa Smith:
Naoko Kumagai vs Lisa Smith (video)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=09vbedA82dU


Kumagai's  only fight  losses came  in 2 Shoot-boxing matches
 to Terumi Fujiyama,   and two full contact karate losses to World  champion
 Ella Yee (her pro debut) when  Naoko was 17 years of age.   

She also won  a controversial KO victory over  a
  (Male) US Marine Sergeant in a modified Muay Thai fight in Okinawa,
 when she was 19 years old.

After 12years of  almost exclusively  Muay Thai, fights,  Naoko decided to try pro boxing,
and was unsuccessful- winning  one amateur fight against
Russian Elaina Karpacheva, by split decision, and then losing two
 pro-boxing matches. 
one loss was a very controversial tko loss
 to a  much heaver and  more experienced pro boxer (featherweight) 
 Karen Martin,
Note: the Martin fight was tainted by controversy due to deceptive 
weigh-in  manipulations, and multiple
 changing of Kumagai's opponent
by the promoter, one Kenneth Thompson.  
Kumagai was outweighed by approximately  7-8 pounds.

 SEE THE VIDEO:Kumagai vs Howarth

http://mickey.tv/r/Video.aspx?v=KyzggprvKac&key=kick-boxing

                                                                   
 KO of German Boxing and kickboxing Champion, Regina Halmich  (gold shorts)

video: halmich vs kumagai:  

http://www.noolmusic.com/blogs/YouTube_Google_Myspace_Video_Accidents_Crashes_Fight_Chase_-_Regina_Halmich_Vs_Naoko_Kumagai_Muay_Thai.shtml

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