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The Class-A Boxer Prize Money Tournament (A級ボクサー賞金トーナメント, A-kyū Bokusā Shōkin Tōnamento), or often shortened as Class A Tournament is an annual boxing tournament in Japan hosted by the Japanese Boxing Commission. It is a tournament for boxers who have had eight or more matches and a Class-A license. Class-A boxers are boxers who are qualified to fight six rounds or more.

It starts in summer and the finals are held eleven months later. The winner becomes ranked first in the JBC and takes part in the Champion Carnival, where the national champion has to defend his title against the winner.[1]

Matches in the Class A Tournament go between six rounds and ten rounds. If there is a decision draw, the boxers would fight an extra round to determine the winner.

Class A Tournament[]

Featherweight[]

1991[]

Featherweight Class A Tournament I (1991)
Winner - Makunouchi Ippo
Semi-Finals Final
 1 Round (6), 2min 32sec
 Alexander Volg Zangief
 5 Round (8), 1min 21sec
 Suzuki Toshio TKO
 Alexander Volg Zangief KO
 4 Round (6), 2min 12sec
 Makunouchi Ippo
 Makunouchi Ippo
 Saeki Takuma TKO

1993[]

Featherweight Class A Tournament II (1993) (Not Shown in Story)
Winner - Shimabukuro Iwao
Semi-Finals Final
 ? Round (6), ?min ?sec
 Okita Keigo
 1 Round (8), 0min 23sec
 Unknown N/A
 Okita Keigo KO
 ? Round (6), ?min ?sec
 Shimabukuro Iwao
 Shimabukuro Iwao
 Unknown N/A

1996[]

Featherweight Class A Tournament III (1996)
Winner - Itagaki Manabu
Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Final
                   
2 Round (10), 2min 13sec        
 Itagaki Manabu   
? Round (6), ?min ?sec
 Karasawa Takuzō  KO  
 Itagaki Manabu  
? Round (6), ?min ?sec
   Unknown     
 Unknown   
4 Round (10), 1min 28sec
 Unknown     
 Itagaki Manabu   
6 Round Decision
   Saeki Takuma  KO
 Fukui Kyosuke  ?D
5 Round (6), ?min ?sec
 Maezono Makoto     
 Maezono Makoto  KO
? Round (6), ?min ?sec
   Saeki Takuma     
 Saeki Takuma  
 Unknown     

Junior Lightweight[]

1991[]

Junior Lightweight Class A Tournament I (1991)
Winner - Ryō Mashiba
Quarter-Finals Semi-Finals Final
                   
6 Round Decision        
 Tatsuya Kimura   
Extra Round (6+1), 1min 18sec
 Hiroshi Nishimura  ?D  
 Tatsuya Kimura  KO
? Round (6), ?min ?sec
   Takeshi Ryūzaki     
 Takeshi Ryūzaki   
? Round (8), ?min ?sec
 Unknown     
 Ryō Mashiba   
? Round (6), ?min ?sec
   Takeshi Ryūzaki  ?D
 Unknown  KO
? Round (6), ?min ?sec
 Ryō Mashiba     
 Unknown  KO
? Round (6), ?min ?sec
   Ryō Mashiba     
 Unknown  
 Unknown     

1996[]

Junior Lightweight Class A Tournament II (1996)
Winner - Unknown
Semi-Finals Final
 6 Round Decision
 Kimura Tatsuya
 8 Round Decision
 Ryūzaki Takeshi ?D
 Kimura Tatsuya ?D
 ? Round (6), ?min ?sec
 Unknown
 Unknown
 Unknown

Lightweight[]

1996[]

Lightweight Class A Tournament II (1996)
Winner - Iga Shinobu
Semi-Finals Final
 6 Round Decision
 Jackal Itō ?D
 7 Round (8), ?min ?sec
 Aoki Masaru
 Aoki Masaru KO
 1 Round (6), ?min ?sec
 Iga Shinobu
 Iga Shinobu
 Katsutaka Imae KO

Other Weight Class Winners[]

Trivia[]

  • Although not directly stated by Morikawa Jouji in the story, Sanada Kazuki (1993) and Take Keīchi (1994/1995) also probably won the Class A Tournament since Makunouchi Ippo fought them in a Champion Carnival, since they were the #1 challenger when they fought.
  • While the rule is that the boxer has to have more than eight matches on their record to enter, there has been times where a boxer with less than eight has entered the tournament.

References[]

  1. Round 134, pages 4-5
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